Straight of Malacca (IMAGE)

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Straight of Malacca

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This is lightning behind an aircraft carrier in the Strait of Malacca. New research finds lightning strokes occurred nearly twice as often directly above heavily-trafficked shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea year-round from 2005 through 2016.

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Credit: pxhere.com; public domain.

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