{"id":34502,"date":"2022-02-01T18:36:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T18:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=34502"},"modified":"2022-02-01T18:36:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T18:36:27","slug":"world-record-770km-lightning-bolt-lights-up-three-us-statesunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=34502","title":{"rendered":"World record 770km lightning bolt lights up three US statesUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostA single lightning bolt that leapt across three US states has been identified as the longest ever, the UN weather agency said on Tuesday.Dubbed a megaflash, the rare low-rate horizontal discharge covered 768km (477 miles) between clouds in Texas and Mississippi in April 2020.It was detected by scientists using satellite technology and its distance \u2013 beating the previous record by 60km \u2013 confirmed by a World Meteorological Organisation committee.\u201cThat trip by [plane] would take a couple of hours\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3165533\/world-record-770km-lightning-bolt-lights-three-us?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostA single lightning bolt that leapt across three US states has been identified as the longest ever, the UN weather agency&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":34503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34502"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}