Amazing how much lightning can strike our planet in a short time #Principia #timelapsehttps://t.co/XijV5E1pI0
— Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) February 9, 2016
British astronaut Tim Peake who is quite active on Twitter has been staying aboard the International Space Station for the past 6 months and recently tweeted this spectacular video of how lightning looks like from space.
Amazing how much lightning can strike our planet in a short time #Principia #timelapsehttps://t.co/XijV5E1pI0
— Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) February 9, 2016
The tweet has been liked more than 8 thousand times and been retweeted around 7 thousand times. And why not? The view is simply spectacular. Who knew what looks like giant bolts of light from down here looked like blinking fairy lights from space.