Image showing lightning strike frequency provided as a map overlay
An image showing lightning strike frequency, in strikes per minute, presented as a single tile map overlay. Images are updated every 15 minutes with a 15 minute delay due to processing times.
The map layer is provided without a map, the boundary box for this image is 48° to 61° north and 12° west to 5° east.
The image layers are currently made available in a Mercator projection, it is the same projection used by Bing maps, OpenStreetMap, Google maps, MapQuest, Yahoo maps, and others.
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Last updated 14:00 on 18 June 2013
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