High-Speed Video of Lightning Strikes to Communications Tower on 7 August 2023
NASA operates a high-speed camera (a MIRO M310 manufactured by Vision Research) on the fourth floor of the Operations and Checkout Building pointed at the communications tower that is in the Industrial Area of Kennedy Space Center. Figure 1 shows the location of the camera and tower. Figure 2 shows the camera view during daylight. On 7 August 2023 between 11 pm and 12 am eastern standard time, three lightning flashes to the tower were recorded.