National Aeronautics and Space Administration

TARANIS Gallery

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The Tool for the Analysis of RAdiation from lightNIng and Sprites (TARANIS)

Artist’s impression of TARANIS in orbit with sprites in background

Artist’s impression of TARANIS in orbit with thunderstorms generating TLEs

Artist’s impression of TARANIS in orbit with thunderstorms generating ELVes

Rendering of the engineering diagram of TARANIS

Instruments on TARANIS

Components and design of X-ray, γ ray, and Relativistic Electron (XGRE) experiment

TARANIS in assembly. Photograph by E. Grimault (CNES).

“TARANIS: In search of the hidden side of thunderstorms” (MP4 video)
1280 x 720 HDTV (33.6 MB); 640 x 480 SDTV (11.9 MB); YouTube

The TARANIS image and video gallery is also available with further images and informational videos from CNES.