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ruckawriter:

This photograph, snapped by an astronaut aboard the ISS on December 12, 2013, shows a white flash of lightning amidst the yellow city lights of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

Photo credit: NASA. Found at The Atlantic, InFocus.

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ruckawriter:

A long exposure shows lightning in the sky with reflection in the water on the floor of a building under construction during an evening thunderstorm on May 19, 2014 in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.

Photo credit: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images, found at The Atlantic, InFocus.

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laughingsquid:

An Illustrated Guide on How to Survive a Lightning Strike by The Art of Manliness

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laughingsquid:

A Dramatic Photo of Ash and Lightning Taken at Eyjafjallajokull Volcano in Iceland

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stars-in-streams:

Volcanoes:

1-Chaiten in Chile

2-Chaiten in Chile

3-Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland

4-Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland

5-Chaiten in Chile

6-Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland

7-Puyehue in Santiago, Chile

8-Kilauea in Hawaii

9-Shinmoedake in Japan

10-Grottu in Balookathropak

Volcanic lightning is at once beautiful and utterly terrifying.

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Lightning from the Wedge by Summit42 on Flickr.

“This is a 10 min stack taken a few nights ago at the Wedge Overlook in the San Rafael Swell … at one point I counted 24 strikes in just 30 seconds.”

Beautiful and amazing.

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Pacifica Lightning by Konvolinka Photography on Flickr.

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Lightning Strike by Cat Connor on Flickr.