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Electric Earth

AP Photo/Mike Meadows

Bolt of Lightning

Automobile lights seem to head in and out of a bolt of lightning in the northern Antelope Valley near Palmdale, California. The lightning ignited numerous small fires. Click to enlarge.
NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

Gigantic Flash

Intense cloud-to-ground lightning was caught using time-lapse photography during a nighttime thunderstorm. Click to enlarge.
NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

Wonder of the Sky

Shown above are multiple cloud-to-ground and cloud-to-cloud lightning strokes, during a nighttime thunderstorm. Click to enlarge.
Arizona Lightning

High Voltage

Thunderstorm and lightning takes place shortly after sundown. Click to enlarge.
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Lightning Strike

Lightning strikes over homes in Toronto, Canada. Click to enlarge.
Oklahoma Lightning

Electric Discharge

Multiple cloud-to-ground lightning strokes are captured in this great lightning shot. Click to enlarge.
Oklahoma Lightning

Perfect Aim

Lightning strikes a tower and outcomes a beautiful display of electric charge in the night sky. Click to enlarge.
NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

Streaking Strokes

Fantastic display of lightning as it streaks through the evening skies. Click to enlarge.
Oklahoma Lightning

View From Above

This photo captures cloud-to-ground lightning in stunning and dramatic form. Click to enlarge.
NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

Through the Storm

This photo captures a lightning storm taking place over Boston in 1967. Click to enlarge.
NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

Touchdown on Earth

Time-lapse photography captures cloud-to-ground lightning during a nighttime thunderstorm in Norman, Oklahoma - home of the NSSL. Click to enlarge.
NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

Fill the Sky

Multiple cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground lightning strokes caught using time-lapse photography during a nighttime thunderstorm. Click to enlarge.
NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

Dancing Machine

Time-lapse photography captures multiple cloud-to-ground lightning strokes during a nighttime thunderstorm. Click to enlarge.
Oklahoma Lightning

Purple Skies

Lightning strikes over the purple city skies of Oklahoma. Click to enlarge.
Oklahoma Lightning

Twin Strokes

What a treat! Cloud-to-ground lightning twin strokes are captured in this photograph. Click to enlarge.
NASA

Electrical Storm

A powerful electrical storm created an eerie tapestry of light in the skies, at the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, near Complex 39A in the hours preceding the launch of STS-8. Click to enlarge.