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Electric Earth

By Live Science Staff
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Dancing Machine

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

Purple Skies

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Lightning strikes over the purple city skies of Oklahoma.

Twin Strokes

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

Electrical Storm

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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.

Live Science Staff
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