In the last few years we have seen some spectacular thunderstorms in the UK, but these photographs of lightning all around the world are unreal in comparison. I found lots of pictures that have been photoshopped - and they are pretty spectacular - but I'm bringing you just what appear to be natural photographs of lightning in all its glory.
1. Chattanooga March 2012 👍 👎
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Pictures of lightning combined with other weather features are spectacular.
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Tell me more › Dailymovement
As if the power of the ocean wasn't forbidding enough.
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Look how fiery the lightning looks toward the bottom.
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Tell me more › 4. The Menace of the Sky 👍 👎
Atrocity Exhibition
It's as much menacing as it is spectacularly beautiful.
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It looks like a tear in the sky.
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Tell me more › 6. Stonehenge Lightning 👍 👎
Budget Travel - Travel-Buff
The place that usually observes the solstice gets light of a different kind.
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Tell me more › Lighting Research: Lightscapes
I've heard that Hindus call this phenomenon the Incarnation, when you can see the elephant head God of Ganesh in the image. This image of the meeting of a tornado and lightning was captured in Rome, Ga.
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Tell me more › Lightning
This is called the Eternal Lightning Field lightning and is in Venezuela. For ten hours each night for up to 160 nights per year, the lightning puts on a show like a wild dance of fire.
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Tell me more › 9. Victoria, Australia 👍 👎
World Travel on Twitter
Port Hicks Lighthouse in Victoria, Australia.
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Tell me more › 10. Lightning Bolt Hitting a Tree! 👍 👎
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Achieved by long exposure (apparently).
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Tell me more › 11. Cape Town, South Africa 👍 👎
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View taken of Cape Town from Camps Bay, with Table Mountain on the right.
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Tell me more › 12. The Statue of Liberty 👍 👎
Gr8 Shot
Shine a light on Lady Liberty.
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Tell me more › 13. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona 👍 👎
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A breathtaking mesa view.
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When two powers of fire meet. Lightning during a volcanic eruption in Southern Chile.
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Tell me more › 15. Pacifica, California 👍 👎
Blue Pueblo, Ocean Lightning, Pacifica, ...
So blue, so beautiful.
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Tell me more › 9 Stunning Photos of Beautiful ...
This reminds me of the scene from Independence Day.
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Tell me more › Spectacular natural phenomena photos
Beauty and strength.
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Tell me more › 18. Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland 👍 👎
Volcano lightning
This is the volcano that caused all the air traffic problems in April 2010.
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Tell me more › 19. Thunderstorm over the Tri-Cities 👍 👎
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Photo from 2008.
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Tell me more › 20. Near Pula, Croatia 👍 👎
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Why is lightning over the sea always so spectacular?
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What an incredible color.
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Tell me more › besttravelphotos.me
Supercell lightning.
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The volcano in Southern Japan erupted in January 2013.
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The power of nature overcomes anything man can make.
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Tell me more › 25. Lightning Strikes during a Firework Display 👍 👎
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Mother Nature and man in harmony to produce a
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Well, they do call Paris the City of Light.
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Tell me more › 27. Edinburgh, Scotland 👍 👎
☯ ☯ ☯
This is Arthur's Steps.
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Tell me more › 28. San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge 👍 👎
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It must be pretty amazing and somewhat scary driving across the bridge during a storm like this.
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Tell me more › 29. The End of the World 👍 👎
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Only Mother Nature could create such a palette.
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Tell me more › 30. Eyjafjallajokull Volcano, Iceland 👍 👎
Eyjafjallajokull Volcano, Iceland - Daring ...
I just love pictures of lightning and volcanoes.
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Awesome clouds.
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Tell me more › 32. Grand Canyon National Park 👍 👎
Lighting at Grand Canyon National ...
Wowser!
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Tell me more › Beautiful Nature
A gift from the Weather Goddess.
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Tell me more › 34. Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany 👍 👎
Blue Pueblo
Walt Disney couldn't have imagined it better.
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Tell me more › #SHANGHAiMAGE#Another Night in Shanghai2013
Very tall buildings have their uses.
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Tell me more › 36. Corio Bay, Victoria, Australia 👍 👎
2013 Australian Weather Calendar
Look at the way the lightning has lit up that bank of
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Tell me more › 37. Grand Canyon National Park 👍 👎
God's Amazing Universe
As if the scenery isn't already spectacular enough.
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Tell me more › 38. Lightning Strikes Pine Tree 👍 👎
Lightning strikes pine tree
Come on baby, light my fire.
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Tell me more › 39. Santa Fe, New Mexico 👍 👎
Her eyes were huge things.
Gloriously magnificent.
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Tell me more › peaceful eyes - nordvarg: Spring ...
It's not always sunny in the Sunshine State.
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Tell me more › 41. The Parthenon, Athens 👍 👎
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The Gods of Olympus speak.
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Tell me more › 42. Lightning Strikes Fireworks 👍 👎
Community Post: Lightning Strikes Fireworks
Mother Nature wins again.
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All that glisters is not gold.
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Tell me more › 44. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah 👍 👎
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Lightning strikes the hoodoo formations during a summer rainstorm.
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Look at that breathtaking reflection in the lake.
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Tell me more › The moment lightning struck twice ...
Seen from the Hancock Tower, lighting strikes both the Willis Tower, right, and the Trump Tower in downtown Chicago
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Some pictures of lightning really do look like they came straight out of a Disney movie.
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Tell me more › Lightning Strike at Monument Valley
A ribbon of power
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Tell me more › Lightning over Tuscon, Arizona | ...
Unreal!
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Tell me more › 50. Clearwater, Kansas 👍 👎
Storms in the U.S
Storm chasers looking for a tornado found lightning instead.
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Tell me more › mooi
I know you've already seen one stunning photograph of lighting over the Grand Canyon but this is just as good.
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Tell me more › Out of this World
An act of God?
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Tell me more › 53. Space Shuttle Discovery 👍 👎
Pictures of the year 2009: ...
To infinity and beyond.
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Tell me more › 54. The Empire State Building 👍 👎
Bolt of Lightning Striking the ...
The lightning rod doing its job.
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Tell me more › 55. Crater Storm, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon 👍 👎
Beautiful Nature (c1tylight5: Crater Storm ...
Mother Nature can do what she pleases and we can't do anything about it.
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Tell me more › 56. Eyjafjalajökull, Iceland 👍 👎
Eyjafjalajökull 6
Yes it's that Icelandic volcano again.
Are you exhausted from looking at this collection of amazing photos of lightning? I loved them and am very happy to sit and watch thunderstorms and lightning storms. How about you?
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