--- title: "56 Stunningly Awesome Photographs of Lightning ..." description: "Chattanooga March 2012; Stormy Sea; Golden Flashes; The Menace of the Sky; Splitting the Sky; More ..." url: "https://travel.allwomenstalk.com/stunningly-awesome-photographs-of-lightning/" category: "travel" last_updated: "2026-06-02" --- # 56 Stunningly Awesome Photographs of Lightning ... 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 _ Via rchance: This was taken in ..._ Pictures of lightning combined with other weather features are spectacular. ## 2. Stormy Sea ![Stormy Sea](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/ou/bq/nds8bcoo_500x750.jpg) Via [Dailymovement](https://www.daily-movement.com/) As if the power of the ocean wasn't forbidding enough. ## 3. Golden Flashes ![Golden Flashes](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/ka/k8/ar1fjte3_500x750.jpg) Via [Brain Storm – Amazing Pictures ...](http://furkl.com/brain-storm/) Look how fiery the lightning looks toward the bottom. ## 4. The Menace of the Sky ![The Menace of the Sky](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/mc/e0/y4aypt1r_600x784.jpg) Via [Atrocity Exhibition](https://visualplaygrounds.tumblr.com/post/18768422722) It's as much menacing as it is spectacularly beautiful. ## 5. Splitting the Sky ![Splitting the Sky](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/jp/eq/xdehz3i6_320x480.jpg) Via [Lightning Strike iPhone Wallpaper | ...](https://goo.gl/wT3rYf) It looks like a tear in the sky. ## 6. Stonehenge Lightning ![Stonehenge Lightning](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/sr/kp/dg2q9mhd_499x750.jpg) Via [Budget Travel - Travel-Buff](https://goo.gl/8t1GB2) The place that usually observes the solstice gets light of a different kind. ## 7. Incarnation ![Incarnation](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/sz/zy/av0odbey_319x480.jpg) Via [Lighting Research: Lightscapes](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/407153622532072768/) 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. ## 8. Multiple ![Multiple](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/wm/lh/n00flae9_600x450.jpg) Via [Lightning](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/441704675926790857/) 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. ## 9. Victoria, Australia _ Via World Travel on Twitter_ Port Hicks Lighthouse in Victoria, Australia. ## 10. Lightning Bolt Hitting a Tree! ![Lightning Bolt Hitting a Tree!](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/fl/ch/vnx2z0uw_403x388.jpg) Via [Jordan Lavigne | Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser) Achieved by long exposure (apparently). ## 11. Cape Town, South Africa ![Cape Town, South Africa](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/hs/fz/nvr2ki5c_600x900.jpg) Via [pinterest.com](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/533043305866874961/) View taken of Cape Town from Camps Bay, with Table Mountain on the right. ## 12. The Statue of Liberty ![The Statue of Liberty](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/dl/o7/uqlo7u66_600x785.jpg) Via [Gr8 Shot](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/29695678763840088/) Shine a light on Lady Liberty. ## 13. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona _ Via r2--d2.tumblr.com_ A breathtaking mesa view. ## 14. Ash Plume ![Ash Plume](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/nu/is/sah22vuc_600x600.jpg) Via [Weather pictures of the year ...](http://www.telegraph.co.uk?ref=allwomenstalk.com) When two powers of fire meet. Lightning during a volcanic eruption in Southern Chile. ## 15. Pacifica, California _ Via Blue Pueblo, Ocean Lightning, Pacifica, ..._ So blue, so beautiful. ## 16. Wild _ Via 9 Stunning Photos of Beautiful ..._ This reminds me of the scene from Independence Day. ## 17. Contradiction ![Contradiction](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/b3/hx/wjf46s2w_538x630.jpg) Via [Spectacular natural phenomena photos](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/photos/spectacular-natural-phenonena-photos-1306853294-slideshow/rainbow-and-lightning-photo.html) Beauty and strength. ## 18. Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland ![Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/qf/mf/lhbuowul_600x718.jpg) Via [Volcano lightning](https://news.yahoo.com/photos/volcano-lightning-slideshow/volcano-photo-1339796133.html) This is the volcano that caused all the air traffic problems in April 2010. ## 19. Thunderstorm over the Tri-Cities _ Via opcion.tumblr.com_ Photo from 2008. ## 20. Near Pula, Croatia ![Near Pula, Croatia](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/tg/cw/b3gunnhd_600x600.jpg) Via [Pictures of the day: 15 ...](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/8891229/Pictures-of-the-day-15-November-2011.html?image=2) Why is lightning over the sea always so spectacular? ## 21. Taiwan _ Via plasmatics-life.tumblr.com_ What an incredible color. ## 22. Nebraska _ Via besttravelphotos.me_ Supercell lightning. ## 23. Sakurajima, Japan ![Sakurajima, Japan](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/i4/w8/oayz2ewm_600x717.jpg) Via [WATCH: What The World Looks ...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/martin-rietze-time-lapse-video-sunset-to-sunrise-germany-mountain-zugspitze_n_3091438?utm_hp_ref=photography) The volcano in Southern Japan erupted in January 2013. ## 24. Fireworks Show ![Fireworks Show](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/rm/ye/me5lfhp5_480x611.jpg) Via [imgur.com](https://imgur.com/Q0JXT) The power of nature overcomes anything man can make. ## 25. Lightning Strikes during a Firework Display ![Lightning Strikes during a Firework Display](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/lv/qx/hf6g3yx3_364x400.jpg) Via [Ask the Meteorologist | KSL.com](https://www.ksl.com/article/1406369) Mother Nature and man in harmony to produce a spectacular show. ## 26. The Eiffel Tower ![The Eiffel Tower](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/cm/hr/m11pj42g_355x620.jpg) Via [Paris](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/525373112750819844/) Well, they do call Paris the City of Light. ## 27. Edinburgh, Scotland ![Edinburgh, Scotland](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/cq/d1/prcc0pdz_439x640.jpg) Via [☯ ☯ ☯](https://jar-of-elixir.tumblr.com/) This is Arthur's Steps. ## 28. San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge ![San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/zu/xg/lzvqtgew_600x432.jpg) Via [weerwoord.be](https://www.weerwoord.be/uploads/1242012141433.jpg) It must be pretty amazing and somewhat scary driving across the bridge during a storm like this. ## 29. The End of the World ![The End of the World](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/v7/v5/qqtqmkr3_500x750.jpg) Via [media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com](http://i.pinimg.com/originals/ed/22/d7/ed22d767c2ad3d9c2157d587ba943582.jpg) Only Mother Nature could create such a palette. ## 30. Eyjafjallajokull Volcano, Iceland ![Eyjafjallajokull Volcano, Iceland](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/er/fb/y4nx1w3q_600x600.jpg) Via [Eyjafjallajokull Volcano, Iceland - Daring ...](https://web.archive.org/web/http://daringplanet.com/eyjafjallajokull-volcano-iceland/) I just love pictures of lightning and volcanoes. ## 31. Clouds ![Clouds](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/cq/j7/mjgy3g9k_600x900.jpg) Via [24.media.tumblr.com](https://64.media.tumblr.com/8ed2293d480cec7b4187f9aed8174352/tumblr_mslxgl7hLR1qggs6ao1_1280.jpg) Awesome clouds. ## 32. Grand Canyon National Park ![Grand Canyon National Park](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/ps/fn/v0x7lfnr_500x694.jpg) Via [Lighting at Grand Canyon National ...](http://fantasticmaterials.blogspot.com/2014/05/lighting-at-grand-canyon-national-park.html) Wowser! ## 33. Rainbow Lightning ![Rainbow Lightning](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/oh/xd/qk8xvib2_500x750.jpg) Via [Beautiful Nature](https://crossingislandnatur.tumblr.com/post/44360905876) A gift from the Weather Goddess. ## 34. Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany _ Via Blue Pueblo_ Walt Disney couldn't have imagined it better. ## 35. Shanghai ![Shanghai](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/q6/dv/zofk8x5l_333x500.jpg) Via [#SHANGHAiMAGE#Another Night in Shanghai2013](https://www.flickr.com/photos/gropius/9436767854/) Very tall buildings have their uses. ## 36. Corio Bay, Victoria, Australia ![Corio Bay, Victoria, Australia](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/c1/dr/hmbo7edf_600x397.jpg) Via [2013 Australian Weather Calendar](https://www.smh.com.au/national/2013-australian-weather-calendar-20121106-28uts.html) Look at the way the lightning has lit up that bank of cumulonimbus cloud. ## 37. Grand Canyon National Park ![Grand Canyon National Park](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/mn/g5/e88o0rp4_499x750.jpg) Via [God's Amazing Universe](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/248120260693283606/) As if the scenery isn't already spectacular enough. ## 38. Lightning Strikes Pine Tree ![Lightning Strikes Pine Tree](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/on/ya/t2agh5ny_427x640.jpg) Via [Lightning strikes pine tree](https://www.flickr.com/photos/bryant99/5982785860/in/faves-davidkingham/) Come on baby, light my fire. ## 39. Santa Fe, New Mexico ![Santa Fe, New Mexico](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/pe/id/b6y6x25a_500x750.jpg) Via [Her eyes were huge things.](https://eyeswere.tumblr.com/) Gloriously magnificent. ## 40. Florida Beach ![Florida Beach](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/lf/tu/uxq628r3_500x750.jpg) Via [peaceful eyes - nordvarg: Spring ...](https://something-everything-nothing.tumblr.com/post/63099159535/nordvarg-spring-break-in-florida-by-extra) It's not always sunny in the Sunshine State. ## 41. The Parthenon, Athens _ Via flickr.com_ The Gods of Olympus speak. ## 42. Lightning Strikes Fireworks _ Via Community Post: Lightning Strikes Fireworks_ Mother Nature wins again. ## 43. Winter Sea _ Via 7 Surreal Landscapes - Beautiful ..._ All that glisters is not gold. ## 44. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah ![Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/ea/ym/k8hfpdeq_464x700.jpg) Via [davewelling.photoshelter.com](https://goo.gl/mRy5uc) Lightning strikes the hoodoo formations during a summer rainstorm. ## 45. Out of the Blue ![Out of the Blue](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/gg/o6/xkjwp6ba_415x623.jpg) Via [media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com](http://i.pinimg.com/600x/f0/75/4d/f0754d7fa54da852a79f3c22fa11616c.jpg) Look at that breathtaking reflection in the lake. ## 46. Double Strike ![Double Strike](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/q2/dx/iw9erycf_468x675.jpg) Via [The moment lightning struck twice ...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1289162/Lightning-strikes-Willis-Tower-Trump-Tower-Chicago.html) Seen from the Hancock Tower, lighting strikes both the Willis Tower, right, and the Trump Tower in downtown Chicago ## 47. Nature's Whip ![Nature's Whip](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/fc/fi/vsotdipn_500x657.jpg) Via [howyadointoday.tumblr.com](https://howyadointoday.tumblr.com/post/43890656825/pyrrhic-victoria-snake-lightning-by) Some pictures of lightning really do look like they came straight out of a Disney movie. ## 48. Monument Valley ![Monument Valley](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/wd/cy/clq95jn3_504x683.jpg) Via [Lightning Strike at Monument Valley](https://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesdavies999/6849947108/in/pool-49864919@N00/) A ribbon of power ## 49. TUCSON, Arizona ![TUCSON, Arizona](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/fu/yh/arsbi0pk_510x765.jpg) Via [Lightning over Tuscon, Arizona | ...](https://www.incredible-pictures.com/2013/12/lightning-over-tuscon-arizona.html) Unreal! ## 50. Clearwater, Kansas ![Clearwater, Kansas](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/rp/s2/a1vsbn1w_440x639.jpg) Via [Storms in the U.S](https://goo.gl/Qn0ORf) Storm chasers looking for a tornado found lightning instead. ## 51. Grand Canyon ![Grand Canyon](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/su/xj/noqxyt2a_600x900.jpg) Via [mooi](https://paullekker.tumblr.com/post/49376827606) I know you've already seen one stunning photograph of lighting over the Grand Canyon but this is just as good. ## 52. McDonald’s ![McDonald’s](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/kd/sb/bmv5vi7z_499x750.jpg) Via [Out of this World](https://goo.gl/Fmdkya) An act of God? ## 53. Space Shuttle Discovery ![Space Shuttle Discovery](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/oo/s0/f6kez4sa_488x617.jpg) Via [Pictures of the year 2009: ...](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/pictures-of-the-year/6867757/Pictures-of-the-year-2009-weather.html?image=6) To infinity and beyond. ## 54. The Empire State Building ![The Empire State Building](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/l0/eu/t0iht2e8_426x640.jpg) Via [Bolt of Lightning Striking the ...](https://a1pictures.blogspot.com/2013/02/bolt-of-lightning-striking-empire-state.html) The lightning rod doing its job. ## 55. Crater Storm, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon ![Crater Storm, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/w4/j3/qdc6tc4w_500x750.jpg) Via [Beautiful Nature (c1tylight5: Crater Storm ...](https://crossingislandnatur.tumblr.com/post/78496714011/c1tylight5-crater-storm-chad-dutson) Mother Nature can do what she pleases and we can't do anything about it. ## 56. Eyjafjalajökull, Iceland ![Eyjafjalajökull, Iceland](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/m4/y3/zfo1i8gh_499x640.jpg) Via [Eyjafjalajökull 6](https://www.flickr.com/photos/dogmundsson/4531437404/) 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. 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