47 Photographs of Spectacular Lightning Storms
Do you love lightning storms? The calm beforehand and the cool, crisp air of the impending rain. The sweeping rumble of the thunder. The flashing and flickering lightning illuminating the sky.
Lightning occurs between clouds and the earth, but also between two clouds or even within a single cloud. With each bolt, the electrostatic charge gets equalized. Despite the danger lightning and severe storms can pose to humans and the environment, they create beautiful light shows.
Here are 47 photographs of magnificent lightning storms all around the world.
Sydney, Australia
Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela
F/A-18C Hornet Aircrafts
Toronto, Canada
Cerro Paranal, Chile
Spain
Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Annandale, Virginia, U.S.
Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet
Kitsilano Beach, Vancouver, Canada
Zwickau, Germany
Unna, Germany
Pritzerbe, Germany
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Madeira, Portugal
Sofia, Bulgaria
Zaragoza, Spain
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Columbia River, U.S.
Swifts Creek, Australia
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Helsinki, Finland
Tel Aviv, Israel
India Gate, New Delhi
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Esztergom Basilica, Russia
Hazaribagh, India
Johannesburg, South Africa
Madrid, Spain
Helsinki, Finland
Manly, Australia
Las Cruces, New Mexico, US
São Paulo, Brazil
NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Hopfgarten, Germany
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Helsinki, Finland
Marquette, Kansas, US
Mona Vale, Australia
Victoria, Australia
Glyfada, Athens, Greece
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., U.S.
USS John C. Stennis Flight Deck
Schwerin, Germany
Bangkok, Thailand
Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Photographs from Wikimedia Commons
