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“Relámpago del Catatumbo”, the Everlasting Storm
- 4 Jan 2012
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- January 04 2012 Lightning Natural Phenomena Venezuela Weather
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"The mysterious “Relámpago del Catatumbo” (Catatumbo lightning) is a unique natural phenomenon in the world. Located on the mouth of the Catatumbo river at Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela), the phenomenon is a cloud-to-cloud lightning that forms a voltage arc more than five kilometre high during 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours a night, and as many as 280 times an hour."

via mytechnologyworld9.blogspot.com

Promotional Video of the "Catatumbo Lightning", tourist icon of the Zulia State,Venezuela. Declared Natural Patrimony of the Nation in 2007; and Natural Heriage of Humanity by UNESCO.
High Altitude Sprites Captured
- 14 Dec 2011
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- 13December11 Lightning Sprites
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"Sometimes in science, it’s easy to get caught up in the practical, to focus so heavily on the why’s and how’s of things, that it’s easy to miss the simple beauty that nature offers.

That might be the case with a little known type of lightening that occurs between the part of the atmosphere where weather events are seen quite easily, and the far reaches near the beginning of space. Called sprites, these other kinds of lightening strikes are of far shorter duration than we’re accustomed to; it wasn’t until just the past thirty years or so that anyone even knew they existed. So odd were they, that pilots flying at high altitudes who saw them feared for their jobs if they spoke of them. Now however a research team has captured some instances of them using high speed cameras."

via physorg.com
Storm over Puyehue-Cordón Caulle
- 20 Nov 2011
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- 19November11 Chile Lightning Volcanoes
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Photograph by Ricardo Mohr

A cloud of lightning-topped ash rises toward a starry sky during the June eruption of southern Chile's Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano complex in a picture submitted to My Shot in October. The summer eruption grounded flights in Chile and neighboring Argentina.

This month officials began evacuating people from the immediate vicinity of the Hudson Volcano, 470 miles (756 kilometers) south of Puyehue-Cordón Caulle, according to the Associated Press. Recent releases of steam and ash from the volcano have had authorities in Chile and Argentina on high alert, AP reports.

via news.nationalgeographic.com
The Lightning Foundry
- 14 Nov 2011
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- 13November11 Coils Electric Generator Lightning Machinery Man Made Tesla
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"twas a dark and stormy night" by darkmatter

"The largest lightning generator in the world is being built and you can take part. Join a record-breaking demonstration of a lightning discharge and live to tell about it.

The Lightning Foundry is a project to re-create super-long discharge effects normally found only in lightning. Two 10-story Tesla Coil towers will fill an area the size of a football field with lightning-like discharges hundreds of feet in length. If we trigger super-long discharge effects the arcs could strike considerably further."

Learn more via lod.org
Decotora : Electric Light Truck Decoration in Japan
- 6 Nov 2011
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- 05November11 Decotora Japan Lightning Modification Transportation Trucks
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"Decotora" Trucks Shine in the Night

"What happens if a Japanese truck "dies and goes to heaven?" It becomes one of the glorified "Decotora" trucks! Decorated trucks, vans and semis glow in the night with the million lights, adding to the already incredibly bright Japanese urban landscape."

via darkroastedblend.com
A Lightning Show at the Grand Canyon
- 11 Oct 2011
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- 10October11 Grand Canyon Landscapes Lightning
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via all-that-is-interesting.com
Summer Lightning Near Keota, Colorado
- 17 Sep 2011
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- 16September11 Colorado Keota Lightning Pawnee National Grasslands Storms
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by Robert Arn

"The Pawnee National Grasslands in Colorado is an exceptional place both to observe nature and to stargaze. Observers have a nearly unobstructed view of the horizon. During the summer months, lightning can be seen miles away, and the night sky is generally free of annoying light pollution.

While waiting for skies to darken at a star party near Keota, Colorado last month, I directed my scope and camera toward a summer thunderstorm plowing across the plains. Its accompanying lightning; especially the cloud-to-ground lightning was quite dramatic. As shown above in a time lapse photo, a dozen or more strokes were recorded in less than half a minute. Each bolt typically generates 100,000,000 volts of electricity, and the more energetic strikes can reach temperatures of 54,000 degrees F (30,000 C). Before too long, the storm moved off, and I was able to turn my attention to the clearing and darkening sky."

via epod.usra.edu
Sacré Bleu ! a bolt from the blue... the Eiffel Tower all lit up !
- 8 Sep 2011
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- 07September11 France Lightning Photographs
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read more via dailymail.co.uk
Tsunami in the Sky
- 3 Sep 2011
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- 02September11 Lightning Thunderstormd
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"The results of the 2011 spring storm chasing season are in. Mike Hollingstead from Extreme Instability has been chasing storms for many years (his site is always a fascinating read for thrill-seekers). We featured his adventures before - see, for example, our article "Fog Storm Over Badlands" . However this time, what you're going to see is going to blow you away - this is possibly the most epic sight on the whole Earth."

See more of the "Giant Wave" Supercell Pictures That Will Blow You Away" via darkroastedblend.com
Huge Haboob Engulfs Phoenix...Again !
- 19 Aug 2011
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- 19August11 Dust Storm Haboob Lightning Phoenix nature
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Photograph by Matt York, AP

"A flash of lightning accentuates a thick blanket of dust over Gilbert, Arizona, on Thursday—the third major dust storm to hit the Phoenix metropolitan area since early July."

via news.nationalgeographic.com
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