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Eclectic Perambulations in the Noosphere

Lightning at a crawl... slowed down 300x.

copyright Tom A Warner

Filed under  //   7.25.10   Lightning  

Lightning : Deadly, Beautiful, Intense...

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Lightning is one of the oldest observed natural phenomena on earth. Besides thunderstorms, lightning has been seen in extremely intense forest fires, volcanic eruptions, surface nuclear detonations, heavy snowstorms, and in large hurricanes. At any given moment, there are about 1,800 thunderstorms happening over the Earth. It’s estimated that 100 lightning flashes occur each second somewhere around the globe, totaling to about 8 million lightning flashes per day.

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Dirty thunderstorm : Lightning in a volcano

Eleven Electrifying Photographs from Iceland

Filed under  //   Lightning   Natural Disasters   Volcanoes  

Spectacular pictures of tornadoes, supercells and lightning

by storm chaser Mike Hollingshead

Filed under  //   Lightning   photography   Weather  

Lightning Reveals Its Power in Slow Motion

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Slow Motion Lightning

 

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Huichol Lightning

by Rick Croissant

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