 
        Close hit
by Oliver Schlenczek, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Very close (< 100 m) lightning strike observed during a nighttime thunderstorm in Mainz, Germany. The small upward branch on the left side of the left channel might be an upward streamer. No fire was caused by this lightning strike, but electronic devices were damaged.
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- Europe (3893)
- Western Europe (788)
- Germany (265)
- Exact location (8.2863 E, 49.9722 N)
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    Camera: 
    Canon EOS 450D
    
      
      
        Taken on 9
      
        June
        2013
      
      Submitted on 28 February 2015
    
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      Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
    
Credit
Oliver Schlenczek (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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