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Several branching lightning bolts striking the sea at night from a cloud lit pink, with dark storm clouds above the horizon. — Lightning over Black Sea in Istanbul Türkiye Sinan Şahinoğlu

Lightning bolt flashing pink beneath a huge dark shelf cloud over the sea, seen from a grassy dune above a wide beach and lagoon. — Thunderstorm on Spiekeroog Stephan Sprinz

Bright lightning bolt branching across a violet evening sky and striking down sharply between trees, with a lit apartment block on the left and a large spruce on the right. — Electric Fury at Vitosha Tower: A Lightning Strike's Power Mohamed Nedal

Night view over a city of brightly lit skyscrapers and a harbour with boats, as lightning bolts strike behind the far hills in a huge glowing white ball of light. — The Perfect Storm Karina Wilgan

Lightning bolts striking from a purple-lit storm cloud over green rolling fields at dusk, with a large tree in front and car light trails on a winding road below, village lights in the distance. — Watching a Storm from Behind Michiel Baatsen

Bright violet lightning bolt with branching forks spreading sideways across a dark night sky, striking down towards a black silhouetted treeline. — Siberian Thunderstorm Mikhail Arshinov

Aircraft wing and engine seen from a cabin window in grey cloud, with a small bright spark streaming from the wingtip, a timestamp overlay reading 07:20:38.800. — Static discharge from aircraft Pavlo Kochkin

Bright lightning bolt striking the tip of an aircraft wing in dense grey cloud, seen from a cabin window, with a timestamp overlay reading 07:35:55.760. — Aircraft-triggered lightning Pavlo Kochkin

Lightning crawling horizontally across a purple night sky in long branching, zigzag channels, seen from below above the dark silhouettes of treetops. — Anvil crawler Oliver Schlenczek

Bright white electric spark arcing vertically between two metal electrodes in a dark laboratory, while a person in a checked shirt and ear defenders stands with hands on hips behind a barrier. — Understanding Lightning Pavlo Kochkin

False-colour image of an electrical discharge: a tall, narrow column of bright orange and red branching filaments, spreading into a fan of dark red branches at the top, on a white background. — Negative discharge Pavlo Kochkin

False-colour image of an electrical discharge: a broad fan of dense orange and yellow branching filaments that narrows downwards to a bright point, on a white background. — Positive discharge Pavlo Kochkin

Video of a scientific figure headed Experimental study of hard X-rays emitted from metre-scale positive discharges in air: four graphs of voltage, currents and X-ray intensity beside a false-colour image of a spark. — Positive discharge development Pavlo Kochkin

Lightning bolt striking down from a purple glowing thundercloud at night onto a dark skyline of buildings with a few lit windows. — Lightning strikes in NYC during the big storm of 2009 Bastiaan van Diedenhoven

Lightning branching across a purple night sky above a white van with a roof mast of weather instruments, labelled National Severe Storms Laboratory and Probe 2, in a wet car park. — Lightning strike with a stormchase vehicle used in VORTEX2 in the foreground. Jonathan Gourley

Two black-and-white photos: above, frayed ends of broken steel cables with splayed strands; below, a fallen lattice mast lying across rocky ground. — Damaged meterological mast Laboratory of Meteorology

Black-and-white night view of a single bright lightning bolt with short branches striking down below dark clouds over a mountain ridge. — Lighting on Mount Olympus Laboratory of Meteorology

Two forked bolts of lightning striking down from dark clouds over a calm sea at night, with a lit coastline and hills on the left and green rocks on the grassy shore in front. — Lightning Ioannis Daglis

Branching lightning bolts glowing orange through dark night clouds above the black silhouette of a treeline. — Lightning Jorge Mataix-Solera

Bright lightning bolt striking down from a purple-grey sky over a lake, seen above city rooftops with domed buildings, church spires and a crane. — Zurich lit by lightning Ryan Teuling

Tree trunk split open lengthwise, its bark torn away to expose pale shredded wood and long splinters, among other trunks and green leafy branches in a wood. — Tree struck by lightning Konstantinos Kourtidis

Branching lightning bolts spreading across a purple night sky above dark treetops, framed by buildings at the edges, with small city lights low on the horizon. — Lightning in Germany Jutta Holst

Several lightning bolts at night: a bright blue-violet bolt descending from the top and others flashing beneath a dark cloud base, above a line of distant town lights. — Lightning Lefteris Aggelopoulos

Single jagged lightning bolt striking down from a purple night sky behind dark hills, above a long line of town lights across dark water. — Lightning in Chalkidiki Lefteris Aggelopoulos

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