Electrifying pictures of lightning and thunderstorms

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A lightning bolt strikes down near downtown Des Moines, Iowa.

Serious question. Does anyone know how to pronounce "Des Moines"?

Thanks for the great thread!

 

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Lightning strikes across the skies of Patterson, Arkansas, April 10, 2013. M
REUTERS/Gene Blevins

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Lightning streaks across the sky as lava flows from a volcano in Eyjafjallajokul, Iceland, April 17, 2010.
REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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Lighting strikes over a barn surrounded by a soybean crop in Donnellson, Iowa, July 13, 2012.
REUTERS/Adrees Latif

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Lightning strikes near a ridge as a storm passes though Death Valley National Park in California just after sunset, July 21, 2009.
REUTERS/Steve Marcus


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Lightning is seen above buildings during a storm in central Shanghai, August 15, 2012.
REUTERS/Aly Song

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Lightning bolts strike around the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain near Osorno city in Chile, June 5, 2011.
REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
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Usher Brent Mole stands along a wall as lightning strikes across the sky during a storm delay during a game between
the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets at Turner Field in Atlanta, June 15, 2011. REUTERS/Tami Chappell

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Lighting strikes over Saint Joseph cathedral during a storm in Hanoi, July 14, 2012.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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Lightning strikes behind the Mandalay Bay and the Luxor hotel casinos as a thunderstorm passes through Las Vegas, September 11, 2011.
REUTERS/Steve Marcus

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Volcanic lightning or a dirty thunderstorm is seen above Shinmoedake peak as it erupts, between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures,
in Japan, January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Minami-Nippon Shimbun

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[looneytan]

The most awesome lightning strike

 

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Lightning illuminates the sky offshore Beirut, October 29,2008.
REUTERS/Jamal Saidi

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The most awesome lightning strike

Tio lah!!!

 

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Lightning strikes near the town of Searchlight, Nevada as the first storm of the season passes through the western deserts of the United States, June 8, 2006.
REUTERS/Gene Blevins

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Lightnings strike over buildings during a thunderstorm in Berlin, June 29, 2012.
REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski

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Lightning strikes over buildings during a thunderstorm in central Bangkok, March 26, 2012.
REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang

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Lightning strikes the CN Tower during a thunderstorm in Toronto, May 29, 2011.
REUTERS/Mark Blinch

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Lightning strikes over Bangkok, May 24, 2010.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

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Lightning illuminates the sky during a thunderstorm over the Swiss Federal Palace in Bern, Switzerland, July 17, 2009.
REUTERS/Michael Buholzer

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