Lightning is an immensely powerful force that we humans have yet to truly understand. Appearing during small storms, massive super-cells, and even volcanic eruptions, lightning is both dangerous and beautiful to look at. Whether it goes cloud-to-ground, cloud-to-cloud, or stays within its own cloud, lightning creates brilliant pictures wherever it streaks across the sky. While there are many highly-edited pictures of seemingly impossible lightning out there (if it’s edited, it likely is impossible!), these are all natural, #nofilter versions, taken by amateur and expert photographers alike. Be amazed by these 25 Real Pictures Of Lightning You’ll Be Shocked Are Not Photoshopped.
Arches National Park, Utah
Image: Anthony Quintano via Flickr
Orange, Australia
Image: NOAA Photo Library via Flickr
Las Vegas, Nevada
Image: Wikimedia
Straight of Malacca, seen from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln
Image: Wikimedia
Lombok, Indonesia
Image: Wikimedia
Maastricht, The Netherlands
Image: Wikimedia
Norman, Oklahoma
Image: Pixabay
Seen from the International Space Station
Image: Wikimedia
Québec, Canada
Image: Wikimedia
Monmouth, Illinois
Image: NOAA Photo Library via Flickr
Victoria, Australia
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Dixon Mills, Alabama
Image: Wikimedia
Berlin, Germany
Image: Matt Biddulph via Flickr
Atlanta, Georgia
Image: Wikimedia
Bordeaux, France
Image: Axel Rouvin via Flickr
Unna, Germany
Image: smial via Wikimedia
Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela
Image: Wikipedia
Orange, Australia
Image: NOAA Photo Library via Flickr
Swifts Creek, Australia
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Childress, Texas
Image: NOAA Photo Library via Flickr
Orange, Australia
Image: NOAA Photo Library via Flickr
Wagga Wagga, Australia
Image: Wikipedia
Somewhere over the ocean
Image: Pixabay
Chaparral, New Mexico
Image: Pixabay
Enid, Oklahoma
Image: NOAA Photo Library via Flickr
