AMAZING LIGHTENING STRIKES

LIGHTNING IS A MASSIVE ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE

BETWEEN THE ELECTRICALLY CHARGED REGIONS

WITHIN CLOUDS OR BETWEEN A CLOUD AND THE EARTH'S SURFACE.

JAPAN'S SAKURAJIMA VOLCANO ERUPTED,

TOSSING MOLTEN LAVA BOMBS AND LIGHTNING EVERYWHERE.

LUCKILY IT WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERS BY PHOTOGRAPHER

MARTIN RIETZE .

 LIGHTNING FLASHES DURING A THUNDERSTORM

OVER MONTERREY, MEXICO.

LIGHTNING OVER QUEBEC

THE EIFFEL TOWER BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

IN A DRAMATIC SUMMER STORM.

IN JUST SIX HOURS, FOUR PLANES WERE STRUCK

BY LIGHTNING OVER HONOLULU.

LIGHTNING STRIKES BEHIND THE LONDON EYE

IN CENTRAL LONDON.

GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA.

CARDIFF, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.

OLYMPIC STADIUM, ATHENS.

CN TOWER, DOWNTOWN TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.