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

Orange, Australia

Las Vegas, Nevada

Straight of Malacca, seen from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln

Lombok, Indonesia

Maastricht, The Netherlands

Norman, Oklahoma

Seen from the International Space Station

Québec, Canada

Monmouth, Illinois

Victoria, Australia

Dixon Mills, Alabama

Berlin, Germany

Atlanta, Georgia

Bordeaux, France

Unna, Germany

Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela

Orange, Australia

Swifts Creek, Australia

Childress, Texas

Orange, Australia

Wagga Wagga, Australia

Somewhere over the ocean

Chaparral, New Mexico

Enid, Oklahoma
