25 Real Pictures Of Lightning You’ll Be Shocked Are Not Photoshopped

Posted by , Updated on November 12, 2022

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.

25

Arches National Park, Utah

arches national park lightningImage: Anthony Quintano via Flickr
24

Orange, Australia

orange, australia lightningImage: NOAA Photo Library via Flickr
23

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las_Vegas_Lightning_StormImage: Wikimedia
22

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

Lighting flashes as the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transits the Straight of Malacca.Image: Wikimedia
21

Lombok, Indonesia

lombok indonesia lightningImage: Wikimedia
20

Maastricht, The Netherlands

Great_Balls_of_Lightning maastrictImage: Wikimedia
19

Norman, Oklahoma

norman oklahoma lightningImage: Pixabay
18

Seen from the International Space Station

Red_sprite_lightning_seen_from_ISSImage: Wikimedia
17

Québec, Canada

Lightning_over_QuebecImage: Wikimedia
16

Monmouth, Illinois

monmouth, illinois lightningImage: NOAA Photo Library via Flickr
15

Victoria, Australia

Cloud_to_cloud_lightning_strike victoria ozImage: fir0002 via flagstaffotos
14

Dixon Mills, Alabama

Lightning_hits_treeImage: Wikimedia
13

Berlin, Germany

lightning strikes Berlin tv towerImage: Matt Biddulph via Flickr
12

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta_Lightning_StrikeImage: Wikimedia
11

Bordeaux, France

lightning in bordeauxImage: Axel Rouvin via Flickr
10

Unna, Germany

unna germany lightning stormImage: smial via Wikimedia
9

Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela

Catatumbo lightningImage: Wikipedia
8

Orange, Australia

orange, australia lightningImage: NOAA Photo Library via Flickr
7

Swifts Creek, Australia

Cloud_to_cloud_lightning_strike swifts creek ozImage: fir0002 via flagstaffotos
6

Childress, Texas

childress, texas lightningImage: NOAA Photo Library via Flickr
5

Orange, Australia

orange australia lightningImage: NOAA Photo Library via Flickr
4

Wagga Wagga, Australia

Cloud_to_ground_lightning_strikes_south-west_of_Wagga_WaggaImage: Wikipedia
3

Somewhere over the ocean

lightning over oceanImage: Pixabay
2

Chaparral, New Mexico

supercell stormImage: Pixabay
1

Enid, Oklahoma

Lightning over National Severe Storms Laboratory mobile mesonetImage: NOAA Photo Library via Flickr


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