Electrifying Photos of Lightning That Will Give You Thrills

United States

The One World Trade Center in Manhattan taps a bolt of lightning as the sun sets behind the city during a summer storm in July 2014.

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Canada

This shot captures the moment when the CN Tower in Toronto is struck by lightning during a thunderstorm in May 2011.

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China

The heavy thunderstorm turned Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, pink and purple in September 2014.

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United States

The famous Las Vegas Strip becomes ever more illuminated as a thunderstorm passed in September 2017.

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Lebanon

Lightning bolts seem to connect the heavy sky with the horizon offshore Beirut in October 2008.

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