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A storm system with multi-directional lightning over the Bahamas.
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Cirrus uncinus spotted over Seattle, Washington, US
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Asperitas and signs of lacunosus spotted over Rochester, New York, US
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A reflection of the sunset over Mogro, Cantabria, Spain
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Altocumulus in an elongated form, spotted over the Northeast Canadian High Arctic
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Clouds 'socializing' at sunrise, as they drift over the Atlantic Ocean, near Boca Raton, Florida, US
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Lacunosus spotted over Gent Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium
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A developing Cumulonimbus over Shymkent, Kazakhstan
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Sunrise over Oakland, California, US
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Altostratus spotted over Twisp, Washington, US
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A developing storm near Porthmeor, North Cornwall Coast, England
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An illuminated Cumulus congestus spotted near Marbella-Málaga, Spain
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Undulatus spotted during sunset over Sun City, Georgetown, Texas, US
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A contrail that Michael described as needing a bit of a jumping, leaping start, spotted shortly after sunrise over Madison, Wisconsin, US
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Sunset with the summit of Whiteface Mountain peeking through above the clouds, near Vermontville, Adirondacks, New York, US
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Cap Cloud over Mount St. Helens, Washington, US
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Hi Rebecca it was taken like the other on 9/9/2013 but 11minutes later at 1831 precisely according to the RAW file info. Yes very complex but from another view it may unravel to something simpler. Such is the nature of lightning. Now why does it follow the path it does. For that reference books are required. I have ‘The Lightning Flash’ from what was the IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) but the majority of it is very mathematical. Maybe dusting it off would be a good move.
Mike Sharp
Another spectacular, mid-spring lightning storm picture in the evening over the Bahama Islands, Mike!
The lightning, which looks like twisted, tree-branched fingers reaching out across the sky, though the dark-blue coloured Caribbean sea in the foreground appears calm!
From Rebecca Hill, Canberra, Australia