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Some Tropical Trees Like The Feel Of Lightning On Their BranchesThis Dipteryx oleifera towers over its neighbors partially because it can survive direct lightning hits that kill those around it.

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Some Tropical Trees Like The Feel Of Lightning On Their BranchesThis Dipteryx oleifera towers over its neighbors partially because it can survive direct lightning hits that kill those around it.
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Some Tropical Trees Like The Feel Of Lightning On Their Branches

clock-iconMarch 26, 2025
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Astronaut On ISS Captures Mysterious Blue Jet Sprite Lighting Up Earth's AtmosphereRed sprites in the Earth's atmosphere.

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Astronaut On ISS Captures Mysterious Blue Jet Sprite Lighting Up Earth's AtmosphereRed sprites in the Earth's atmosphere.
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Astronaut On ISS Captures Mysterious Blue Jet Sprite Lighting Up Earth's Atmosphere

clock-iconMarch 10, 2025
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Retrofitted Cold War Spy Plane Shows That Most Tropical Storms Are Radioactivea plane is seen above the storm. the storm glows pink as a way to show where gamma-rays are coming from.

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Retrofitted Cold War Spy Plane Shows That Most Tropical Storms Are Radioactivea plane is seen above the storm. the storm glows pink as a way to show where gamma-rays are coming from.
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Retrofitted Cold War Spy Plane Shows That Most Tropical Storms Are Radioactive

clock-iconOctober 2, 2024
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If A Lightning Strike Hit A Lake, Would It Kill The Fish?Flashes of lightning in a storm hitting a deserted lake with a wooden boat in

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If A Lightning Strike Hit A Lake, Would It Kill The Fish?Flashes of lightning in a storm hitting a deserted lake with a wooden boat in
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If A Lightning Strike Hit A Lake, Would It Kill The Fish?

clock-iconAugust 27, 2024
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Strange Red Upside-Down Lightning Caught On Camera In Puerto RicoA red sprite and blue jet seen on top of a thunderstorm captured near Mauna Kea in Hawaii in 2017.

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Strange Red Upside-Down Lightning Caught On Camera In Puerto RicoA red sprite and blue jet seen on top of a thunderstorm captured near Mauna Kea in Hawaii in 2017.
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Strange Red Upside-Down Lightning Caught On Camera In Puerto Rico

clock-iconAugust 16, 2024
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Lightning Strikes Two People At Horseshoe Bend In ArizonaHorseshoe Bend in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona

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Lightning Strikes Two People At Horseshoe Bend In ArizonaHorseshoe Bend in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona
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Lightning Strikes Two People At Horseshoe Bend In Arizona

clock-iconAugust 14, 2024
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What Happens To Your Body When You Get Struck By Lightning?Lightning strikes the ground in a summer storm all over the sky in southern France.

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What Happens To Your Body When You Get Struck By Lightning?Lightning strikes the ground in a summer storm all over the sky in southern France.
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What Happens To Your Body When You Get Struck By Lightning?

clock-iconJuly 25, 2024
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NASA Astronaut Captures Red Sprites Dancing Above Thunderstorms On EarthA line of thunderstorms off the coast of South Africa as seen from the ISS, with a red sprite appearing above the closest to the camera.

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NASA Astronaut Captures Red Sprites Dancing Above Thunderstorms On EarthA line of thunderstorms off the coast of South Africa as seen from the ISS, with a red sprite appearing above the closest to the camera.
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NASA Astronaut Captures Red Sprites Dancing Above Thunderstorms On Earth

clock-iconJuly 11, 2024
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"Dirty" Thunderstorm Lights Up The Sky As Volcán De Fuego EruptsIncredible series of lightning forks above the fire of an erupting volcano.

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"Dirty" Thunderstorm Lights Up The Sky As Volcán De Fuego EruptsIncredible series of lightning forks above the fire of an erupting volcano.
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"Dirty" Thunderstorm Lights Up The Sky As Volcán De Fuego Erupts

clock-iconMay 17, 2024
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How Humans Can Survive Direct Lightning Strikes To The Headtwo massive lightning strikes down to a dark forest against a dark blue sky

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How Humans Can Survive Direct Lightning Strikes To The Headtwo massive lightning strikes down to a dark forest against a dark blue sky
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How Humans Can Survive Direct Lightning Strikes To The Head

clock-iconFebruary 9, 2024
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Mysterious Green Lightning "Ghosts" Of Earth's Upper Atmosphere Have Finally Been ExplainedThe red lines here are what is known as a sprite, sometimes seen above thunderstorms, but the green is something rarer, a ghost

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Mysterious Green Lightning "Ghosts" Of Earth's Upper Atmosphere Have Finally Been ExplainedThe red lines here are what is known as a sprite, sometimes seen above thunderstorms, but the green is something rarer, a ghost
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Mysterious Green Lightning "Ghosts" Of Earth's Upper Atmosphere Have Finally Been Explained

clock-iconDecember 14, 2023
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Astronaut Catches "Transient Luminous Event" High Above The EarthA red sprite above a thundercloud.

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Astronaut Catches "Transient Luminous Event" High Above The EarthA red sprite above a thundercloud.
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Astronaut Catches "Transient Luminous Event" High Above The Earth

clock-iconDecember 4, 2023
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For The First Time Ever, Humans Have Bent LightningNine forks of purple lightning can be seen over a city lit at night

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For The First Time Ever, Humans Have Bent LightningNine forks of purple lightning can be seen over a city lit at night
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For The First Time Ever, Humans Have Bent Lightning

clock-iconOctober 6, 2023
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Mysterious Flashes On Venus May Not Be Lightning After AllA false color image of Venus taken in ultraviolet light by Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft, revealing patterns in the planet's cloud layers.

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Mysterious Flashes On Venus May Not Be Lightning After AllA false color image of Venus taken in ultraviolet light by Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft, revealing patterns in the planet's cloud layers.
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Mysterious Flashes On Venus May Not Be Lightning After All

clock-iconSeptember 22, 2023
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Earthquake Lights Have Been Reported In Morocco, But What Are they?earthquake lights

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Earthquake Lights Have Been Reported In Morocco, But What Are they?earthquake lights
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Earthquake Lights Have Been Reported In Morocco, But What Are they?

clock-iconSeptember 13, 2023
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