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Electrifying pictures of lightning and thunderstorms


This composite shot was taken as a summer electrical storm hit Athens, Greece. Photographer Chris Kotsiopoulos dashed from his home to the Olympic Stadium when he heard the thunder and lightning and came back with this awesome shot.



Lightning strikes the top of a building in Foshan in south China's Guangdong province


Lightning strikes the Hillbrow Telkom Tower in Johannesburg, South Africa


Lightning bolts appear to strike both the Willis Tower and the Trump Tower in downtown Chicago


Wind turbines are silhouetted by lightning in Jacobsdorf, in Brandenburg, Germany


Lightning illuminates the night sky and strikes two buildings over South Beach, Miami



Lightning striking near the Houses of Parliament, in London


Lightning strikes near the Empire State Building during a severe thunderstorm in a sweltering New York


Lightning illuminates the sky during a thunderstorm over the Swiss Federal Palace in Bern