Green on 15th hole at The Champions Course at Weeks Park in Wichita Falls,TX. The photo shows how lightning spreads out along the ground, something called "ground current." Photo by Anthony Dodge, The Champions Course at Weeks Park.
Temescal Valley, CA
Photo courtesy of Willi Wilkens
Temescal Valley, CA
Photo courtesy of Willi Wilkens
Lincoln, Montana at Krohn Lake, June 24-25, 2014. Photo by Janet Sholder
Lincoln, Montana at Krohn Lake, June 24-25, 2014. Photo by Janet Sholder
Lincoln, Montana at Krohn Lake, June 24-25, 2014. Photo
Looking southeast over the Las Vegas, NV, valley from Centennial Hills during a severe thunderstorm. Photo by David Lund, 2013,
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Taken near Edgewood, NM , 2004
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Lincoln, Montana at Krohn Lake, June 24-25, 2014. Photo by Janet Sholder
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Jesse Rudavski
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