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Lightning

Watch Lightning Burst Around Hurricane Irma's Eye

NASA's lightning-mapping satellite might help predict the behavior of massive storms.

Kelsey Kennedy September 11, 2017

Sea lightning is on the rise.

Cargo Ships Are Creating Sea Lightning

Oceanic shipping lanes see double the number of strikes.

Eric Grundhauser September 8, 2017

The burial site of Old Pitt, the elephant.

Dillon, Montana

Old Pitt's Burial Site

The famous 102-year-old circus elephant was struck and killed by lightning.

Lightning Bolt Strikes the Father of the Bride, Mid-Wedding Toast

"It was amazing."

Erik Shilling July 12, 2017

Some of the LED gardens at Nabano No Sato.

Kuwana-shi, Japan

Nabana No Sato

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

When Lightning Strikes—in Your Office

“Honestly, I'm just happy to be alive."

Erik Shilling June 7, 2017

Lightning strikes two buildings in São Paulo City, Brazil.

Watch Lightning Strike in Slow Motion

It not only looks cool, but also helps scientists better understand lightning rods.

Kelsey Kennedy June 1, 2017

Permanently Closed

Pittaki Street.

Pittaki Street

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

Lightning over the Pacific Ocean, seen from the International Space Station.

Watch Lightning From Above, Thanks to a New Satellite

The data it is producing can help provide earlier warnings for severe weather.

Kelsey Kennedy May 5, 2017

This map shows where human-ignited wildfires dominate.

Humans Are Responsible for 84 Percent of Wildfires in the U.S.

Only in the mountainous west was lightning a more common cause, a new paper reports.

Sarah Laskow February 27, 2017

Alternate view of the pyramidion

Washington, D.C.

Washington Monument Lightning Rod

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

The monument stands in a lonely cemetery.

Wahpeton, North Dakota

Tent Pole Monument to Circus Dead

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.

Myles Standish's Legs and me

Halifax, Massachusetts

The Legs of Myles Standish

A pair of 7-foot legs belonging to the military man of the Mayflower stand jauntily by the side of the road.

Found: The World's Longest Lightning Strikes, In Both Length and Time

Lightning is a little more intense than we thought.

Eric Grundhauser September 19, 2016

The World's Most Lightning-Prone Place Has the World's First Lightning Forecasts

The cause of the Catatumbo Lightning is no longer a mystery.

Sarah Laskow July 27, 2016

Watch a Mini Volcano Simulator Produce an Electrical Storm

Scientists are trying to better understand the phenomenon to warn air traffic control.

Lauren Young July 27, 2016

Country Club Plaza

Kansas City, Missouri

Country Club Plaza

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

Video Wonder: Sydney Men Narrowly Avoid Lightning Strike

Urvija Banerji February 2, 2016