Lightning

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 Vernacular names
English: Lightning · Deutsch: Blitz · español: Rayo · français: Foudre (dont foudre en boule) · italiano: Lampo · Lëtzebuergesch: Blëtz · Nāhuatl: Mēyyōtl · polski: Błyskawica · português: Raio · slovenčina: Blesk · slovenščina: Strela · 中文（台灣）‎: 雷、閃電 ·
  • English: Lightning is the visible manifestation of an electrical discharge in the air. It is generally coupled with thunder.
  • Español: Rayo es una descarga electroestática natural producida durante una tormenta.
  • Français : La foudre ou l'éclair est la manifestation visible d'une décharge électrique dans l'air. Il est généralement associé au tonnerre.


Animations[edit]

  • Lightnings sequence 2 animation.gif
  • Lightning animation.gif
  • Lightning animation - NOAA.gif
  • 2008 06 10 - Russett - Storms over Concord Park 01-12.gif
  • Raio.gif
  • Leaderlightnig.gif
  • Lightning slow motion.gif

Cloud to ground / Des nuages vers le sol[edit]

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  • Lightning strike jan 2007.jpg
  • Eclair-ligthning-3.jpg
  • CG lightning strike.JPG
  • Thunder at Saitama 2.jpg
  • Lightning 3025.jpg

  • Lightning over Wageningen (Netherlands)

  • Lightning strike in Tampa, Florida

  • Cloud to ground Lightning strike near Trento (Italy)

  • Annemasse, France

  • Lightning strike in Detroit, Michigan

  • Lightning sweden 2003 01.jpg
  • Lincoln Lightning.jpg

  • Lightning on the Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon (United States)

  • Lightning.

  • Lightning 02.jpg

  • Lightning strike in Toronto

  • Lightning NOAA.jpg
  • Lightning3.jpg
  • LightningOverEdson.JPG
  • Lightning6.jpg

  • Lightning

  • Cloud-to-ground lightning stroke - NOAA.jpg
  • Cloud-to-ground lightning2 - NOAA.jpg
  • Błyskawica.jpg
  • Thunder lightning Garajau Madeira 289985700.jpg
  • Lightning in Zdolbuniv.jpg
  • Longhorndave - Lightning (by).jpg
  • Foudre.JPG

  • Lightning over Mariatrost Basilica, Graz (Austria)

  • Lightning over Mariatrost Basilica, Graz (Austria)

  • Lightning in Madrid

  • Lightning over Miramare di Rimini, Italy

  • Lightning strike near the U.S. Capitol building

  • Thunder.jpg
  • CG-Lightning-Australia.jpg
  • Wall cloud with lightning - NOAA.jpg
  • Lightning over Oradea Romania 2.jpg
  • Relampago BSB 12 2006 zoom 8082.jpg
  • Scottobear - 051231 sun (by-sa).jpg
  • Multiple cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground lightning strokes - NOAA.jpg
  • RAIOimage113.JPG
  • Blesk.jpg

  • hitting a tree

  • CN Tower struck by lightning-Edit(Taxi).jpg
  • Denver Lightning.jpg

  • Featured pictures Lightning striking the Eiffel Tower, June 3, 1902, at 9:20 P.M.

  • Lightning storm over Boston, 1960s

  • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, August 30, 1983

Cloud to cloud / De nuage à nuage[edit]

  • Featured pictures Sheet lightning

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  • Cloud to cloud lightning strike nov08.jpg
  • Cloud to cloud lightning strike.jpg
  • LightningSteinenbronn.JPG
  • Lightning02.jpg
  • Cloud-to-cloud lightning2 - NOAA.jpg
  • Lightning over John C. Stennis - alt1.jpg
  • CC lightning strike.JPG
  • Lightning in Haute-Savoie, France.jpg
  • Lightning.jpg
  • Wide lightning.jpg
  • Bliksem.JPG
  • Blaisephoto.fr.jpg
  • Lightning2.jpg
  • HospitalStorm.jpg
  • Aindrila - lightning - jet air (by).jpg
  • The lightning.jpg

Together with volcanic eruptions / Couplé à une éruption volcanique[edit]

  • eruption of Galungung with lightning strikes

  • Rinjani 1994.jpg

Artifical / Artificiel[edit]

  • Lightning simulator questacon05.jpg
  • 225W Tesla coil - arcs (cropped).jpg
  • 225W Zeus Tesla coil - arcs2 (cropped).jpg

Drawings / Dessins[edit]

  • Global Lightning Frequency.png

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  • 1842

Lightning damage / Dégâts[edit]

  • David.nikonvscanon - Phone Struck by Lightning (by).jpg
  • TreeStruckByLightning.JPG
  • Lightning-struck tree at Waudby - geograph.org.uk - 9574.jpg
  • Estelle tronc 03.jpg
  • Juniperus hendido.jpg

  • A tree after a lightning strike

  • Eucalyptus tree after a lightning strike

  • Remains of a Eucalyptus tree which was hit by lightning

  • Lightning struck tree 2.jpg
  • Tropical savannah (Top End).jpg
  • Drzewo-piorun.jpg
  • Lightning scar 0009.jpg
  • Blitzschaden Maibaum.JPG

  • Otakar Lebeda, 1900

Special phenomena / Phénomènes particuliers[edit]

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