This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. More than 2,000 lightning strikes illuminated Southern California skies in 48 hours, mostly occurring over the ...

There are also some other rarer, even more spectacular types of lightning: ...

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In his final weeks aboard the space station after six months in orbit, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick has shared a gorgeous time-lapse of Earth. It shows a large part of Asia as the International ...

But the following is something different entirely – a fiery red sky, bursting with shimmering lightning bolts, over a glowing ...