The occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash and typically also thunder: A tremendous flash of lightning lit up the night and illuminated the empty street.
• [count noun] Literary - a flash or discharge of lightning: The sky was a mass of black cloud out of which lightnings flashed.
ORIGIN
Middle English: Special use of lightening (verbal noun from lighten2).
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Fantastic capture! Lightening is super hard to get on film.
ReplyDeleteit makes me nervous when I'm riding my bike.
ReplyDeletegreat shots! it's hard to time it just right - I've taken 20 shots to get just one good one!
ReplyDeleteI love a good thunder-and-lightning storm, and you've certainly got some great shots! The last one looks like it must have carried quite a BOOM.
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