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Grand Canyon, Arizona
Photo: Lightning arcs into the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
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A dramatic cloudburst releases jagged bolts of lightning deep into the Grand Canyon near Point Sublime.
Photograph by Michael K. Nichols

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