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Lightning at Night, Walton, Nebraska
Photo: Lightning fills the night sky near Walton, Nebraska
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Whips of lightning crack the sky near rural Walton, Nebraska. Because a flash of lightning is actually multiple strokes that occur in a fraction of a second, time exposure photographs like this best capture these rapid-fire displays.
Photograph by Joel Sartore

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