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Forty seconds of a truly impressive thunderstorm, which passed over Minneapolis earlier this week.

All Alone In The Night: timelapse from the ISS (x)

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Volcanic Lightning occurs when lightning is produced in a volcanic plume. The process starts when particles separate, either after a collision or when a larger particle breaks in two. Some difference in the aerodynamics of these particles then causes the positively charged particles to separate from the negatively charged particles. Lightning occurs when this charge separation becomes too great for air to resist the flow of electricity. Volcanic eruptions also release large amounts of water, which can also help these thunderstorms along. (Source)

by Jamie Betts

see also the sakurajima and puyehue eruptions. photos by skarphedinn thrainsson, gunnar gestur geirmundsson, sigurdur hrafn stefnisson, lukas jackson and ragnar th sigurdsson.

there’s so much beauty in a storm