Rare and unusual: Stock photos of rare. strange, peculiar or visually unusual lightning examples such as loops, beaded, or ribbon. Unusual forms and shapes of lightning types or flashes plus exceptional scenes are highlighted here.

  • A single, bright, positive lightning bolt discharges
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  • Torrents of rain glow with lightning and twilight in the mountains
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  • A knotted loop of cloud-to-air lightning terminates in the clear air
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  • Close-up of ribbon lightning bolt with multiple return strokes
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  • Untangling the mystery of a lightning path: a bizarre lightning flash
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  • An unusual knotted lightning air discharge twists erratically.
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  • A rare intensely bright superbolt lightning bolt strikes out of the blue
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  • A single, thick horizontal cloud-to-cloud lightning (intercloud flash)
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  • A brilliant, rare lightning superbolt with a positive charge strikes
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  • A lightning bolt which splits into many ground contact points
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  • Ribbon lightning: first return stroke sharp, the rest blurred by motion
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  • Brilliant lightning with an illuminated laminar wall cloud
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  • A menacing cloud-to-air lightning filament from a shelf cloud
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  • Rare view of a thunderhead with inner light shining out
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  • A ghostly Cumulonimbus storm cloud with full moon and lightning
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  • Rare, complex tangled lightning channel with a spray of filaments
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  • Rare looped and knotted lightning discharge in a deep turquoise sky
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  • The inner parts of these storm clouds emit light from lightning
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  • Tangle of erratic, irregular jagged spider lightning
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  • Fine filaments of lightning crawlers in a rare display
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