ලෝකේ වටේ අකුණු...! (Lightning And Thunderstorms)
This composite shot was taken as a summer electrical storm hit Athens, Greece. Photographer Chris Kotsiopoulos dashed from his home to the Olympic Stadium when he heard the thunder and lightning and came back with this awesome shot.
As we hit the season for summer storms, we republish some of the best lightning photos we've featured on telegraph.co.uk over the past year or so
We follow that picture with another shot from Athens - a flash of lightning illuminates the sky over the Parthenon on the Acropolis during a thunderstorm
Lightning strikes the top of a building in Foshan in south China's Guangdong province
A bolt of lightning strikes a yacht's mast. Amateur photographer Francis Evans from Truro, Cornwall, decided to take a photograph from his window on the off-chance that he could capture the lightning. He did - hitting his neighbour's 18ft yacht
Lightning strikes the Hillbrow Telkom Tower in Johannesburg, South Africa
Lightning bolts appear to strike both the Willis Tower and the Trump Tower in downtown Chicago
Wind turbines are silhouetted by lightning in Jacobsdorf, in Brandenburg, Germany
Lightning illuminates the night sky and strikes two buildings over South Beach, Miami
Lightning striking near the Houses of Parliament, in London
A streak of lightning illuminates the sky behind the Oval as rain delays the game between England and the West Indies
Lightning strikes near the Empire State Building during a severe thunderstorm in a sweltering New York
Lightning illuminates the sky during a thunderstorm over the Swiss Federal Palace in Bern
A bolt of lightning illuminates the sky just outside Southampton, Hampshire
Lghtning strikes during a thunder storm in Beijing. The Beijing Capital International Airport suspended flights due to a thunder storm that hit the Chinese capital
A shot from Roger Hill's house in Denver, Colorado, of an amazing lightning storm. Storm-chasing husband and wife team Roger and Caryn Hill take tourists on trips following tornadoes
Lightning bolts light the sky above Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska, while South Carolina plays Oklahoma in an NCAA College World Series baseball game
A rainbow and lightning are seen together as the sun casts shadows on the buildings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lightning strikes while a rainbow is formed in the skies over Palmdale, California
An armoured vehicle from the Centurion Company, 2-1 Infantry Battalion, 5/2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team is framed by a bolt of lightning during a storm at Combat Outpost Terminator in Maiwand District, Kandahar Province
Lightning strikes twice over Kathmandu valley in Nepal during a heavy storm in the region
An electrical storm lights up the night sky over Luoping in China in this picture taken by photographer Mao Hong
Multiple bolts of lightning strike over the southern Indian city of Bangalore
Space Shuttle Discovery starts its rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building, Kennedy Space Centre, Cape Canaveral, Florida, during a thunderstorm
Military photographers Jon Husman and Elliott Fabrizio capture lightning over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis while on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean
A close-up of lightning hitting Krakatoa
A heavy thunderstorm over the city of Zurich, Switzerland
Lightning strikes over the Beijing skyline during a thunderstorm, near the city's tallest skyscraper, the China World Trade Center Tower 3
Lightning strikes behind a windmill on a farm near Baldwin City, Kansas
Lightning streaks the sky and reflects off the buildings of Bangkok. The wet season monsoon rains in Thailand start in late May or early June and continue until October
Lightning is seen over the 432-metre high Guangzhou International Finance Centre in China
This composite shot was taken as a summer electrical storm hit Athens, Greece. Photographer Chris Kotsiopoulos dashed from his home to the Olympic Stadium when he heard the thunder and lightning and came back with this awesome shot.
As we hit the season for summer storms, we republish some of the best lightning photos we've featured on telegraph.co.uk over the past year or so
We follow that picture with another shot from Athens - a flash of lightning illuminates the sky over the Parthenon on the Acropolis during a thunderstorm
Lightning strikes the top of a building in Foshan in south China's Guangdong province
A bolt of lightning strikes a yacht's mast. Amateur photographer Francis Evans from Truro, Cornwall, decided to take a photograph from his window on the off-chance that he could capture the lightning. He did - hitting his neighbour's 18ft yacht
Lightning strikes the Hillbrow Telkom Tower in Johannesburg, South Africa
Lightning bolts appear to strike both the Willis Tower and the Trump Tower in downtown Chicago
Wind turbines are silhouetted by lightning in Jacobsdorf, in Brandenburg, Germany
Lightning illuminates the night sky and strikes two buildings over South Beach, Miami
Lightning striking near the Houses of Parliament, in London
A streak of lightning illuminates the sky behind the Oval as rain delays the game between England and the West Indies
Lightning strikes near the Empire State Building during a severe thunderstorm in a sweltering New York
Lightning illuminates the sky during a thunderstorm over the Swiss Federal Palace in Bern
A bolt of lightning illuminates the sky just outside Southampton, Hampshire
Lghtning strikes during a thunder storm in Beijing. The Beijing Capital International Airport suspended flights due to a thunder storm that hit the Chinese capital
A shot from Roger Hill's house in Denver, Colorado, of an amazing lightning storm. Storm-chasing husband and wife team Roger and Caryn Hill take tourists on trips following tornadoes
Lightning bolts light the sky above Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska, while South Carolina plays Oklahoma in an NCAA College World Series baseball game
A rainbow and lightning are seen together as the sun casts shadows on the buildings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lightning strikes while a rainbow is formed in the skies over Palmdale, California
An armoured vehicle from the Centurion Company, 2-1 Infantry Battalion, 5/2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team is framed by a bolt of lightning during a storm at Combat Outpost Terminator in Maiwand District, Kandahar Province
Lightning strikes twice over Kathmandu valley in Nepal during a heavy storm in the region
An electrical storm lights up the night sky over Luoping in China in this picture taken by photographer Mao Hong
Multiple bolts of lightning strike over the southern Indian city of Bangalore
Space Shuttle Discovery starts its rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building, Kennedy Space Centre, Cape Canaveral, Florida, during a thunderstorm
Military photographers Jon Husman and Elliott Fabrizio capture lightning over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis while on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean
A close-up of lightning hitting Krakatoa
A heavy thunderstorm over the city of Zurich, Switzerland
Lightning strikes over the Beijing skyline during a thunderstorm, near the city's tallest skyscraper, the China World Trade Center Tower 3
Lightning strikes behind a windmill on a farm near Baldwin City, Kansas
Lightning streaks the sky and reflects off the buildings of Bangkok. The wet season monsoon rains in Thailand start in late May or early June and continue until October
Lightning is seen over the 432-metre high Guangzhou International Finance Centre in China
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