14
Jun
Photo of the day: Epic lightning bolt strikes America’s tallest skyscraper
The Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) endures a dramatic strike of lightning during an evening storm on June 12 in downtown Chicago. A massive storm system — replete with heavy rain, high winds, hail and possibly even tornadoes — is currently moving through the Midwest, and is expected to hit the Mid-Atlantic later this week.
20
May
Lightning strike blows bark off tree
Check out the results of a stormy encounter between lightning and the hapless tree it used to find a path to the ground.
27
Apr
Dark lightning linked to its luminous twin
Dark lightning, also called terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, is a burst of powerful gamma-ray radiation produced in thunderstorms.
27
Feb
31
Jan
28
Sep
Lightning’s inner workings are still a mystery
Even centuries after Ben Franklin’s kite and key experiment, scientists are still unsure of exactly how lightning works.
19
Jul
What causes lightning?
As summer thunderstorms loom across the U.S., MNN sheds some light on lightning — one of the deadliest and least-understood weather events on Earth.
16
May
When lightning strikes: Photographer’s Bay Bridge image goes viral
San Fransisco shutterbug says he has no idea how the photo of lightning striking the Bay Bridge went viral so quickly.
07
Dec
High-speed video captures elusive lightning enigmas
The existence of ‘sprites’ and ‘elves’ in storm clouds had been documented in the 1980s and 90s, but no conclusive recordings of them existed until now.
20
Aug
Lightning is highlighted by a dark purple sky near the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, on Aug. 14. The Potala Palace was the residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India in 1959.
