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Lightning Discharge Stock Photos

Browse 517 lightning discharge photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images.

lightning the line of lightning was coming down. - lightning discharge stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

lightning The line of lightning was coming down.

Lightning, Thunderstorm, Electricity

lightning in the night sky during a thunderstorm - lightning discharge stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Lightning in the night sky during a thunderstorm

Lightning, Cloud - Sky, Sky

Rain falling and stroke of forked lightning during thunderstorm at night over church tower and trees.

Rain falling and stroke of forked lightning during thunderstorm at night over church tower and trees

UK, Thunderstorm, Lightning

orange light from a lightning bolt produced by an electric discharge on a black background. - lightning discharge stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Orange light from a lightning bolt produced by an electric discharge on a black background.

Lightning, Electricity, Thunderstorm

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Electricity, artwork

Lightning, Fuel and Power Generation, Sparks

electric discharge from lightning on a black background. - lightning discharge stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Electric discharge from lightning on a black background.

Lightning, Sparks

electrical discharge in the form of forked lightning on a black background. - lightning discharge stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Electrical discharge in the form of forked lightning on a black background.

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flash - lightning strike and current discharge

Lightning, Electricity, Air Attack

lightning the line of lightning was coming down. - lightning discharge stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

lightning The line of lightning was coming down.

Thunderstorm, Exploding, Rain

desert storm - lightning discharge stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

lightning the line of lightning was coming down. - lightning discharge stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

lightning The line of lightning was coming down.

Lightning, Photographic Effects

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Abstract background, Electrical energy discharges with lightning and thunder inside a fiber optic cable that transmits data.

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Tesla Coil Discharge

Sparks, Electricity, Lightning

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Stripped copper electric cable with sparks due to an electric discharge with lightning.

Electricity, Lightning, Cable

Rain storm with multiple cloud-to-ground lightning flashes in the Tucson Mountains, Tucson, Arizona, USA, Medium Format film

Rain storm with multiple cloud-to-ground lightning flashes in the Tucson Mountains Tucson, Arizona, USA Medium Format film

Summer monsoon thunderstorm with cloud-to-ground lightning strikes and car and truck light trails in the foreground, West-central New Mexico, USA,...

A summer monsoon thunderstorm with cloud-to-ground lightning strikes and car and truck light trails in the foreground West-central New Mexico, USA Multiple Exposure

Lightning, Cloud - Sky, Multiple Exposure

Active storm cell over city with multiple cloud-to-ground lightning strikes along leading edge of the rain shaft, Tucson, Arizona, USA,

Active storm cell over city with multiple cloud-to-ground lightning strikes along leading edge of the rain shaft Tucson, Arizona, USA

Lightning, Storm Cloud

Discharge of lightning. Following a strong disturbance traveling on the Ionian Sea on the coast of Calabria and Basilicata was struck by a strong...

A discharge of lightning. Following a strong disturbance

Lightning bolt spreads across night skies over South London terraced homes. Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity accompanied by...

UK - London - Lightning strikes close to London terraced homes

Lightning, House

June 2026, Brandenburg, Sieversdorf: A flash of lightning illuminates the landscape in eastern Brandenburg against a backdrop of dark thunderclouds....

Heat Wave in Germany - Thunderstorms in Brandenburg

July 2025, Brandenburg, Petersdorf: Lightning flashes from a thunderstorm light up the landscape in eastern Brandenburg. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa

Thunderstorm over Brandenburg

electrical discharge with sparks on a copper electrical cable. - lightning discharge stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Electrical discharge with sparks on a copper electrical cable.

Cable, Fire - Natural Phenomenon, Electricity

Multiple lightning strikes, including a prominently forked cloud-to-ground discharge channel and another with a tortuous air discharge channel,...

Multiple lightning strikes, including a prominently forked cloud-to-ground discharge channel and another with a tortuous air discharge channel Northcentral New Mexico, USA Medium Format film

Overview of rain storm at sunset with rain curtains and cloud-to-ground lightning from a mature cumulonimbus cloud, Plains of San Agustin, New...

Overview of rain storm at sunset with rain curtains and cloud-to-ground lightning from a mature cumulonimbus cloud Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

Cumulonimbus, Lightning, Storm Cloud

Late afternoon scenic with oblique cloud-to-ground lightning discharge, Scud clouds with ragged bottom are indicative of violent storm, Plants in...

Late afternoon scenic with oblique cloud-to-ground lightning discharge Scud clouds with ragged bottom are indicative of violent storm Plants in foreground are purple sage and dried Dicoria canescens Monument Valley, Arizona, USA

Lightning, Air Attack, Scud

Utility poles and lines silhouetted by a long exposure of active storm system producing multiple cloud-to-ground lightning discharges, Tucson,...

Utility poles and lines silhouetted by a long exposure of active storm system producing multiple cloud-to-ground lightning discharges Tucson, Arizona, USA

Huge cumulonimbus cloud illuminated at twilight by pink alpenglow hues plus intracloud lightning, Tucson, Arizona, USA,

Huge cumulonimbus cloud illuminated at twilight by pink alpenglow hues plus intracloud lightning Tucson, Arizona, USA

Lightning, Storm Cloud

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Lightning and clouds at night and there are strange and colorful clouds in shape.

Awe, Sky, Lightning

1980s Lightning Bolt Discharge Over City Buildings At Night Forth Worth Texas USA

Lightning Bolt Discharge Over City

Fort Worth, Lightning, 1980-1989

1970s multiple bolts of lightning in dark stormy sky

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High Voltage Between Two Metal Balls

Sparks, Electricity, Lightning

Formation of a lightning flash, In a process that is not yet fully understood, air currents distribute positive charges at the top of the...

Formation of a lightning flash

Formation of a lightning flash, In a process that is not yet fully understood, air currents distribute positive charges at the top of the...

Formation of a lightning flash

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Bolts of electricity discharging in the lab of Nikola Tesla.

Nikola Tesla, Laboratory, Lightning

Lightning are seen during a rainstorm in L'Aquila, Italy, on August 14th, 2025.

Rainstorm In L'Aquila, Italy

Italy, Thunderstorm, Storm

Lightning and flashes are seen during a night rainstorm in L'Aquila, Italy, on August 14th, 2025.

Rainstorm In L'Aquila, Italy

June 2025, Brandenburg, Sieversdorf: Lightning from a thunderstorm shines over the landscape with a wind turbine. After the midsummer weekend, the...

Thunderstorms over Berlin and Brandenburg

Lightning, Weather

June 2025, Brandenburg, Sieversdorf: Lightning from a thunderstorm shines over the landscape with a wind turbine. After the midsummer weekend, the...

Thunderstorms over Berlin and Brandenburg

tesla coil discharge - lightning discharge stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Tesla Coil Discharge

Fuel and Power Generation, Lightning

tesla coil discharge - lightning discharge stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Tesla Coil Discharge

Abstract, Electricity, Shock

September 2024, Bavaria, Schongau: Lightning discharges in the sky above the Alpine foothills at night. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa

Thunderstorms in southern Bavaria

Thunderstorm, Cloud - Sky, Lightning

lightning bolts illuminate the night sky above a flat landscape - lightning discharge stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Lightning bolts illuminate the night sky above a flat landscape

Storm Cloud, Dramatic Sky, Lightning

August 2023, Hesse, Frankfurt/Main: Lightning discharges in the evening sky during a heavy thunderstorm over the houses in the district of...

Thunderstorm over Frankfurt am Main

Lightning, Summer

Fulgurite of fused quartz sand showing the lightning channel, Specimen collected in Florida, Photographed under controlled conditions

Fulgurite of fused quartz sand showing the lightning channel Specimen collected in Florida Photographed under controlled conditions

Utility poles and lines silhouetted by city lights and four cloud-to-ground lightning flashes, Tucson, Arizona, USA,

Utility poles and lines silhouetted by city lights and four cloud-to-ground lightning flashes Tucson, Arizona, USA

Lightning, Telephone Pole

Dramatic cloud-to-ground lightning strikes with silhouetted saguaro cacti on ridge in Sonoran Desert, Eerie green glow produced by mercury vapor...

Dramatic cloud-to-ground lightning strikes with silhouetted saguaro cacti on ridge in Sonoran Desert Eerie green glow produced by mercury vapor light reflected from clouds over the city behind the hill in foreground Tucson, Arizona, USA

Lightning, Tucson

Afternoon rain storm, a cloudburst with cloud-to-ground lightning from leading edge of the rain shaft descending from a mature cumulonimbus cloud,...

Afternoon rain storm, a cloudburst with cloud-to-ground lightning from leading edge of the rain shaft descending from a mature cumulonimbus cloud Tucson, Arizona, USA

Day, Lightning, Storm Cloud

Summer monsoon storm with lightning and blue sky, Sonoran Desert, Saguaro National Park, Tucson Mountains, Tucson, Arizona, USA,

Summer monsoon storm with lightning and blue sky Sonoran Desert Saguaro National Park, Tucson Mountains, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Lightning, Storm Cloud

Dramatic cloud-to-ground lightning strikes illuminating a ridge studded with saguaro cacti in the Sonoran Desert, Tucson Mountains, Tucson, Arizona,...

Dramatic cloud-to-ground lightning strikes illuminating a ridge studded with saguaro cacti in the Sonoran Desert Tucson Mountains, Tucson, Arizona, USA Multiple Exposure

Lightning, Multiple Exposure

Active storm cell over city with scud clouds in foreground and a rain curtain behind, containing multiple cloud-to-ground lightning discharges,...

Active storm cell over city with scud clouds in foreground and a rain curtain behind, containing multiple cloud-to-ground lightning discharges Tucson, Arizona, USA

Two types of lightning over the Sonoran Desert, a cloud-to-ground discharge with air discharge lightning, Saguaro cacti silhouetted on ridge, Tucson...

Two types of lightning over the Sonoran Desert, a cloud-to-ground discharge with air discharge lightning Saguaro cacti silhouetted on ridge Tucson Mountains, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Lightning, Mountain

Spider lightning, cloud-to-ground discharges, and city lights silhouette a saguaro cactus, Sonoran Desert, Tucson, Arizona, USA,

Spider lightning, cloud-to-ground discharges, and city lights silhouette a saguaro cactus Sonoran Desert Tucson, Arizona, USA

Three-minute exposure of an electrical storm, showing multiple cloud-to-ground lightning strikes, accompanied by air discharge lightning and...

Three-minute exposure of an electrical storm, showing multiple cloud-to-ground lightning strikes, accompanied by air discharge lightning and intracloud lightning among the clouds Roskruge Mountains, southern Arizona, USA

Dramatic cloud-to-ground lightning with unusual illumination in the clouds and rain shaft, Tucson, Arizona, USA,

Dramatic cloud-to-ground lightning with unusual illumination in the clouds and rain shaft Tucson, Arizona, USA

Lightning, Bizarre, Thunderstorm

Elaborately forked cloud-to-ground lightning discharge, Tucson, Arizona, USA,

Elaborately forked cloud-to-ground lightning discharge Tucson, Arizona, USA

sunset lightning storm - lightning discharge stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Sunset Lightning Storm

Power Line, Heat - Temperature, Thunderstorm

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Lightning over neighborhood

Romania, Thunderstorm

severe lightning storm over a shanghai city building - lightning discharge stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Severe lightning storm over a Shanghai city building

Shanghai, Lightning

severe lightning storm over a shanghai city building - lightning discharge stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Severe lightning storm over a Shanghai city building

Several discharges of lightning erupt near a lake in Wichita, Kansas. According to the National Weather Service, lightning injuries in America are on...

USA - Storms - Lightning

Lightning, Lake