File:Lightning3.jpg

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Description	English: Lightning over Las Cruces, New Mexico Deutsch: Blitz eines Gewitters Español: Tormenta eléctrica. Português: A eletricidade em sua manifestação natural mais imponente: o relâmpago
Date	4 March 2004
Source	United States Air Force, VIRIN 040304-F-0000S-002 (and VIRIN 060822-F-1111A-001)
Author	U.S. Air Force photo by Edward Aspera Jr.

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