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These stunning photos of 'nature's fireworks' will take your breath away by Lydia Ramsey on Jun 29, 2016, 9:27 AM Advertisement
 It's finally summer, so don't be surprised if you get caught in an unexpected rain shower accompanied by lightning and thunder. In the northern hemisphere, most lightning occurs in the summer months. It's also the time of year when the most deaths by lightning occur. Here are some of the most epic images of lightning strikes that photographers have captured over the last few years. SEE ALSO: 9 intense arm workouts you can do virtually anywhere without any equipment DON'T MISS: Archaeologists just found a huge structure in a 2,000-year-old city using satellites and drones Lightning is created when positive and negative charges bump up against one another inside clouds and discharge their electricity. Ever pulled off a freshly-dried sweater and felt your skin crackle underneath? Same idea. In this photo of a lightning storm from July 2015 outside Barstow, California, electricity charges the ground in lines of light.  Source: NASA
Contrary to popular belief, lightning can strike the same place twice, especially tall buildings. The myth that a lightning strike permanently changes the electric charge of the ground where it hits, making it immune to further strikes, is bucked by places like the Torre Ciudadana in Monterrey, Mexico that's been hit plenty of times. 
When it hits, lightning can get up to 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, meaning the immediate heat of these strikes was pretty toasty. Rods reach out everywhere in this photo taken in a June 2011 storm in Belgrade, Serbia. 
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