Photographers are dispatched in all weathers to capture images of whatever nature is throwing in Earth’s direction. From amazing sunny days illustrated by full beaches and ice cream-licking children to duck and cover storms. Here’s the times when photographers were perfectly positioned to capture lightning bolts.
1. Lightning above Gloucester Docks looked like cascading party streamers
(Chris Stretton/PA)
2. The London Eye and lightning toned for a night out
(Lewis Whyld/PA)
3. Parliament was not to be outshone
(Lewis Whyld/PA)
4. Portsmouth’s Spinnaker Tower received a natural spotlight
(Steve Parsons/AP)
5. Lightning stretched out over the Purbeck Hills in Dorset
(Martin Keene/PA)
6. Leicestershire’s Vale of Belvoir was marked with a neon sign, fleetingly
(Neil Squires/PA)
7. German skies went purple
Weather">(Bernd Maerz/AP/PA)
8. The Angel Of The North stood with a heavenly companion
(Owen Humphreys/PA)
9. St Mary’s Lighthouse had a rival
(Owen Humphreys/PA)
10. The View From The Shard gave people an unusual angle to see lightning
(Lewis Whyld/PA)
11. Uluru was dominated by a lightning flash
(Anthony Devlin/PA)
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