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Lightning strikes over the Beijing skyline during a thunderstorm early on July 12, 2009, near the city's tallest skyscraper, the China World Trade Center Tower 3.

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Lightning strikes a tower near the space shuttle Endeavour resting atop launch pad 39A during thunderstorms at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on July 10, 2009. NASA canceled the July 11, 2009 launch attempt of the Endeavour to assess possible damage from the nearby lightning strikes.

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Lightning strikes over the Moscow River and Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, late Wednesday, July 15, 2009.

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Lightning illuminates the sky and reflects off the buildings of Bangkok on June 13, 2009.

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Lightning flashes during a thunderstorm over Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armored vehicles on the U.S. army's Forward Operating Base (FOB) Shank in Logar Province in Afghanistan July 18, 2009

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Flashes of lighting cut through clouds in the sky over Pula, Croatia on Friday, July 10, 2009.

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A U.S. Marine watches as lightning flashes on the horizon during a search operation for Taliban on March 25, 2009 near the village of Bakwa in remote southwestern Afghanistan.

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Lightning touches the ground in rural Cherokee County, Kansas, early Tuesday morning, June 16, 2009.

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A vein of lightning strikes beyond the Flagler Pier in Flagler Beach, Florida, as a summer storm rolls south on Saturday, July 18, 2009.

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Lightning strikes above aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, under way in the Gulf of Thailand on April 8, 2009.