1. The Storm Generates a Very Powerful, Intense, Massive, Bright and Hot, Column-Shaped Lightning Bolt Which Strikes Near the Airport's Control Tower and a Taxiing C-130 Hercules Aircraft, May 16, 2006 Balad Air Base, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah – Republic of Iraq

2. The Storm Continues With Another Spectacular, Intense, Massive and Hot, Bright, and This Time, Feather-Shaped Lightning Bolt Striking Near the Airport's Control Tower and the Taxiing C-130 Hercules, May 16, 2006 Balad Air Base, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah – Republic of Iraq

Large   Medium   Original 3. A Lightning Bolt Generated From the Powerful Electrical Storm Strikes Near or On Launch Pad 39A Where Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-8) Awaits Liftoff, August 30, 1983 NASA Kennedy Space Center, State of Florida, USA

Large   Medium   Original 4. Southern Lights or Aurora Australis and Lightning, April 23, 2003 at 08:23:26.692 GMT As Seen From the International Space Station (Expedition 6)

Large   Medium   Original 5. Aurora Australis and Lightning, April 23, 2003 at 08:23:44.729 GMT As Seen From the International Space Station (Expedition 6)

Large   Medium   Original 6. Bright Lightning Flash at Night Over Tunisia, September 18, 2003 at 19:47:55.035 GMT As Seen From the International Space Station (Expedition 7)

Huge   Large   Medium   Other   Original 7. Lightning Over the Molucca Sea, November 4, 2010 at 15:56:23 GMT As Seen From the International Space Station (Expedition 25) Latitude (LAT): 2.5 · Longitude (LON): 127.0 · Altitude (ALT): 188 Nautical Miles · Sun Azimuth (AZI): 143° · Sun Elevation Angle (ELEV): -74°

1. First Row (Full size): Senior Airman James Croxon, Air Force Link – Photos (http://www.af.mil/photos, 060516-F-0185C-001, "Nature's fireworks"), United States Air Force (USAF, http://www.af.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).

2. Second Row (Full size): Senior Airman James Croxon, Air Force Link – Photos (http://www.af.mil/photos, 060516-F-0185C-005, "Nature's fireworks"), United States Air Force (USAF, http://www.af.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).

3. Third Row (Full size Original–Local copy, Large, or Medium): NASA; Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-8), Launch Complex 39, Pad A, John F. Kennedy Space Center, August 30, 1983, GRIN (http://grin.hq.nasa.gov) Database Number: GPN-2000-001879, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, http://www.nasa.gov), Government of the United States of America.

4. Fourth Row (Full size Original–Local copy, Large, or Medium): NASA; ISS006-E-48196, Aurora Australis or Southern Lights, Lightning, International Space Station (Expedition 6); Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "Astronaut Photography of Earth - Display Record." <http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS006&roll=E&frame=48196>; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, http://www.nasa.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).

5. Fifth Row (Full size Original–Local copy, Large, or Medium): NASA; ISS006-E-48197, Aurora Australis or Southern Lights, Lightning, International Space Station (Expedition 6); Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "Astronaut Photography of Earth - Display Record." <http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS006&roll=E&frame=48197>; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, http://www.nasa.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).

6. Sixth Row (Full size Original–Local copy, Large, or Medium): NASA; ISS007-E-15102, Lightning flash, Night, Clouds, International Space Station (Expedition 7); Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "Astronaut Photography of Earth - Display Record." <http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS007&roll=E&frame=15102>; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, http://www.nasa.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).

7. Seventh Row (Full size Original–Local copy, Huge, Large, Medium, or Other): NASA, International Space Station (Expedition 25), ISS025-E-16928; Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "Astronaut Photography of Earth - Display Record." <http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS025&roll=E&frame=16928>; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, http://www.nasa.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).