This lightning, a negative stepped leader, was filmed from an airplane.

这次闪电是一个负极梯级先导，它是从一架飞机上拍下的。

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Scientists have photographed "upwards lightning", a rarely-seen phenomenon where electricity from storms flows into the upper atmosphere.

科学家拍摄到“向上的闪电”，一种十分罕见的现象——暴风雨中的电流向上层大气流动。

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A series of blazes, many sparked by lightning strikes or by suspected arsonists, killed more than 170 people.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

He smiles at the television cameras, sticks out his tongue with antic poses and hand gestures, strikes his "lightning bolt" pose, and tells reporters that he is on his way "to being a legend."

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But knowing that trust has become precious and the ability to deliver it, as Mark Twain once said, is like the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said a tree struck by lightning about a week ago sparked the mammoth blaze in his state.

CNN: June 18, 2012 -- Updated 0014 GMT (0814 HKT)

Elsewhere in the Caribbean, a lightning strike sparked a fire Monday that destroyed the island home of Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson.

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