11 times lightning was perfectly captured in photographs

Right place, right time.

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Lightning flashes around the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth (Steve Parsons/PA)

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

Lightning in the skies over Gloucester Docks in Gloucester
(Chris Stretton/PA)
Lightning strikes behind The London Eye
(Lewis Whyld/PA)
Lightning above the Houses of Parliament
(Lewis Whyld/PA)
UK Summer storms
(Steve Parsons/AP)
Lightning strikes over the Purbeck Hills beyond Poole harbour in Dorset  (Martin Keene/PA)
(Martin Keene/PA)
Lightning strikes over the Vale of  Belvoir in Leicestershire
(Neil Squires/PA)
Germany Weather
(Bernd Maerz/AP/PA)
Lightning strikes near the Angle of the North
(Owen Humphreys/PA)
St Mary's Lighthouse near Whitley Bay with a lightning strom in the background
(Owen Humphreys/PA)
Lightning above Central London as seen from The View From The Shard
(Lewis Whyld/PA)
Lightning strikes above Uluru in Australia
(Anthony Devlin/PA)