Anvil crawler
by Oliver Schlenczek, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
This kind of lightning is often observed from squall line thunderstorms. In this case, a squall line with a length of more than 1000 miles crossed the Central Plains of the United States. This photo was captured in Okmulgee, Oklahoma in the wake of the thunderstorm, looking southward.
Taken on 16
May
2009
Submitted on 28 Feb 2015
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- North America (726)
- Northern America (568)
- United States of America (383)
- Exact location (-95.9601 W, 35.6105 N)
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Credit: Oliver Schlenczek (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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