Lightning strikes in NYC during the big storm of 2009
by Bastiaan van Diedenhoven, Columbia University, NEW YORK, USA
A devastating storm raged over New York city on 18 August 2009, uprooting more than 100 trees in Central Park and damaging hundreds of others. This photo was taken from my balcony in East Harlem during that storm, catching one of the many fierce lightning strikes.
Taken on 18
August
2009
Submitted on 7 Mar 2011
Featured on GeoLog, the official blog of the European Geosciences Union
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- North America (726)
- Northern America (568)
- United States of America (383)
- Exact location (-73.9461 W, 40.7897 N)
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lightning, storm, nyc 2009 storm, new york city
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