Lightning illuminates a thundercloud as a storm front hits the North Sea region near Westerhever, northern Germany, on August 11, 2014. (Photo by Daniel Reinhardt/AFP Photo/DPA)
People watch on from Marks Park as a thunderstorm gathers off Bondi Beach on November 13, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology issued a number of severe weather alerts for the region today, with a high risk of thunderstorms and hail. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)
After a cold night the small North Devon villages of Appledore and Instow wake up to an amazing scene as the sun rises over the River Torridge estuary, Devon, UK on October 19, 2018. (Photo by Terry Mathews/Alamy Live News)
A Southwest Airlines jet takes off from Reagan National Airport with a thunderhead to the east on June 20, 2017 in Alexandria, VA. (Photo by Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)
A hot air balloon floats over farm fields south of Washington, Ill., as the sun slips behind clouds on the autumn afternoon of Wednesday, September 24, 2014. (Photo by Ron Johnson/AP Photo/Peoria Journal Star)
A Brussels Airlines aircraft prepares for landing in Cointrin airport during sunrise over the Mont Blanc in Geneva December 1, 2011. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)