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Lightning Hitting an Airplane Wing Looks Like Lasers Shooting Out from It

By Casey Chan Published February 5, 2016, 10:14 am ET

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The weather has been really fun and generous with lightning strikes these days. We’ve seen it destroy trees and gotten an up close view of it striking but this one might be the coolest angle yet: from outside a flying airplane window. The lightning hits the tip of the wing and then streaks in a straight line like a laser shooting out. Pretty cool.

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