Credit & Copyright: Bill Metallinos
Explanation:
It may appear, at first, like the Galaxy is producing the lightning, but really it's
the Earth.
In the foreground of the above picturesque nighttime landscape is the
Greek Island of
Corfu, with town lights surrounding
Lake Korrision.
Visible farther in the distance are lights from the town of
Preveza on the Greek mainland.
In the more distant sky a
thunderstorm is
threatening, with two
lightning strokes caught together
during this 45 second wide-angle exposure taken in mid-May.
The lightning branch
on the left appears to be striking near Preveza, whereas the
lightning strike
on the right appears to be striking near
Mount Ainos on the
Greek Island of
Cephalonia.
Much farther in the distance, strewn about the
sky,
are hundreds of stars in the
neighborhood of our Sun
in the
Milky Way Galaxy.
Furthest away, arching over the entire panorama, are
billions of stars
that together compose the
central band of our Milky Way.
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