Nature events

Waterspout off the Florida coast, 1981. Photo by <n>Joseph H. Golden</n> for <n>National Geographic</n>.

Volcanic vortex ring over <n>Mount Etna</n>, 2014. Photo by <n>Alexander Andriyenkov</n> via <n>Reuters</n>.

Rocket-triggered lightning at the <n>ICLRT</n> in Florida, photographed by <n>Ross Culy</n>.

Volcanic vortex rings spiral from <n>Mount Etna</n>.

A lightning storm over the <n>Bolivian salt flats</n> at golden hour, photographed by <n>Joel Robison</n>.

A sunset cloud formation widely interpreted as a depiction of the Hindu deity <n>Lord Shiva</n>.

<n>Upward Lightning</n> over Rapid City, South Dakota. Photo by <n>Tom A. Warner</n>, 2010.

Lightning strikes the <n>Statue of Liberty</n> in a 2024 photo by <n>Dan Martland</n>.

<n>Merrilee Thomas</n> photographed her daughter, <n>Audra Thomas</n>, in front of a tornado in Nebraska, 1989.

A waterspout off the coast of <n>Sochi</n>, Russia, August 2017.