Lamma delights 290 - lightning

Around 12 midnight. Big thunder closing in and rain. Thunder then receded from the east to the south. Lightning persisted until 1 :20 am. Hong Kong Observatory Record for cloud-to-ground lightning : 00:00-00:59 (826) and 01:00-01:59 (7); for cloud-to-cloud lightning : 00:00-00:59 (382) and 01:00-01:59 (1).

Similar lightning in US http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthays/7757038536/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthays/7738502640/
Toronto http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/9450424/The-week-in-pictures-3-August-2012.html
Dallas http://www.businessinsider.com/insane-photo-of-all-the-lightning-over-dallas-2012-8
Collection http://www.flickr.com/photos/tangobabe1/galleries/72157622662843021/

Simialr lightning in US http://www.timernst.com/printofthemonth.html

Other lightning in Hong Kong

http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyo02mel/6996297146/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mungler/4113738180/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_kinglun_liu/3768932312/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotokurse-berlin/50724034/in/gallery-tangobabe1-72157622662843021/