Dramatic Lightning Strike Over Urban Skyline at Night #2279214 (License: Personal Use)

A vivid, high-energy lightning bolt descends from turbulent purple-gray clouds, splitting into multiple luminous branches as it nears the urban skyline. Illuminated office towers and streetlights below contrast sharply with the electric white-blue flash, while a secondary distant strike glows faintly on the horizon. The scene captures the intensity of a summer thunderstorm in a metropolitan area, freezing a fleeting moment of atmospheric electricity.

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