Triggered lightning at the University of Florida's International Center for Lightning Research and Testing facility. The straight luminous line is the triggering wire. The tortuous luminous channels blown sideways and separated by the wind are subsequent dart leader/return stroke combinations originating in the thundercloud charge.

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