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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