This photograph of a thunderstorm rolling through Kansas was taken by Joel Sartore for National Geographic. I really like this picture in that there is a lot of eye-catching things throughout it. It's fascinating to see the storm rolling into the picture, watching as a calm, clear night turns into a flashing, booming nightmare. The orange on the bottom right is a little distracting, but I think the purple lighting on the opposite side helps balance it out.
This picture of volcanic lightning was taken in Iceland by another National Geographic photographer, Sigurdur H. Stefnisson. I didn't know volcanoes could cause their own lightning when they erupted! I love the dramatic flash from the lightning on the left as it strikes that nearby hill. I think the reddish color of the lightning inside the ash cloud is an excellent visualization of how hot it must have been, and then there is the surrounding sky and snowy ground, making everything look cooled off at the same time.
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