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Friday, August 8, 2014
VIDEO: Lightning from space

Check out this sky show from outer space!

Those bright flashes you see are lightning bolts, one after the other.

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman shot this video from the International Space Station and says watching this thrilling vision left him "speechless."

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