25 best nature photos of 2011
Volcanic lightning is seen above Shinmoedake peak, Japan, as it erupts, January 28, 2011. (Photo: Minami-Nippon Shimbun/Reuters)
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Lightning strikes behind the Luxor (L) and Excalibur hotel-casinos as a thunderstorm passes through Las Vegas, Nevada early in the morning of September 11, 2011. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)
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Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) goers run to take cover from the rain as a massive storm hits Toronto, Wednesday evening, August 24, 2011. (Aaron Lynett/National Post)
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Lightning strikes behind a house in the northern German city of Gesecke, Aug. 23, 2011. (Thomas Rensinghoff/AFP/Getty Images)
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Lightning bolts strike around the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain near southern Osorno city, June 5, 2011. The volcano in the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle chain, dormant for decades, erupted in south-central Chile on Saturday, belching ash over 6 miles (10 km) into the sky, as winds fanned it toward neighboring Argentina, and prompted the government to evacuate several thousand residents, authorities said. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)
Shuttle launch delayed at least until Monday
NASA delayed Friday’s scheduled launch of the space shuttle Endeavour at least until Monday because heaters on one of the ship’s power units failed about four hours before liftoff. President Barack Obama and his family had been scheduled to attend the launch and still planned to tour the Kennedy Space Center on Friday, the White House said. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)