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I am on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston. I had counted on getting a short sleep during the flight, but did not get it; this is why.

I managed to catch a very bright flash of lightning as the aircraft flew through an area of severe thunderstorms. Due to the considerable turbulence, I was unable to sleep at all.

Due to the stormy weather over the Great Lakes, this flight had taken a more southerly route, flying over Kansas and Missouri toward the Pennsylvania-Maryland border before cutting into Upstate New York. Even then severe thunderstorm cells developed along the new route, making for a very choppy flight. Based on flightaware.com tracking data, I estimate this photo's location as somewhere in Missouri.

N585UA, Boeing 757-200
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Source Lightning from United 506
Author InSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA
Camera location38° 57′ 41.56″ N, 92° 30′ 57.13″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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