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PHOTOS: Lightning seen in the eye of a storm
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Cheryl Santa Maria
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Thursday, January 29, 2015, 5:04 PM - Dramatic photos from NASA show lightning in the eye of Cyclone Bansi on January 12.
The rare images were taken by Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti aboard the International Space Station (ISS), who managed to capture the lighting at the exact second it hit the eye of the cyclone.
The ISS was east of Madagascar with the cyclone situated above the Southern Indian Ocean.
By January 11 Bansi had become a tropical cyclone with wind gusts up to 185 kilometres per hour. It eventually strengthened into a Category 4 storm, but remained offshore and away from any population centres.
The storm has since dissipated.
Photos courtesy of Sam Christoforetti, NASA
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