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If you needed proof that nothing quite manages to compare with the power of nature, one Adelaide local has provided it, capturing dazzling footage of so-called "spider lightning" over a suburban beach.
The video - shot by Adelaide man Caleb Travis and uploaded to YouTube - shows lightning illuminating the sky over Glenelg.
The lightning leaves a lasting trace as it forks and snakes across the sky, and was filmed during Monday night's thunderstorms over the city.
The Bureau of Meteorology said two lines of thunderstorms moved across Adelaide on Monday night, and more than
280,000 lightning strikes were recorded over 24 hours around the state and over coastal waters.
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We wouldn't see that very often. It was a pretty dynamic system as it moved across so it was
electrically active for a long period of time," senior forecaster Vince Rowlands said.
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