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Cracker captured

20/01/2015

SELBY resident and photographer Val Rees contacted the Mail over the holidays with this cracking photo of a lightning strike.
Ms Rees wrote that she took this photo from her balcony, which overlooks the Cardinia Reservoir and the Narre Warren area, while watching some storms roll towards the hills. Picture: VAL REES

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