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Word of the Day

Deride (v., dee-RYED)

To ridicule something or express contempt for it. This is often done verbally, but it can be done in other ways, like someone winning a Dodge Challenger Hellcat in a drag race by blowing it away in a souped-up Chrysler Town & Country minivan.

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Lightning over Torres, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

My goodness:

This photo shows a distant lightning storm and asperitas clouds looming over the outskirts of Torres, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, as observed during the evening of June 10, 2018. On this long-exposure image it seems that most of the lightning consisted of cloud-to-ground strokes. Asperitas form in convective storms when the air in downdrafts (cooled by the sublimation of ice crystals) pushes through the cloud base.

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