PARK CITY, Utah — It was the independent film equivalent of a crack of thunder.
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He flipped it upside down to show us its underbelly as the creature gasped for air; then, nearby, there was a crack of thunder and a flash of lightning.
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The only speaker is a handsome Italian (the mayor, it turns out), whose appearance on the podium is announced by a crack of thunder; the sound fails on his microphone; the lights go out.
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Click here to view original GIFGIF: YouTubeThe intense flash of light and booming crack of thunder that follows a lightning strike can be exhilarating, but it's best to observe both whilke safely inside your home.
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Hence the russet rain that pools in a man's palm, in "Take Shelter," or the crack of thunder that he alone can hear; hence the boat, near the start of "Mud," perched calmly in the branches of a tree.
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Against the ceaseless droning buzz of the presidential campaign, Mr. Comey's revelation boomed like a sudden, unexpected crack of thunder — though a poll by The New York Times and CBS News released on Thursday found that it had not changed people's minds.
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I paced the upstairs hallway of my house, back and forth, back and forth, chanting, gathering energy, feeling a sort of furry electricity running up and down my arms and threw my hands, until — astonishingly — there was a shudder of lightning and a loud crack of thunder.
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There, with a flash of fire and crack of thunder, the young king rode down on his fiery horse and rescued Zoulvisia, returning them both to her palace by the river to live happily ever after.
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The former has come to be known as the "thunder and lightning final". On the day before World War II broke out, Cork faced a Kilkenny side who were playing in their fourth final in five years. The game saw both sides remaining level for much of the game. Just as the game reached its climax a crack of thunder interrupted the play and the rain bucketed down.
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This match has come to be known as the "thunder and lightning final." On the day before World War II broke out, Cork faced a Kilkenny side who were playing in their fourth final in five years. The game was played at a frantic pace with both sides remaining level for much of the game. Just as the game reached its climax a crack of thunder interrupted the play and the rain bucketed down.
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A very bright flash of lightning and an almost simultaneous sharp "crack" of thunder, a thundercrack, therefore indicates that the lightning strike was very near. Very close thunder cracks Close-in lightning has been described first as a clicking or cloth-tearing sound, then a cannon shot sound or loud crack/snap, followed by continuous rumbling. The early sounds are from the leader parts of lightning, then the near parts of the return stroke, then the distant parts of the return stroke.
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