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T-rex sighted in sky over national park

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Aug 18, 2016

Nature can sometimes be amazing.

A recent photo of the sky over Petrified Forest National Park in northeastern Arizona proves it.

Lightning acted more like a light brush above a rock formation at Blue Mesa.

A Department of the Interior Facebook photo likened the shape to a T-rex getting ready to chomp the rocks.

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The photo was taken by Hallie Larsen of the National Park Service, according to the post.

Commenters said it looks like a heart-shaped balloon, "a cougar stalking its prey" or a snake.

Have you ever seen lightning make such crazy shapes? This bolt looks like a Tyrannosaurus rex getting ready to chomp a...

Posted by U.S. Department of the Interior on Wednesday, August 17, 2016

The post said the weather was caused by monsoons that bring summer lightning and warned hikers and visitors to take precautions and keep an eye on the weather.

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