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A photograph supposedly showing a bolt of lightning resembling the hand gesture used in the circle game, a popular schoolyard activity, is frequently shared online: This is not a genuine photograph of a lightning bolt but rather a picture digitally manipulated for humorous purposes. The doctored picture is based off of a genuine photograph of a lightning bolt taken during a severe thunderstorm in the United Kingdom in May 2018. According to the BBC, this storm saw approximately 15,000 lightning strikes within four hours: The circle game lightning bolt is based off of a photograph that was taken by Tom Jacobs for Reuters. It is available via the BBC with the caption: The Met Office has warned of flooding and possible damage to buildings from lightning, which is pictured here striking over the city of London. Here's a comparison of the doctored photograph (left) and the original photograph (right):
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