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Lichtenberg figures

Lichtenberg figures in a person who was affected by a nearby lightning strike. Note the slight branching redness traveling up his leg from the effects of the current. Photograph by James Heilman MD. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.)