I just came in from watching one of the most incredible lightning displays I’ve ever had the pleasure of witnessing. As you can see on radar, a severe thunderstorm cell is moving south through the east-central Valley — due east of Glendale — and at one point, I swear it was producing 5 to 10 visible cloud-to-ground lightning strikes per minute. It was amazing. Pictures to follow shortly.
UPDATE: Here are a some of my better photos…
UPDATE: Much more in a new post above.
July 25th, 2006 at 9:31:33 pm
Cripes. / Awesome, Schmawesome. Get The Hell Out. :}
July 25th, 2006 at 9:33:45 pm
PS ~ of course you Know, yerra Crackpot. ;>
July 26th, 2006 at 12:48:41 am
One day “Mother nature” is going to get
pissed off!!!Then we will see real
power!!!
July 26th, 2006 at 1:13:58 am
Brendan, those pictures, most notably the top two, are great. On the other hand, I wonder: If you were caught in a bank robbery, would you end up sending out spectacular pictures of a bullet heading right at the camera, or can you fight off your journalist instincts for a moment or two?
July 26th, 2006 at 8:39:05 am
Heh.
The lightning was actually many miles away (we couldn’t even hear the thunder), so in this particular case at least, my journalistic instincts were not endagering my life. :)
July 26th, 2006 at 10:53:51 am
lol @ Mike’s brother Matt!