We've enjoyed some evening lightning lately--the best kind of fireworks.
This first shot was from Edmond, Oklahoma on August 5, 2009. While sitting outside, we watched as a line of anxious cumulus to the north finally pushed their way through the cap and sprouted a healthy storm. The frequent and constant lightning illuminated the crisp, sculpted edges of the cloud and occasionally revealed bright stitching as warped streamers fell from the sides.
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| Subject | Cumulonimbus and Lightning |
| Location | Edmond, Oklahoma, USA |
| Date | AUG 05, 2009; 10:07 PM CDT |
| Equipment | Canon EOS 300D + Kit Lens |
| Settings | 30 sec, f/9.0, 18.0 mm, ISO 800 |
| Processing | Noise reduction, power line removal, contrast & color management in Photoshop CS3 |
This next shot was taken from home earlier this evening as a storm was pushed north by a line of convection along the Mogollon Rim. Flagstaff doesn't often see evening lightning displays since the storms fire up earlier in the day before racing off to the lower elevations leaving more stable air behind for the rest of the night. That wasn't the case tonight and we saw some brilliant webs of light igniting the sky to the south.
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| Subject | Lightning |
| Location | Flagstaff, Arizona, USA |
| Date | AUG 12, 2009; 08:26 PM MST |
| Equipment | Canon EOS 300D + Kit Lens |
| Settings | 30 sec, f/9.0, 18.0 mm, ISO 200 |
| Processing | Noise reduction, contrast & color management in Photoshop CS3 |
