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R ­ Hardman
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Sep 05, 2006 20:45 |  #1

Been a really light year for thunderstorms in my area so I been having to focus on those storms in the distance to quench my lightning bug. What is nice about the desert is you can see the whole thunderhead. Here are some shots from a storm that was off in the distance last night. Radar had it at 35 miles. CC's welcome. Enjoy...

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Sep 05, 2006 21:17 |  #2

I am blown away - the first is truly spectacular. It interests me that in none of these is there a clear anvil. Were you on the side away from the anvils? You are in a good position to possibly see upward going lightning, including so-called Sprites. Have you ever seen any?

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Sep 05, 2006 21:20 |  #3

Very nice series Richard.




  
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Sep 05, 2006 21:23 |  #4

wow, fantastic series.

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Sep 05, 2006 21:23 |  #5

How the hell are the rest of us supposed to compete with that?

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Sep 05, 2006 21:47 |  #6

One of the nicest series of lightning shots I've ever seen. Just terrific, all of them.

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Sep 06, 2006 00:08 as a reply to  @ Harold_L's post |  #7

Harold_L wrote:
I am blown away - the first is truly spectacular. It interests me that in none of these is there a clear anvil. Were you on the side away from the anvils? You are in a good position to possibly see upward going lightning, including so-called Sprites. Have you ever seen any?

Have not seen any sprites yet but I look very closely at all the images for them. I think to catch them I would have to shoot at least 800-1600 ISO and most of the photos would be overexposed. I have caught some upward lightning in the past and a few of the photos from the 600+ I took during this storm has a few also. But since some cloud structure is behind those faint bolts I cannot say 100% that it is. Pretty amazing how far you can see lightning. There is a storm 127 miles away tonight and I can see the bulging top flashing away. Thanks everyone for the remarks.

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Sep 06, 2006 13:13 |  #8
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wow,i love that 1st one Richard,the place looks like pure hell in there,nice one.

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Sep 06, 2006 13:24 as a reply to  @ Dimitri_V's post |  #9

All of these are spectacular, excellent job on all of them! But that first one is just, well, WOW!!

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Sep 06, 2006 13:36 |  #10

Those first two are great...that cloud looks really angry. I'd love to catch something like that.

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Sep 06, 2006 15:06 |  #11

Wow! Amazing pictures. The first one is spectacular!!!

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Sep 06, 2006 15:33 as a reply to  @ Alec Trevelyan's post |  #12

Alec Trevelyan wrote:
How the hell are the rest of us supposed to compete with that?

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Just spectacular, Richard! WOW!!!!

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Sep 06, 2006 15:35 |  #13

great shots.

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Sep 06, 2006 20:21 |  #14

Oooo, outstanding shots of a lightning storm, nicely captured.




  
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Sep 06, 2006 20:30 |  #15

Awesome shots! At least if the storms are 35 miles away, you won't get wet. :):)

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