Topic: Thursday night (Read 2007 times)

sdwilsonsct · « **on:** August 08, 2014, 03:00:12 am »

Or "Thor's day" night.

Paulo Bizarro · « **Reply #1 on:** August 08, 2014, 04:01:38 am »

Stunning. I hope you were in a safe place?

luxborealis · « **Reply #2 on:** August 08, 2014, 06:40:41 am »

Wow! What a night!

stamper · « **Reply #3 on:** August 08, 2014, 07:04:19 am »

Amazing. One to cherish.

Chairman Bill · « **Reply #4 on:** August 08, 2014, 07:45:53 am »

Love it. Full of foreboding menace

churly · « **Reply #5 on:** August 08, 2014, 12:56:45 pm »

I can only join the choir. Great shot Scott!
Chuck

Slobodan Blagojevic · « **Reply #6 on:** August 08, 2014, 01:15:35 pm »

Love the image (and the pun)!

Perhaps just a little bit of detail in those houses?

Eric Myrvaagnes · « **Reply #7 on:** August 08, 2014, 02:20:48 pm »

Great capture!

sdwilsonsct · « **Reply #8 on:** August 08, 2014, 09:47:34 pm »

Thanks, everyone!
Paulo: it did feel a little exposed to be the tallest object for some kilometers, but the lightning seemed to stay in the clouds.

Slobodan: those lights are 5-10 km away so there's no more detail. Some kind of small house would have been good.

Chris Calohan · « **Reply #9 on:** August 11, 2014, 11:16:37 am »

Lightning can be scary stuff...had one get real close to me not long ago and I've been a bit on the skittish side ever since. Nice shot though!

David Eckels · « **Reply #10 on:** August 11, 2014, 11:37:37 am »

Terrific, Scott. Never been able to time those shots just right.

sdwilsonsct · « **Reply #11 on:** August 11, 2014, 11:54:57 pm »

It's easy, Dave: just leave the shutter open for around 10 s, take lots of shots.

Thanks, Chris.

wolfnowl · « **Reply #12 on:** August 12, 2014, 08:10:53 pm »

Well done. The last time I saw a sky like that was in South Dakota.