Nighttime Thundershowers

[noseless_wonder]

On the edge of dramatic cold front, a violent thundershower rolled in late last night. I had my TV and computer unplugged to avoid possible damage and was forced to get some fresh air by watching the light show outside. (Oh no!) I brought my camera with me and got some interesting pictures, so I'm posting the two most impressive ones here to share

Comments

[ichiban_victory]

Wow. Where did you say you live again? Having the dark trees against a lit up sky makes for a very cool look! (Even with tweaking to see the bolts, it makes things look even more vivid.) Nature provides the best special effects. ^_-

[noseless_wonder]

I live in Colorado near the front range. We usually get the piddly little clouds that only turn into giant behemoths once they get to Kansas.

I loved the purple in the top pic! (which was not tweaked) I don't know if it was the combination of low clouds and high clouds or if it was just the lightning itself, but the color is amazing. I love how it fades to a bluer tint near the top of the picture.

Nature does in fact, provide the best special effects. I'd take a storm like this over a fireworks display any day!

[ichiban_victory]

We don't get thunder and lightning very often in Washington either, but they certainly are impressive! Colorado is very scenic anyway...even if the giant rocks jutting out of the landscape as I rode down the twisting highway did make me feel ill...

Thanks so much for taking the chance to grab these shots! I have to literally run out the door, but they'd make excellent desktops!

[noseless_wonder]

^___^

(It was nice to have the excuse not to do schoolwork too, since the cable modem was unplugged!)