Twisty Lightning

Here's another summer lightning shot (taken in my yard as my lightning shots always are) - I liked how curvy this strike was, just twisting everywhere. How did it ever find its way to the ground?

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For more skyward photos, visit the Skywatch Friday meme. And don't worry - I try to stay safe for my lightning shots. We can see for many miles so these strikes are usually further away than they look. I've only been caught by unexpectedly close strikes a couple of times (the closest of which was a couple of streets away and struck a tree), and in any case I'm usually sheltered when I take the photos. But regardless, there's a unique excitement to capturing lightning photos!