Local Lightning

It's not one of my best lightning shots (obviously for Skywatch Friday), but it's a fun one taken at my house. If I'd been out a few minutes earlier the sky was lit up, but by the time my camera was ready some low clouds had moved in.

Loopy Lightning

From a storm a few weeks ago - I've already posted one shot of it, and this is the last one worth showing you.

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Textbook Severe Thunderstorm

I was glad this severe thunderstorm passed to our south a few days ago, not over us, as it was dropping tennis-ball sized hail as I took this photo.

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Leftover Lightning

I've had this photo in my to-post folder for ages, so here it finally is for Skywatch Friday.

Summer Storm

For Skywatch Friday, here's a leftover photo from a summer storm. I've posted other shots of this storm in the past.

Not More Snow!

Yes, our rain turned to snow briefly yesterday, but I'm not going to show you that. Instead, this week's Skywatch Friday shot is of a beautiful storm last summer.

More Stormy Skies

My mother-in-law passed away last week so I took a few days away from blogging while we buried her. Now I'm back with a stormy Skywatch Friday photo from last summer. It will be thunderstorm season again in a couple of months!

Night Cloud

I've posted a couple of shots of this storm before, but I loved how the lightning lit it up, so here's another shot of it.

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Late Spring Storm

For Skywatch Friday, here's a leftover photo from a late spring storm.

More Old Lightning Photos

These have been sitting in my to-post folder since July of 2013!

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Stormy Summer Sky

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Three Pronged Lightning

Here's a lightning photo I've not yet posted - three prongs, with the center one striking ground.

This was taken from my back deck, and is an obvious Skywatch Friday post.

Loops & Twirls

It's time for my favorite meme, Skywatch Friday. And since it's been a while since I've posted lightning, here's one you haven't seen from last summer. Although after a while they all look the same...

See this post if you want to know how to capture lightning. Staying safe is the most important tip! And of course, you can click on the Lightning label below to see lots more of my captures.

More Lightning

It's time for another summer lightning photo.

It's not my best effort as I had to crop it too much. It's for Skywatch Friday, the meme for those who love looking up.

New Lightning

I was finally able to get some lightning photos from this summer, and here's the first.

The orange light in the background is because the storm was towards Denver, so the city lights create that color in that part of the sky. It's not the cleanest because the photo is cropped, but it will have to do. It's for my favorite meme, Skywatch Friday.

Old Lightning Photo

I haven't been able to photograph any lightning yet this year, but since it's thunderstorm season I want to post at least one lightning shot. So here's one from a couple of years ago that you haven't seen.

Obviously it's a Skywatch Friday post, visit that great meme to see lots of great skyward photos.

Horizontal Lightning

I'm digging into my 2011 archives for this week's Skywatch Friday post, and I think it's perfect for Ein Stuck Himmel (a piece of heaven) too. It's a lightning shot which I haven't yet published.

It was taken from our back deck. It should only be a few weeks before our first thunderstorms of the year start cropping up, and hopefully I can get some good shots this year!

Curvy Lightning

I didn't get as many lightning photos last summer as I wanted, but fortunately I have several that I haven't posted yet. Here's one of them taken from our deck.

Fortunately it hit behind that house, not on the house. Join the skywatching fun at Skywatch Friday.

More Cloud-to-Cloud Lightning

It's been a while since I've posted any lightning photos, so here are a couple of cloud-to-cloud bolts.

Of course, this is my Skywatch Friday post for this week.

Stormy Night

Taken later on the same night as last week's rainbow photograph, this week's Skywatch Friday is a cloud illuminating itself at night by lightning. There wasn't much cloud-to-ground lightning out of this storm, but an incredible amount of lightning within the clouds made for a very eerie sight.