Beautiful Lightning Photos I found on the Net
 

I love photography and I would put this in the tilted photography forum but I just found this web sit, its not my photos, I wish I was this talented.this is the web site I found them on...

Here are my favorites:thumbsup:

http://skydiary.com/gallery/chase200.../27-051209.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3033/...4d0698167b.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/67/16...4f6edd2950.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2103/...edbc01.jpg?v=0

Here is some more... I can't hotlink them from the site (don't try), so just the link:

Lightnings. Fine Photos | Funny Images

Thanks for showing me that site, those were awesome photos. Better then the ones I found.

I think these are interesting enough, especially combined with other natural phenomena...

http://media.picfor.me/00115DF7/no-d...ture_large.jpg


http://media.picfor.me/00114F62/Джим...ings_large.jpg


http://media.picfor.me/00114826/Stru...ffel_large.jpg

wow, this one is crazy awesome!!!:thumbsup:

I really should use stumbleupon more often than I do now, which is virtually not at all, but this site has interesting facts about the awe of lightning ands its attributes: StumbleUpon WebToolbar


Also displays pics like these:

http://media.picfor.me/00112DF0/Stum...pics_large.jpg


http://www.ericscheske.com/blog/wp-c.../lightning.jpg

I would shit bricks if I seen this..
http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/kscha...%20Tornado.jpg
and this one too
http://officespam.chattablogs.com/ar...home-thumb.jpg

Arizona has some spectacular displays during the monsoon season.

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...erdesertaz.jpg
Photo by-Pat Warwick

I'm living in the north midwest of the US now,
and our thunderstorm activity has been almost non-existent this year. Alas.

that's an awesome timelapse Jetée..

lots of good stuff in here.. sadly our thunderstorms have been few and far between this year.. at least where I'm at. sucks

well, cut it out, it's annoying.

:lol: Whats wrong noodle, you don't like the stalker type of PM's coming your way? Are you saying that stalking is actually creepy and not endearing?

http://1x.com/OEfullSize/26337-fullsize.jpg
Onexposure - 1x.com - Photo: Gewitter by Franz Schumacher

(click to make bigger)

http://pixdaus.com/small3/1248760156qclRQMN.jpeg

you can see this one, right?

http://www.fuckthemeat.com/msnbc/bd/9.jpg

thank you those are awesome!

MORE.....

Lightning - The Big Picture - Boston.com

xoxoxoo

bobby, you are the king of great and unfound links.

I don't know why I hadn't thought of Boston before -- it's one of my favorite sites now, after I discovered it last October.


Hopefully this one works correctly (and wasn't posted before now):

http://www.fuckthemeat.com/msnbc/bd/3.jpg

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ah, annotations:

Lighting strikes over buildings in Nanjing, in China's eastern Jiangsu province, on Aug. 1, 2006.
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The space shuttle 'Discovery' is prepared for launch, during a storm.

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...8460df1322.jpg
†hunderstorm stairs silhouette by ƒreg / Fernando Gregory

Photographs of cities by Josef Hoflehner
 

Hm. Quite interesting. I just learned less than a minute ago that Josef Hoflehner, was once named "Nature Photographer of the Year" (2007).

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...8309001246.jpg

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...3129001246.jpg



found via: http://onua.com.ua/5974-fotografii-g...b-40-foto.html

"Bolt Action"
 

Stephen Sakraida didn't let a little dramatic lightning disrupt the follow-through on his drive at the Lone Tree Golf Club in Chandler, Arizona, durring a summer storm in 2001.

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...7_201214-1.jpg
God Plays Through ; PHOTOGRAPHY by Gene Lower ; winner of the SDX 2001 Awards, Category "Sports Photography"



BIOGRAPHY:
Gene Lower is an award winning freelance photographer based in Phoenix, Arizona. Photographic coverage ranges from sports, events, portraits, weddings and scenics. His photos have appeared in major international magazines such as Sports Illustrated and Time, as well as top-notch newspapers including the New York Times, LA Times, and London Sunday Times.

Lower's philosophy is to capture the essence and personality of his subjects while portraying them in a unique way. He provides a comfortable environment allowing every client to relax and feel at ease in front of the camera. Lower takes an easygoing, laid-back approach so that he can get to know his subjects and their objectives for the photographs — while at the same doing whatever it takes to get the shot — passively aggressive.


-- via Sports Illustrated HotShots (c. 2004), Slingshot Photography, IconicPhotos.com, and The Society of Professional Journalists

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2587/...f018f379_b.jpg
Too close for comfort! by Teresa L James


author's notes: I thought it would be cool to take a photo of lightening so I had the shutter open for 30 seconds. I was out on my back porch when the lightening struck soooo close ...needless to say I jumped...therefore the poles moved in the photo..I don't think I'll do this again unless the storm is a loooong way away!

geo-date notes: Taken on August 11, 2009 ; Taken in Vici, Oklahoma

Those are great, but I've been inside two places that were struck. Talk about scary...

http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvl...hhufo1_500.jpg
Lightning by Plymography

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...ndt_082008.jpg


http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h.../lightning.jpg

*opens eyes-wide

that first new picture that you posted, ring; it's like nerve synapses firing.
It looks as though there could be a storm in my brain, and I get to watch from the inside of my own eyes.

great thread.

very enlightning.........hahaha

you "cracked" yourself up (lightning crack, or is thunder crack?)

hm.. head's in the clouds

http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kv...navao1_500.jpg

Indeed,
& yes Jetty, that first other image is very much synapse like.
Cloud-to-cloud bursts.

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h..._DqzBY-M-2.jpg

Awesome pictures in this thread. I'll save some of them as desktops I think.

now this is lightning:
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Besides the lack of snow, these pictures are another reason I can't wait for summer: I love a good thunder/lightning storm!
Great pics to remind me.

Lightning Bolt
 

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz...wgeno1_500.jpg
by Veronique Meignaud AKA URANIUM AKA Marmotte

Visions of Earth
 

Darn, I thought I had seen this before, but only now do I realize it; oh, well... here's the history, and a bigger portrayal:

Chile The fury of Chaitén volcano seems to set the sky on fire. Highly charged particles of pumice roar upward in spreading clouds of gas and smoke, generating crackling tangles of lightning.

http://i40.tinypic.com/20796l0.jpg
Photo: May 3, 2008, by Carlos Gutierrez, UPI / Digital Railroad - (click for enlarged image; 2996x2000, 378.9 KB)

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http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1233/...e512d7dc_o.jpg
Dark clouds and lightning over NYC skyline by John P Sullivan

author's comments:
Manhattan skyline, 15 seconds.
Shot from my roof in Williamsburg Brooklyn - with hair standing on end.

See more of my photos on my website: Kneebeau

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz...2x4yo1_500.jpg
Lake Malawi Lightening by aslehoel

[photo taken by Asle Marius Hoel, on March 26, 2007, on Kande Beach at Lake Malawi in Malawi, Africa.]

http://i44.tinypic.com/vgu9m8.jpg
Lightning over Patagonia, Argentina. Photograph by William R. Curstinger


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