Amazing shot from lightning storm (pic)
 

thats pretty cool

thats fucking awesome steve!

cool.. but what's up with the purple light?

crazy shit.........

a cool pic

That looks amazing.

Awesome picture! :thumbsup

wow, that is an awesome pic.
:thumbsup

Very cool pic!

photoshopped?

lightning is hard to shoot
here is a nice bolt from my view
http://www.bikinivoyeur.com/light06.jpg

...nice pic :D

Great photo !:winkwink: :thumbsup

That's a great shot! :thumbsup I love storms.

Nice pic!

That's a pretty insane pic steve, good stuff!

Pooooooooooooooooooooooowder! Pooooooooooooooooooooowder!

*cough* How man ppl will get that? ;)

Peace Kaylum

coool pic :)

Nice! Been pritty active here in AZ lately. :)

awesome :thumbsup

holy crap that is crazy.

Nice pic mate, wouldn't want to be under that.

Lightning Storm in Darwin, Northern Australia :thumbsup


http://australiasevereweather.com/ph...0point%202.jpg

Very nice pic steve

That's amazing.

Amazing pics.

How do you get pics like that? Does the camera go off when a slash hits?

Those are grrreat pictures! :thumbsup

Amazing pics....nothing quite like the light show that Mother Nature can conjure up :)

Woah, awesome, SAVED. :thumbsup

very nice shot

Wow! It's also sooo amazing when that stuff gets caught on cam. :)

Nice pic :thumbsup

another hot one

http://www.stevelightspeed.com/lightningstrikes2.jpg

it never fails to amaze me what nature can produce :thumbsup

that's truly insane

Wow how long was the shutter open to catch all that?

damn

heard you got some pretty heavy t-storms last weeks

Wow... thats some pretty wicked lightening. Great photos, Steve!

cool pic :)

awesome!!

wow!!! That's a nice shots!!!! :thumbsup

"Lightning injures and kills in three basic ways. There is the direct strike, which contrary to common thinking, is actually kind of rare. People who take direct hits very rarely survive and what's left of them is a mess. A direct hit will blow your feet off, turn your organs to jelly and permanently scramble your brain like so many semi-conductors. My companion in the car has specific instructions in the event that I take a direct hit and survive. He is to step on my throat.

More common is the side-flash. This occurs when you are doing one of those things that you're told not to do, such as standing under a lone tree, beside a wire fence, under a powerline, beside a metal object, etc. The lightning strikes the object and flashes over to you. Part of the current may go to ground through you and part through the object taking the direct strike. How much goes through you and where it enters and exits your body will largely determine the extent and nature of your injuries. In all likelihood it will stop your heart. Time for the CPR-certified companion in the car.

Next is the little-known phenomena of step voltage. When lightning strikes the ground, the electric charge radiates outward from the point of contact. The ground acts as an insulator, so as the current passes through the earth, the charge is diminished. The more earth it travels through, the more it is reduced. This results in more or less concentric zones of differing potential. If one foot happens to be standing on one voltage potential and the other foot on a different potential, the current will run through your body, once again probably stopping your heart. When you hear of herds of cattle or sheep killed by lighting, it was probably step voltage that got them. If there is a lesson here, it might be to keep your feet together, although it is difficult to stand against the high winds of a thunderstorm that way."


http://www.strikingimages.com/billhow2.htm


So now folk's how do you feel about one of the guys that pays out money to you risk's his life in a lightning storm?

Damn! Great pics!

holy cow.. awsome shot!!

"If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1 iron. Not even God can hit a 1 iron". Lee Travino


he's been zapped before

very cool shot :thumbsup

That was a great movie.....