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 coppercoinsSite Admin
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Location: Springfield, Missouri.
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In having a chance to play around with lightning photography!! I took this image in my driveway - no filters, no special lenses. Just a tripod, a Nikon D80, a 50-55 lens, and a little luck with ten second exposures at F3.5.
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 KurtSSenior Member
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:00 am |
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Very cool!
What I especially like about horizontal lightning is how it's less hidden in the upper altitudes. California has far less T-storms, but we once had a show that approached this spectacular shot.
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 DickExpert Member
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Location: Rialto, CA.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:47 am |
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When I was just a kid. living in Flagstaff, AZ., we had some very hairy lighting and thunder storms. there were times when it seemed to be just one continuous batch of lightning. We also had "fire-balls", the kind that run on the ground. My sister nearly was hit by one. I think we both wet our pants!
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KurtSSenior Member
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:10 pm |
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Yes, I know how scary "fireballs" can be.
Once, while driving on a visit to Minnesota, our car was intercepted by "ball lightning". A half-dozen softball sized glowing orbs descended from a stormy sky, skimmed and bounced off the outer skin of the car. Recalling that experience is like something from the old "Outer Limits" TV series...it spooks me to this day.
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 eagamesExpert Member
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:21 pm |
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Nature is ready for the 4th!
We got the first loud monsoon lightning storm for the season here last eve. It rained for atleast 10 seconds LOL.
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DickExpert Member
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:35 pm |
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While Living in Mexico, I have seen electrical storms that, at night, light up the sky like daylight! It is a continuous display of lightning flashes, so many that they seem to be constant. The lightning is contained in the clouds, and we have never seen a lightning bolt, during these storms. They are quite spectacular. they are also normally dry. whenwe see a very black area in daylight,it is a downpour that I jave only seen in the northern country. Up in Flagstaff, AZ. There the thunder storms are very noisy, and very wet!
Dick
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 coopExpert Member
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:31 pm |
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Hmmmm Ed. All we got was 7 drops and a hand full of dirt here...  
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 fiddle-fartVeteran Member
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Location: Charlestown, Indiana
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:05 am |
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that is a very good picture and you will have more opportunities since that area is called the lightning capital.
just don't get struck pleeaaase
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