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Offline Gunslinger

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« on: August 25, 2005, 05:54:00 PM »
These are pics of the storm we had last week here.  One even shows the shuttle.  We hardly get reain here and it's even a rarity to having thunder and lightning.  FOr about 30 minutes the power was out yet the whole house was lit up by the electrical storm outside.  Checkem out

http://mysite.verizon.net/res7epnh/Pictures/Space_Shuttle_Storm/index1.htm
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Offline Raider179

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« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2005, 06:47:12 PM »
Great pictures :)
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« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2005, 08:43:39 PM »
wish they had some higher res versions for wallpaper ;)
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« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2005, 09:16:43 PM »
You have some excelent shots there. Must have been quire a storm.
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« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2005, 09:22:59 PM »
Awesome pics.  Thanks for sharing.
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« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2005, 10:07:25 PM »
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Originally posted by Maverick
You have some excelent shots there. Must have been quire a storm.


I'm not sure what a quire storm is but this is my favorite.



this storm hit at 1130PM and this makes it look like daylight.  These bolts were hitting like this about every 3 seconds.  It was probably the biggest electrical storm I've ever seen.
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« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2005, 10:11:39 PM »
GUNS WTFG  great pix!   (i only wish my chitty digital cam had that fast of a shutter)
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« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2005, 10:51:01 PM »
my desktop:

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« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2005, 10:54:06 AM »
Spectacular photos. We don't get many thunderstorms around here either. But yesterday there were a few CB's parading around the countryside. I was out and about when a lightning strike exactly like the last picture happened right in front of me, maybe 3 or 4 miles away.

The trouble was my view was out of the windscreen of a Cessna at 2000 feet:eek:  I looked at my colleague beside me and quickly demonstrated a steep turn and a fast descent. We ran away, bravely.

Back at the airport it looked like a scene from an AH furball as aircraft converged from all directions to get in ahead of the storm.
I had my camera with me but the survival instinct won out. :(
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« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2005, 01:10:27 PM »
Great photos!  thanks for sharing.

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« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2005, 01:22:24 PM »
It's war of the worlds all over again!! Aieeee!! :D
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« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2005, 01:57:16 PM »
I must one day return.....
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« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2005, 03:34:07 PM »
if they would turn the fans in tehacapi pass off.  those storms would stay in bakersfeild where they belong
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« Reply #13 on: August 27, 2005, 06:13:20 AM »
So was, god just like trying to tell california, heres your stinkin electricity back, I don't want it?!


Great pics btw.
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« Reply #14 on: August 27, 2005, 09:39:48 AM »
nice lightning
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