Following a pleasant sunset, time exposure maximizes both ambient, dim twilight and the reflected glow of in-cloud flashes, the combination casting an eerie light across the rugged western Arizona landscape near the Colorado River and Nevada line. A single cloud-to-air “crawler” discharge illuminates the background sky and punctuates the middle of the scene nicely. I stayed in the vehicle for this shot, since rain was falling with lightning nearby, bracing the camera hard with two legs of a tripod, the driver’s side window and door frame, to prevent shaking.
9 NE Bullhead City AZ (2 Aug 17) Looking SW
35.1981, -114.4206Desert Mountain Crawler
Following a pleasant sunset, time exposure maximizes both ambient, dim twilight and the reflected glow of in-cloud flashes, the combination casting an eerie light across the rugged western Arizona landscape near the Colorado River and Nevada line. A single cloud-to-air “crawler” discharge illuminates the background sky and punctuates the middle of the scene nicely. I stayed in the vehicle for this shot, since rain was falling with lightning nearby, bracing the camera hard with two legs of a tripod, the driver’s side window and door frame, to prevent shaking.
9 NE Bullhead City AZ (2 Aug 17) Looking SW
35.1981, -114.4206