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Light up the Night

2023-08-23 By Roger Edwards

Light up the Night

This page’s title is what this supercell did for hours, as it churned slowly south-southwestward across the near part of northwestern to west-central Oklahoma.  Early in my time here, enough moonlight filtered through to make the anvil edge and flanking line visible, at middle to lower left.  This was the third spot of five along the way from early twilight to past midnight, where I stopped and let it move past, shooting a total of hundreds of photos of its profuse electrical output.  Never before, and perhaps never again, will I collect so many lightning discharges on “film” (digital files) in one chase.  Every one is unique too.  There’s no reasonable way I’ll ever get them all on SkyPix, but a dozen or so from each stop, just occasionally uploaded one by one amidst others before and since, should suffice to elicit appreciation for the phenomenal charging power of this storm.

2 SW Hillsdale OK (13 May 22) Looking NW
36.5353, -98.0178

Filed Under: Night Lightning, The Majestic Supercell Tagged With: clouds, convection, Great Plains, Hillsdale, landscapes, lightning, Oklahoma, storms, supercells, tail cloud, thunderstorms, weather

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Welcome to SkyPix, an online photo book of clouds, weather and water by Roger Edwards. As in a printed coffee-table book, every image has its own page with a unique story. After all, meaningful photography is much more than just picture-taking; it is visually rendering a moment in place and time from a perspective like none other. As a scientist and an artist, I hope my deep passion for the power and splendor of our skies and waters shines through in these pages. If you are a cloud and weather aficionado, outdoor enthusiast, outdoor or nature photographer, art lover, or anyone who craves learning, enjoy...

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