Receding away from us in the deepening New Mexico twilight, this splendid storm and dying supercell had a parting shot for us before it merged into some newer convection developing farther east and south. The bolt fortuitously struck surface along the same line of sight as (but many miles beyond) the bright light on the building at distant middle, offering the illusion of an explosive grounding. Meanwhile, downward-thrusting “knuckle” clouds in the upper levels indicated that this fantastic storm still had some non-trivial updraft forces aloft.
5 NW Roswell NM (7 Jun 14) Looking E
33.452, -104.5997