[Part 2 of 2] Although I have good low-light vision and could see the tornado fairly well, it only had a few distant lightning flashes behind it, in the forward-flank core, to silhouette the features enough for shooting. This was the second and last such opportunity, zoomed in a bit compared to the first shot, before hook-echo precipitation thickened and wrapped around the mesocyclone between me and the tornado. Views toward the north-northwest through northeast—typically very low-contrast for daytime visibility, work much better for spotting at night when the supercell is producing abundant lightning. Another advantage is that the tornado typically is moving away from the observer—a distinctly positive thing, particularly in the dark. I did see a couple power flashes beneath this circulation, but alas, didn’t happen to capture them in time exposures. [Back to Part 1]
3 SSW Snyder OK (12 Oct 21) Looking NE
34.6091, -98.9658