Numerous cloud-to-ground (CG) strokes split the nighttime sky northeast of Clayton, from a slowly weakening multicell storm that had moved southeastward out of Colorado. I shot over 50 with this storm alone, and here are two. Quite possibly, the flash on the right struck soil of the Oklahoma Panhandle, while the one on the left almost certainly was in New Mexico. Both show that, for lightning, the path of least resistance usually isn’t the shortest distance.
3 S Seneca NM (2 Aug 20) Looking NE
36.5838, -103.1267Spreading Sparks
Numerous cloud-to-ground (CG) strokes split the nighttime sky northeast of Clayton, from a slowly weakening multicell storm that had moved southeastward out of Colorado. I shot over 50 with this storm alone, and here are two. Quite possibly, the flash on the right struck soil of the Oklahoma Panhandle, while the one on the left almost certainly was in New Mexico. Both show that, for lightning, the path of least resistance usually isn’t the shortest distance.
3 S Seneca NM (2 Aug 20) Looking NE
36.5838, -103.1267