Awakening from a nap to notice a bunch of flashing in the southern sky, I quickly shook off the mental cobwebs, grabbed the camera, and headed to a known high spot with an unimpeded southward view: Boy Scout Hill on the north side of White Rock Lake. Most of the lightning by this time was faint or unimpressive, but these quick-succession blasts carved white ribbons across one frame of my Ektachrome-200 slide film. Though the film definitely imparted red tones to lightning, some redness here also can be attributed to distance (atmospheric attenuation of cool colors) and to the presence of city light.
Dallas TX (11 Mar 88) Looking S
32.8516, -96.7209White Rock Lightning
Awakening from a nap to notice a bunch of flashing in the southern sky, I quickly shook off the mental cobwebs, grabbed the camera, and headed to a known high spot with an unimpeded southward view: Boy Scout Hill on the north side of White Rock Lake. Most of the lightning by this time was faint or unimpressive, but these quick-succession blasts carved white ribbons across one frame of my Ektachrome-200 slide film. Though the film definitely imparted red tones to lightning, some redness here also can be attributed to distance (atmospheric attenuation of cool colors) and to the presence of city light.
Dallas TX (11 Mar 88) Looking S
32.8516, -96.7209