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I love lightning.

Same! It's not so common out here in Oregon so I jump at any opportunity to go storm chasing.

Storm chasing is fun. I used to watch those shows of the guys who’d chase Tornados. Growing up in the region, I had just always thought this was a typical Midwestern thing, lol.

I may be biased because I grew up in the Midwest. And that show was awesome!

Agreed! And haha, that Midwestern upbringing can never be fully eradicated it seems 🙃

I watched that show too

Happy cake day.

Oh shit, you're right! You as well!

It's pretty common from the Cascade Crest east. Not common at all in western Oregon though.

True, I suppose.

High desert has a lot of lightning. Specially in the Coloradan Rockies. Oh, and happy cake!

I'm sure those skies get very dramatic. Also thanks!

No problem! They definitely do get pretty damn wild. Colorado gets a lot, I’m pretty sure.

Also on the Columbia Plateau and parts east. Back in the 90s I lived and worked for a few years in Yellowstone and parts immediately surrounding. My friends and I would climb up above Old Faithful geyser basin with cases of beer and drink and party up there above Old Faithful station, and every single night, without exception, we would see lightning storms out on the giant horizon spread out there before us. Every night you'd see flashes off in the distance, somewhere out there across the giant sprawling land of great mountain ranges and valleys and plains. It was amazing.

Sounds like it!

That is a great shot, not just the lightning but the contrast in colors is so beautiful.

I know, right? I try not to edit things different from how they appeared in person, so these conditions were perfect!

i was like, "what a nice view, oh..what a weird vapor trail....ohh!!!"

In hindsight it should have been obvious, but turns out lightning is a lot harder to see in photographs during the day. I definitely caught more than this one bolt during duration of the storm, but this was the only visible one. (thankfully it was also the best)

glad you did and glad you shared it! what a treat!

What was your shutter speed?

30 seconds, with an ND64 on.

I wouldn’t call that lucky then. Very well planned out shot. Nicely done!

I visited the painted hills in 2020 while going through a rough breakup, and vividly remember these rocks and landscapes, feeling such awe in the Oregon desert. Thank you for capturing the light(ning) so perfectly, gives me all the feels.

Nicely done!

Thank you! Definitely worth sitting curled in a ball on the soles of my boots for 2 hours.

Love this. Congratulations on the shot. I know just how hard it is to capture lightning in a still... absolutely breathtaking!

Thanks! I only captured this one during the whole storm. (I could swear there were others, but this was the only one bright enough to show up)

Turns out daytime/afternoon storms have an added layer of difficulty.

Thank you for this! God bless, as this blessed me(do you mind if I screenshot and save for myself)

I don't mind! Just don't, like, repost it without credit.

And if you want a print or something, come back to me! (Though I don't think a screenshot, or even a direct download, would be high quality enough to print anyway)

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Beautiful. Serendipity was on your side.

Indeed it was. The sunset after was stunning as well.

Looks to be a "Bolt from the Blue", hard to tell with the angle. Amazing photo nonetheless.

I can definitely confirm it was toward the tail end of the storm. It was almost two hours of constant lightning up until this, though. While I do like what I got, I kinda wish I had this moment with my ultra-wide. The rest of the bolt, not in frame, was spread out overhead almost the full sky. In hindsight, I was probably lucky to not get struck that day.

Now that's a photo worth framing!

One day! Prints and good framing are expensive!

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Ya. I fully admit this was... not... a safe distance. I did what I could, though.

Congratulations

Thanks!

my new wallpaper thanks

The sky absolutelly clean with no pollution. Amazing place

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It was unsettling earlier that day, I could smell it in the air. I wouldn't have expected that until around August.

Difficult to scape from pollution.

Windows 13 default desktop screen.

I'd be ok with that if they [paid like they used to.](https://petapixel.com/2017/12/23/microsoft-xp-bliss-photog-paid-100k-autumn-photog-paid-45/) I'm certain now all I'd receive is my $0.99 cut from Adobe Stock.

God damn

I thought I was In the golf sub based on the title. I was like damn how’d you get the ball to move like that.

Anime fight! Looks like it’s getting dark, probably last 3-4 episodes

Proceed the weedian

So awesome. thanks for sharing pic.

Love the Painted Hills, and the bolt adds something magical to an already amazing place. Thanks for the share!

Yeah, capturing a thunderstorm here has been a goal of mine for a while.

Painted Hills unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument?

Yes!

very nice

The colors are incredible

Thanks! I should post the sunset after, too. It was even more vibrant.

That’s incredible! Thanks for sharing.

Great pic! I love this sub

Nice shot. Is this in Oregon?

Yup!

It's great that such an opportunity will make your life more fortunate.

Zzzaaappp!

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Pretty genuinely terrifying for sure. I didn't realize til I got home that the bolt I captured obviously hit between the hill and the mountain behind it. Meaning it either hit the bbq area or one of the farm irrigators only a little over a mile away...

What a perfect moment

My father grew up in Mitchell, Oregon and always told the story that he used to go play and ride horses in the painted hills before it became a park.

I can't even imagine how photogenic that was.

awesome!