Lostock 1st Night Storm Approach

[Star Catcher]

Hi All

We had a pretty good 1st night at Lostock, however we all noticed lightning activity to the east off the coast during the early evening. I climbed the eastern ridge around midnight to grab this shot.

We got hit pretty hard from around 3.30am for about 3 hours.

Ted

[iceman]

Nice! That was a wicked storm!

[h0ughy]

it was forming directly overhead then moving in your direction. I did think of those with gear setup and also who would be snapping some fantastic lightning shots

[iceman]

Missed you at Lostock Dave!

[Camelopardalis]

Beautiful Ted, worth the climb for sure :thumbsup:

[killswitch]

Wow so thats what hit us.

Great pic Ted

[MortonH]

Great shot!

[Octane]

Beautiful mothership.

H

[AstroJason]

Great shot Ted, really like that silhouette of the tree.

[Star Catcher]

Thank you all


Thanks Mike, yes wicked is not a bad description :)


Thanks Duncan, I'll drag you up (screaming) next time... :)


Thanks Jason. Luckily that tree was smack bang in the middle of the action where I had just climbed over the rise.

[astronobob]

Grouse Thunderhead Ted :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[MrB]

Great shot!
You guys got a few close strikes.
There appears to have been a lot of activity to the west in the wide view.
(Rings indicate lightning positioning accuracy.)

[pluto]

Great shot!
I was scrambling to pack up while watching that over the hill :D

[Retrograde]

Very nice!

My new tent certainly got put through its paces on Friday morning :lol:

[Camelopardalis]

Mine too, especially when the wind picked up :help:

[Rod771]

Great shot!

Yes, It certainly didn't go quietly. :windy:

[AG Hybrid]

Ha! So that crazy walk up the hill in the darkness netted something worthwhile. Great shot.

[big_dav_2001]

Those maps are pretty interesting!.. What site were they from??

[MrB]

Hi Davin, it's from Blitzortung.org (http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en&page_0=20) which is a user participation network.
The maps above are from Lightningmaps.org (http://www.lightningmaps.org/blitzortung/oceania/?bo_page=map&lang=en) which is a sister site to the network created by one of the participants.
To get the level of detail in the images above you must be a participant, but visitors can still zoom in to reasonable detail.
This is the Station list (http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en&page=5&page_0=20) (participants) for the Oceania region. More participants are welcome :D

[ourkind]

Tree and clouds look great! :thumbsup: