First Storm of the Season

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Our first storm of the season was a cracker.
The severe storm warning came through late afternoon and Somerset Shire sent out warnings via text message.
I drove about 1km out of town and set up on top of a hill overlooking Kilcoy. While there, 3 other storm chasers turned up.
Not long after this photo was taken (it's a stack of 2 shots) the storm hit with a vengeance. It's after midnight now and still raining. We sure need it too.

[Octane (Humayun)]

babez, you have gotta be happy with that!

H

[cybereye (Mario)]

JJJ,

Now that's light pollution!!

No lightning down here in Brissie, well not around my parts, just rain. And as you've said, we sure needed it!

Cheers,
Mario

[multiweb (Marc)]

Nice pics. Scary!

[gregbradley]

I have always been fascinated with lightning shots. This a great one. Look at how thick those bolts are - they're huge.

Greg.

[acropolite (Phil)]

Impressive pic, that's one hell of a storm, lucky they didn't strike the hill you were on.

[h0ughy (David)]

ripper shot. we had our first storm on saturday night with a series of storms that came through at about midnight through till 3am, first rain for us in over 8 weeks

[rogerg (Roger)]

very nice!

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

It's now the lead photo for the story in the Courier Mail. http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/q...-1226720507715

[RickS (Rick)]

That's a great capture, Jeanette. Congrats on the CM appearance.

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Well done JJJ , nothing like it .
Brian.

[Shark Bait (Stu)]

1,000,000 goes to Brian?

Great shot JJJ.

[Derek Klepp]

Great shot they all just missed us with the light display down here.

[gary]

Fantastic JJJ!

Not a night to go out in a tin helmet.

[Imagerman]

wonderfull .