Some nice lightning tonight

[andyc (Andy)]

Well it's been unbelievably cloudy the last month and I've been short of imaging projects - blame me for getting new(ish) kit! But at last the clouds are up to interesting things, with a remarkable run of stormy weather over Sydney. This evening (2nd Dec) was the third consecutive night of thunderstorms with more forecast each day through to Monday, and (so far) today was by far the most photogenic.

The first is a stack of 9 frames taken over 4 minutes. Others were at dusk and this evening, looking south towards Wollongong from southern Sydney.


Larger versions and a few more are in this album

[multiweb (Marc)]

Wow! What a light show. Certainly coming down. Unreal pics.

[RB (Andrew)]

Nice captures.

[h0ughy (David)]

wow excellent results

[niko]

really gorgeous photos - great detail in the lightning and wonderful colours

niko

[leon]

Yes, lightning is always nice, well captured indeed.

Leon

[Regulus (Trevor)]

oh yes! Nice photos Andy
Trevor

[Ric]

Great captures Andy

Top stuff.

[astronobob (Bob)]

Cream & icing of the cake Andy - totally enviouse of that action, whooo, must of been a total thrill huh ?

[andyc (Andy)]

Thanks! Yeah it was a nice combination of frequent lightning and (for the most part) far enough away and clear enough to be safe and fun to watch outside. I've had storms here every day since (7 days in a row now), but a few of them have been a bit more intimidating!