Flying a kite in this would be a "hair raising" experience.
“Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money” ~ Earl WarrenA typical lightning bolt contains 1 billion volts and contains between 10,000 to 200,000 amperes of current. The average flash would light a 100 watt lightbulb for 3 months. Now that would be a real hair raising experience and more! The day we had this storm I was able to capture several large cloud to ground bolts, even though it took many, many shots to do so. I wouldn't have been surprised if the street light had lit up with the flash. After this one... I headed inside! We are quite close to a golf course and the lightning tends to love the area at times. Can you imagine being Ben Franklin with his kite and key in this storm?
Carmi's Theme this week is "electric" and you cannot get more "electric" than this!
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Carmi's Theme ~ Electric
7 comments:
So beautiful. I love watching lightning storms.
Goodness, this is an amazing picture!! Did you use poont and shoot? If it took so many tries, I acn't imagine how many strikes there must have been!
You were pretty brave to be out at all in that storm! We were in Va. Beach one summer and watched a violent lightning storm over the ocean from our hotel. It was better then TV!!
not sure how i missed this bolt from the blue, or is it black. but i did and it is a really great capture. i have yet to get a bolt of lightning shot. this one is superb in my book.
Oh my gosh...what a catch....
Captured and wild light! http://looseleafnotes.com
Brilliant. This is one of those iconic pictures that sticks with you. Judy's right: You are one brave soul!
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