[rxsid]

Amazing photo's from Santa Barbara County Fire-Public Information Officer:

"Real Time Photos. Nikon D750 & 28-70mm. No stacking/single frame. Exposures vary from 15 seconds to 75 seconds."

https://twitter.com/EliasonMike/status/1103139908313473024/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1103139908313473024&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Flocal%2Flanow%2Fla-me-ln-socal-lightning-20190305-story.html

[rxsid]

Additional photos & video at article link.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Cool pics.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Jim, you zotting trolls again?

[rktman]

Yeah but did they get 596 inches of snow this season? Squaw Valley has. And it’s snowing now. Same storm system. But, that’s lot of flashing goin’ on.

[sparklite2]

When I was a kid, I got my first camera, a Brownie Hawkeye.
We had a thunderstorm rolling in, so I loaded up with a roll of film to take pictures of the lightning. I had no concept of shutter speed.

Flash
click!

Flash
click!

Flash
click!

Heh.

[metmom]

I’ve been in a few thunderstorms here in NYS that have been the same.

The one was what was called a derecho that hit one August here in CNY and killed a few people.

The lightning was like a strobe light. The power went out immediately when it hit and we didn’t need the candles until after the storm had passed. The lightning was so constant that it provided all the light we needed to run around and close all the windows so it wouldn’t rain in the house.

It was exciting and terrifying all at the same time.

There were others, but that was by far and away the worst.

[missthethunder]

I did enjoy last night. fun fun

[hanamizu]

I grew up in Long Beach, Cal. I can remember lightning causing a flash in the sky, but never saw lightning strikes like you see in these pics. When I saw them in movies, I thought they were not real.

Get to see a lot of lightning in SE Missouri.

[DoughtyOne]

Nice. What a productive storm. (electrically)

There was a lot of lightening in my area on the border of Los Angeles too.

[RedMonqey]

""Nearly 1,500 pulses of lightning recorded off Southern California coast in 5 minutes”

In Tennessee, it's called "Summer"(Snicker, snicker)

Really cool pics, though.

[sanjuanbob]

Chemtrails and cloud seeding...haven’t Californians noticed this winter?

[Afterguard]

Meh... We get that with most every summer afternoon thunderstorm here in Florida. Lol!

[Kenny500c]

Imagine if all of this energy could be harvested, maybe with an anode set up on a mountain?

[mylife]

The Hauchucua Mts are amazing

[mylife]

Climate Stains?

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=da94LekNXPw

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Global Warming for sure. That number should have only been 1450. /sarc

[dp0622]

Good Lord!!

There will be Frankensteins walking all over that area tonight!!

[grey_whiskers]

Bug-zapper thread?

[TheNext]

If I see another fractal I am gonna scream. Nature is full of them.