http://galacticcentral.org/imagebucket/volcano.jpg

Oh my gosh yes! My boyfriend showed these to me a few days ago and I had to do a double take... Massive lightning storm caught in there! That's a very frameworthy picture if you could get an original print. Lightning is so so hard to photograph but it looks like it was firing off like synapse's in the brain!

I have a huge collection of weather photo's I've found. Lots of twisters/lightning but this one is so unique!

-N-

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Thanks Steve!

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Thanks Steve!
Good idea...I'll use it as my desktop for a while too. That's a really cool picture!

I still can't stop staring at it. I'd love to see that in person.

Love it! :)

Totally unreal...looks like something out of a movie.:eek2:

I still can't stop staring at it. I'd love to see that in person.

It is a cool picture. I wonder how long the exposure was and if it was really a series of separate strikes and discharges over several seconds.

David C

Where was this photo taken? Anyone know?

I think Chile. I remember hearing that there was an eruption occuring there but I could be wrong. It's only a couple of weeks old.

Yeah, there was an eruption there in the last few week. That picture is jaw-dropping. I'm glad someone was able to get it on film for the rest of us. Thanks for posting it, Steve!

Yeah, just crazy that someone was available, and with a decent camera to capture the shot!

... Imagine everything that has happened that has never been captured on film or even seen! Like Ball Lightning, or strange clouds.

-N-

Yep, Chile and it was a volcanic eruption, apparently the ash particals collide in air generating electical charges which resolve in a showy way.

National Geographic News Photo Gallery: PHOTOS: Chile Volcano Erupts With Ash and Lightning (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/photogalleries/volcano-photos/)

David C

Oh cool, thanks for that David!

That was pretty cool. Thanks for sharing. :D