Piorunów (Thunderbolts) Palace

A palace - a manor house, located in central Poland, near the city of Łódź (about 20 km). A manor house from around the 1920s. Currently restored, it serves as a hotel with a spa and wellness area.

Piorun – w meteorologii bardzo silne wyładowanie elektryczne w atmosferze powstające naturalnie, zwykle towarzyszące burzom. Piorunowi często towarzyszy grom dźwiękowy oraz zjawisko świetlne zwane błyskawicą. Może ono przybierać rozmaite kształty i rozciągłości, tworzyć linie proste lub rozgałęziać się do góry lub w dół. Występują błyskawice, które widoczne są jedynie jako rozjaśnienie powierzchni chmury, inne znów w ciągu ułamka sekundy przypominają swym kształtem świecący sznur pereł

Thunderbolts Rock Uralla NSW

... very very frightening me! Alas, no Galileo this time around, but we do have half the world's airworthy fleet of Il-62 freighters to compensate. So, while the townspeople of Zagreb will not agree with me on this, the evening's severe thunderstorm - shower, hail, microburst, the works - had nevertheless made for a pleasant night of spotting at Zagreb Airport (ZAG/LDZA)!

Another image from the powerful storm we had a couple of weeks ago. Again taken from the safety of indoors from my laundry window!

I say safety, but apparently, in the same storm, someone in South Australia did get electrocuted inside their home when they flipped a light switch right at the moment of a lightning flash!

The brown tinge of smoke can be seen lower right where a local grassfire had been started by a strike. I believe there were as many as 40 to 50 grassfires in the south of our state that night.

Thunderbolt is the name, but you can see the flash only ;-)

In the last weeks are enough chances to capture flashes. So I tried it many times without so spectacular flashes like that one.

This capture was taken through a roof-light and it has rained a lot. If you have a close distance between the lens and the window, it is not so disturbing as expected.

In this try I also used the fish-eye lens to get more of the sky and the flashes. A wide-angle are not wide enough. Or you need to increase the distance between lens and window. Then the quality should be a critical issue if it is raining.

Hopefully you enjoy it.

Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II Jet Warthog USAF Blacksnakes Indiana Air National Guard Fort Wayne 122nd Fighter Wing Painted in Anniversary 100 Years Indiana Air National Guards

The A-10 was designed to drop bombs, fire rockets, missiles, and its 30 mm Gatling gun at enemies on the ground

Photo taken at EAA Airventure Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin USA July 2022

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A shot of a Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II I took at an airshow in 2019. With the airshows having been grounded last year, I am looking forward to seeing some action again this summer.

It was a beautiful night out there - you could feel the tension of the thunderstorm building while waiting for the lightning to happen at the right moment...

Explored on August 4th, 2014.

Ungrateful Thunderbolts.

Mostri visibili blu scuri spessi morti ossessivi sprechi depressivi trame modellanti decadimenti languidi schemi di sofferenza rotoli di coppia,

méala pianta ag cothú inspioráidí airgeadais fuilteach airgeadais faoi léigear drámaí fileata tuairimí mealltacha infheistíochtaí láidre,

πατριαρχικοί φιλοξενούμενοι αισθησιακοί οργισμοί που αυξάνουν μεθυσμένους κλασικά γραπτά τρομερές απλότητες διαμαντένια φώτα πρωί νοιάζεται ισχυρά πάθη που σκοτεινιάζουν,

безгранични въпроси фини очи благородни вражди звънещи камбани клеветнически студ весели лъжи караница пъти последователни страхове бързащи трески,

miażdżące odpowiedzi mrugające spekulacje mruczące rozpacz wrzaski pulsujące czarne charakter serce szkarłatne życie drżące morza bezksiężycowe kościoły,

病的な肉を食べる絶叫する時間突然の叫び歌う影昔の知識を癒す人間の涙強大な夜たくましい頬怒鳴る顔槍兵色相雷を鳴らすたくましい頬がうなる顔に槍を投げる.

Steve.D.Hammond.

Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II Warthog USAF 81-0980

The A-10 was designed to drop bombs, fire rockets, missiles, and its 30 mm Gatling Gun at enemies on the ground

Photo taken at EAA Airventure Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin USA July 2019

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We had some of the closest, most spectacular and most frequent lightning I have ever seen. With the lightning hitting the other side of the road from us, this was just another close shave on this amazing chase day in Nebraska.

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Multiple lightning flashes behind the breakwater as the thunderstorm approaches Herttoniemi from the sea.

The P-47 Thunderbolt played a critical role at Duxford Airfield during World War II, serving with the 78th Fighter Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force. Initially deployed in 1943, these aircraft conducted bomber escort missions, protecting Allied heavy aircraft during raids deep into enemy territory. As the war progressed, the Thunderbolts transitioned to ground-attack roles, using their robust airframes and heavy firepower to attack enemy tanks, trains, and infrastructure in support of advancing Allied forces. Renowned for their durability and versatility, the P-47s at Duxford contributed significantly to the air campaign over Europe.

It taken in Croatia (Žaborić) on the summer of 2007.

I taken it with one expo (30 sec).

Toh Guan, Singapore

I don't always post processed photos right after I shoot them, but I really can't help but share this multiple-exposure, time-blended composite photo of the lightning storm over Toh Guan (actually it was technically over Jurong Island in the south according to the weather radar).

Initially I wanted to head out to shoot the sunset after work, but had to put off my plans due to the heavy monsoon rain, so I headed back home instead. While having dinner, I noticed an intense lightning storm that was taking place around my area. Since I've shot the sunset over Toh Guan from the nearby Bukit Batok Skyline, I thought I'd give lightning photography a try.

Really glad that I did, because not only was the sky clear enough for the lightning to be captured on camera (usually the clouds tend to obscure the lightning, resulting in the rainclouds being lit up instead), the storm lasted for a good hour and stretched across the sky with multiple bolts for this composite to be a success.

I'll post the shots that I used for this blended photo, but here are some processing details for now: 31-shot blend over a period of about an hour, shot with a Nikon D850 and a Sigma 12-24mm Art lens, cloned away the ceiling and lens flare in the frame and cropped down to size.

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I caught this boat, Thunderbolt, in port at Saint Andrews-by-the-sea, New Brunswick

"Nellie B" is the only airworthy Republic P47D outside the USA. Aircraft photographed flying at Duxford Flying Legends 2019. Sky replaced for effect using Luminar 4.

Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York

This is a stacked photo made out of 29 single shots.

29 photos à

30 sec Exposure

f9.0 Aperture

ISO 400

Stacked using StarStax

Very, very frightening me.

(Galileo) Galileo.

(Galileo) Galileo,

Galileo Figaro

Magnifico-o-o-o-o.

Lyrics from bohemian rhapsody, I thought I'd finish up the rest of the lightning series right away.

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17/5/2011

Getting ready for the summer at Coney Island

…very, very frightening me! (Freddie Mercury)

A thunderstorm over the region of Ilanz-Falera-Laax produced some really impressive lightenings tonight. I was lucky to get one though, because it lasted only a few minutes.

Taxiing out showing 2,600hp (1,938kW) of P&W radial muscle.