Thunderstorm rolled through just as the sun was rising yesterday morning, lots of lightning and a short but torrential downpour.

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Thunderstorm, seen from Fannie Bay Foreshore, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

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view from oberau over the mountains near Watzmann which can be seen at the left side. dramatic sky after a short thunderstorm.

thunderstorm over Canal Grande seen from Rialto Bridge in Venezia

Was für ein Wetter! Der Himmel verfinstert sich, es blitzt, es donnert: ein Gewitter ist aufgezogen!

What a weather! The sky is darkening, there is lightning, there is thunder: a thunderstorm has come!

It frightens me when I see a thunderstorm approaching in the mountains. I start looking for shelter running through the do's and don'ts. 'If your hair stands on end, move immediately.' I hope I would move in the right direction. Panic does not help you think clearly.

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An interesting line of thunderstorms were approaching our area early evening last night. It did result in some much needed rain after the sunset!

I find the soft sunlight, shadows and cloud combination to be quite delightful this time of day. . . a painting by the Dutch Masters! :)

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Strong to severe evening storms on 6/25/22

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Here’s a Vertorama that I captured while paddling a canoe around Emerald Lake during a sudden late-afternoon thunderstorm.

The sky was clear and blue when I rented the canoe and started paddling around the lake… but after half an hour (or so) the dark clouds started rolling in… and I heard the distant rumbling of an approaching thunderstorm.

My first thoughts were to get off the water as quickly as possible… my head was clearly the highest point on the lake at that moment… and I was a sitting duck to any lightning strikes! But the amazing dark thunderclouds and the sweet light shining through the gaps in the clouds were so photographically appealing to me… that I decided to continue paddling and shooting until I saw the first bolt of lightning.

Fortunately it was a small storm and I didn’t notice any lightning strikes… and fortunately the light show on the surrounding landscape was worth all the risks taken… I managed to get quite a few nice shots on the lake that day… including one particular shot that I was really hoping to get (not this one)!!

Nikon D300, Sigma 10-20mm at 10mm, aperture of f14, with a 1/80th second exposure.

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Spätsommer: Gewitterstimmung an einem heißen Nachmittag im August

Late summer: thunderstorm mood on a hot afternoon in August

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Het knalde zo hard dat ik bang was voor bewegingsonscherpte, je hoorde de ramen trilen.

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The sky lit up to daytime brightness.

Pop up storm with some good in cloud lightning.

Active late summer thunderstorm with continuous lightning.

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Evening thunderstorm, building just beyond our home.

View of Vienna from Leopoldsberg during a summer Thunderstorm. Black and White version

Massieux, France.

Clouds billow up and begin to darken over the Texas Hill Country near Austin

The combination of these two settings creates incredible light conditions.

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Lakeland, Florida.

Canal at West Hythe just got back indoors before the rain came.

A summer thunderstorm over Winnebago County, Wisconsin west of Oshkosh viewed from 9th Avenue.

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Sony ILCE-7RM5 + Monster LA-KE1 Pentax K to Sony E Mount Adapter + Pentax DFA 28-105 ED DC WR

Note that the focal length presented in the EXIF data is not correct. I was shooting a Pentax lens on the Sony A7RV with the Monster LA-KE1 adapter. Occasionally the EXIF data do not register accurately when using the Monster adapter. The lens is the Pentax DFA 28-105. I'll guess that the focal length was near 30-50mm.

A gap in the clouds of the thunderstorm opened and the last rays of the setting sun fell on the land ...

Thunderstorms are as much our friends as the sunshine. - Criss Jami, Killosophy

The weather is nature's disruptor of human plans and busybodies. Of all the things on earth, nature's disruption is what we know we can depend on, as it is essentially uncontrolled by men. - Criss Jami, Killosophy

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Last Friday I had a bussy evening: we finally had some thunderstorm activity in The Netherlands !

Cold air aloft (-25C at 500 hPa) over the relatively warm waters of the North Sea (19C) in combination with an upper level trough, caused many showers and thunderstorms.