storm clouds early evening.

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.

Mongolia. 9/10/2018

The sky lit up to daytime brightness.

Highway 9 - Iowa

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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Spätsommer: Gewitterstimmung an einem heißen Nachmittag im August

Late summer: thunderstorm mood on a hot afternoon in August

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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.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II © 2019 Klaus Ficker. Photos are copyrighted. All rights reserved. Pictures can not be used without explicit permission by the creator.

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

The combination of these two settings creates incredible light conditions.

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

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Massieux, France.

looks like a flash, but it is a bulb ;)

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Approaching Thunderstorm, Mamquam River, Massiter Creek, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

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

Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! xo💜💜

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

Both the kayakers out on the lake and the trail walkers decided it was time to head for shelter when this storm cloud along with thunder in the distance approached yesterday. (After pausing for a photo op of course.) Luckily so, because before we got home we were bombed by large hail, strong winds and heavy rains.

There were plenty of cloud-to-ground lightning strikes as this thunderstorm rumbled through the valley near our home.

Un orage (dérivé à l'aide du suffixe age de l'ancien français ore, signifiant « vent »1) est une perturbation atmosphérique d'origine convective associée à un type de nuage particulier : le cumulonimbus. Ce dernier est à forte extension verticale, il engendre des pluies fortes à diluviennes, des décharges électriques de foudre accompagnées de tonnerre. Dans des cas extrêmes, l'orage peut produire des chutes de grêle, des vents très violents et, rarement, des tornades.

Les orages peuvent se produire en toute saison, tant que les conditions d'instabilité et d'humidité de l'air sont présentes. Le plus grand nombre se retrouve sous les tropiques et leur fréquence diminue en allant vers les pôles où ils ne se produisent qu'exceptionnellement. Dans les latitudes moyennes, le nombre varie avec la saison.

A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm, lightning storm, or thundershower, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere, known as thunder.[1] Thunderstorms occur in association with a type of cloud known as a cumulonimbus. They are usually accompanied by strong winds, heavy rain, and sometimes snow, sleet, hail, or, in contrast, no precipitation at all. Thunderstorms may line up in a series or become a rainband, known as a squall line. Strong or severe thunderstorms, known as supercells, rotate as do cyclones. While most thunderstorms move with the mean wind flow through the layer of the troposphere that they occupy, vertical wind shear sometimes causes a deviation in their course at a right angle to the wind shear direction.

雷暴是一種產生閃電及雷聲的自然天氣現象。它通常伴隨著滂沱大雨或冰雹，而在冬季時甚至會隨暴風雪而來。

雷暴可以在世界任何地方發生，甚至發生在兩極和沙漠地帶，但通常在低緯度的地方（特別是熱帶雨林地區）會較頻繁地發生，可以每日都會發生。在亞熱帶和溫帶等中緯度地區，雷暴則通常會在夏季的下午或傍晚發生，有時在冬季也會受冷鋒影響而有短時性雷暴。烏干達及印尼為全世界雷暴發生最頻繁的地方，除此之外，在美國中西部及南部州份會發生威力最強烈的雷暴，因為這些雷暴會與冰雹或龍捲風一起發生。至今為止，全世界從未出現過雷暴的地區只有南美洲智利北部的阿他加馬沙漠，該地因氣候過於乾燥和難以形成雨雲才會未出現過雷暴。

雷暴會在大氣不穩定時發生，並且會製造大量的雨水或冰晶。通常其發生有三種特定情況：地球大氣層低空帶的濕度很高，這可以由露點溫度觀察得到；高空與低空的溫度差異極大，亦即是氣溫遞減率極大；冷鋒受到外力的逼迫而匯聚。

在古老的文明裡，雷暴有著極大的影響力。不論是中國古代、古羅馬或美洲古文明皆有與雷暴相關的神話。source wikipédia

Thunderstorm, Dortmund-Ems-Kanal, Lüdinghausen, Germany

One of my artworks from the Exhibition FRAGMENTS showed at our new Gallery THE EDGE

Thanks to the friendly people that were with us at the opening, that favour my picture and visit our exhibitions.

Thanks to our friends Inara and Oema for their kind attention :)

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Car: "Jenny" from C.H.C (Cindy Henusaki Custom Cars)

Location: C.H.C sim: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Grand%20Palaccio/192/43/1501

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Thunderstorms moving across the farmlands in Oregon

A day with lots of thunderstorms in the area.... time for me to take another flickr break....

Lightning from severe thunderstorm in rural Sangamon county Illinois on the evening of April 7, 2021.

Nikon D3200

Nikon 18.0-55.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens

ƒ/7.1

34.0 mm

4 sec.

iso200

WB 4750k

remote shutter release

noise filter on

Chasing storms outside Roswell, New Mexico 3 June, 2019.

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