Very Cool Picture (page 2)

bikerchic

Wow! That will make your hair stand on end.....or scorch ya, whew!

Leolaia

Check out the following discussion between the photographer and others on what the image shows:

http://forum.ski.com.au/ultimate/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=007129

A bigger version of the picture:

http://melkor.latrobe.edu.au/alex/lightling_kane_quinnell_small.jpg

And an article from the Daily Telegraph:

http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1260&storyid=2574263

The picture reminds me of the lightning strike I saw when I was five years old. That was the definition of dazzling, as I saw it strike a telephone pole just yards in front of me...I was blinded for a minute.

Valis

PR, I hope that lightening didn't hit your trailer home..

Sincerely,

District Overbeer

Dustin

That picture is awesome! I drove through a tornado 2 years ago. Scariest drive of my life.

seeitallclearlynow

So beautiful! Thanks for posting it pr.

According to the Daily Telegraph (as referenced by Leolaia, thanks!), the photographer is lucky to still be alive.

Dangerously close as lightning strikes

By KATE MURRAY

January 28, 2005

THE first thing Kane Quinnell did after taking this amazing picture of lightning was sprint inside as fast as he could.

The second was to buy a lottery ticket.

Amateur photographer Mr Quinnell, 28, was lucky to escape unhurt after a bolt of lighting hit just metres from his Toongabbie home last Friday night.

"I went out to see what was going on and it didn't look close ? there were stars to the north and no rain so I thought I was safe to go out there," he said. Mr Quinnell took four shots of a blank sky, "then with the fifth shot it was 'bang' ? it scared the hell out of me, I just saw this blinding bolt coming down."

Through the camera lens the bolt looks wide but Bureau of Meteorology spokesman Mike De Salis said that is just an optical illusion: "Lightning is actually very narrow, it's about half a centimetre at the most. What you're seeing is the glow around it."

Mr De Salis said that Mr Quinnell was lucky to be alive.

pr_capone

"Valis - PR, I hope that lightening didn't hit your trailer home.."

:p :p :p

Kansas District Overbeer

Very Cool Picture

poppers

jeanniebeanz