rustypants speaks

lise and i pulled into pensacola tonight around 9pm to a gorgeous and outrageous lightning storm. decided to put off checking into the hotel and instead drove straight to the beach – the storm was coming in from three sides with the moon still visible in the southwest sky and stars abounding to the south / southwest. the rest of the sky was pitch black, thick, billowing clouds moving through with a nice wind blowing from the northwest.

we parked our butts and gaped. it was gorgeous.

and then i thought, “hey! long exposure shots will capture this lightning! quick! get the tripod!” and what was documented doesn’t do justice to the real show, but wow – what a night. definitely in the top 5 greatest electrical storms of all time.

i’ve got 16 pictures up for your viewing! bring on the elctrical storm!