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The view last night over the Indian River, with a pier jutting over the water at Palm Shores Park.
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This shot was a little overexposed because two large bolts struck in the same portion of the image.
On Monday night, I noticed the lightning out my window. Last night, I heard a low rumble, like a plane going overhead.
I didn't think much of the noise, though I knew it was a distant thunderstorm. Fifteen minutes after I heard it, I finally went outside my apartment to check out the situation. Lightning was flashing brilliantly to the northeast. I probably had missed a lot already, so I grabbed my equipment, checked to see where the storm was on the radar, then sped off.
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Last night, I set up my tripod in the parking lot of a roadside park in Palm Shores, where I shot the liftoff of shuttle Discovery in mid-March. Like many small parks in the area, it's only open during daylight hours. But I didn't care. It's next to the Indian River, with the Pineda Causeway in the distance - decent foreground for the location of this storm.
A light rain was falling, so I took off my overshirt and draped it over my camera. The shirt also helped block light from entering the viewfinder from behind the camera. And I placed the collar around the end of the lens, blocking excess light from streetlamps along U.S. 1.
Again, I swear I missed the best lightning. Those bolts struck or crawled across the sky between exposures or when I was adjusting my tripod. Nevertheless, I got some interesting shots.
The weather in Central Florida has become increasingly hot and humid in the past week, sprouting such storm systems. I hope the trend continues throughout the summer, especially when the storms happen on my days off.
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This is looking eastward toward Satellite Beach and the southern part of Patrick Air Force Base.
2 comments:
Life is exciting in Palm Shores.
Only on the weekends - my weekends.
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