Thunderstorms
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Extreme air turbulence from an approaching line of severe thunderstorms over Chicago. This one was taken with the Optio S.
Another shot of the turbulence, taken with my Minolta Dimage 7hi. Midwestern Frontal storms can be quite dramatic!
While the electric poles in the back are usually a visual nuicance, this time it looks like the lightning is traveling down it.
A lightning repeater hitting a few miles away.
I accidentally moved the camera before the picture was finished. I thought it was interesting how the lights have different patterns.
A very close lightning strike.
The back wall of these clouds almost looked like a tornado when they passed by a minute earlier.
Massive mammatus appeared overhead, between the storms on another night.

The airplanes were using the air corridor overhead to skip between the more dangerous areas.

As the sunset, the color got deeper and more surreal.
Everything turned a nice shade of pink, though it was a lot more intense in person...
A closeup of a cloud dropping out, like a puff of smoke.
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 Gallery: Photography  Album: Chicago   
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