LIGHTNING
All Photos © Scott Blair
01 - Monroe, LA
June 19, 2004
02 - Monroe, LA
June 19, 2004
03 - Monroe, LA
June 19, 2004
An unbelievable lightning display captured over West Monroe, LA during the twilight evening hours of 19 June 2004. The first image shows lightning striking a tree within 300 yards of my location. It actually took over one year to process this roll as I had temporarily misplaced the slides in a compartment in my camera bag. You can imagine my surprise the following year upon developing the film.

04 - Fairbury, NE
May 22, 2004
05 - Fairbury, NE
May 22, 2004
06 - Fairbury, NE
May 22, 2004
A spectacular display of lightning anvil crawlers combined with well-developed mammatus clouds made for a classic photo opportunity near Fairbury, NE. The structure in these photos is associated with the backside convection behind the supercell that produced a devastating tornado in Hallam, NE. It had been a frustrating chase, but the photos at the end of the day turned things around.

07 - Monroe, LA
July 17, 2003
08 - Monroe, LA
March 11, 2002
One of my favorite locations to photograph lightning while in college was downtown Monroe, LA on top of a seven-story parking garage. We received permission from the owners and would drive up any evening there might be a good lightning show. Here are two examples of lightning encounters utilizing the unique foreground of older buildings.

09 - Goodland, KS
August 26, 2006
A relatively weak summer storm approached Goodland, KS on the late night of 26 August 2006. I drove to the west side of town and stopped next to a sunflower field. I quickly exposed the foreground with my car lights and was lucky as a few anvil crawlers danced over the horizon.

10 - Monroe, LA
May 8, 2001
11 - Monroe, LA
October 5, 2000
12 - Monroe, LA
November 7, 2000
Another location I enjoyed to photograph lightning early in my colligate career was from an 11-story dorm room balcony on the campus of Louisiana-Monroe. This was the tallest building in town, which provided an excellent 360-degree view. Even though we had a roof over our heads, one couldn’t help the fact to be a little nervous when storms finally arrived. The building was condemned in 2001 and was imploded in 2004.

13 - Campo, CO
May 28, 2005
High based convection provided a nice lightning show just after sunset on 28 May 2005. This lightning bolt struck just outside of the large rain and hail shaft. Notice the glow near the surface associated with the lightning. This is the result from downburst-type winds driving precipitation outward at the surface and through the electricity channel.

14 - Rocksprings, TX
May 24, 2001
This lightning display was captured south of Interstate 10 in south Texas near Rocksprings, TX just after sunset. The supercell we had chased during the daylight hours shifted into a region with no roads, so we settled for some lightning opportunities instead on the backside of the storm. The lightning was quite enjoyable on the way to San Angelo, TX for the night.

15 - Little Rock, AR
April 4, 1999
A severe storm rolled into western Little Rock, AR during the early evening hours of 4 April 1999, also Easter Sunday. The photo needs to be rescanned, but I’ve left in on the page for the time being. I was really proud of this photo back in 1999 as it was one of the best lightning photos I had taken at the age of 17.

16 - Topeka, KS
March 23, 2007
I took this photo during the late night hours of 23 March 2007 from my apartment balcony in Topeka, KS. Upon acquiring the apartment, I had wished for a few lightning opportunities to unfold from the ease of home.



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