Dan Robinson
Got a great lightning show from several rounds of storms in downtown Pittsburgh Monday night. Ideal lightning photography conditions persisted most of the evening, with small but CG-active storms passing close by with no rain at our locations. Many clear-air bolts (outside of precip) made for some nice catches. We observed numerous power flashes from strike-induced electrical flashovers on power lines. We avoided rain in all but the last storm which passed over well after dark. I focused on video while my brother Matt shot digital stills with his 5D and L-series lenses. A memory card and tape-filling night!
Here are a few video grabs:
Power flashes (flashovers):
Here are a few video grabs:
![june19u.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwvlightning.com%2F2006%2Fjune19u.jpg&hash=84b1d37c7df1e3309a9a06cf483eec4d)
![june19r.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwvlightning.com%2F2006%2Fjune19r.jpg&hash=ed7337dc03f52aa19ada0082f4487305)
![june19d.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwvlightning.com%2F2006%2Fjune19d.jpg&hash=2e6df3bcbd36d0fc83c194c8491245a2)
![june19v.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwvlightning.com%2F2006%2Fjune19v.jpg&hash=b57b4a775499245e25054e0da87b4326)
![june19o.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwvlightning.com%2F2006%2Fjune19o.jpg&hash=744c1e530f644483dfb93668e5e83384)
Power flashes (flashovers):
![june19m.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwvlightning.com%2F2006%2Fjune19m.jpg&hash=d8d8ae5eb4aa0eda25801c8b68c65fbb)
![june19z.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwvlightning.com%2F2006%2Fjune19z.jpg&hash=f4c18c8ca3e8c5e6d66bec6d6eb54ce4)
![june19w.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwvlightning.com%2F2006%2Fjune19w.jpg&hash=f944fdfa17e606cc8d68202b6ca5c045)
![june19g.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwvlightning.com%2F2006%2Fjune19g.jpg&hash=6b303af518904796985d0785c309f3c6)