Crater Storm

++ Featured in the Bighorn Gallery at Dead Horse Point State Park March 1 through April 29, 2014 and September 1, 2015 through February 29, 2016 ++

Fires spread throughout the West in 2013, and on this particular night smoke from the nearby fires plagued the views of almost everything; that is until a summer storm filled the skies, creating a spectacle in which smoke, clouds, and rain combined to create a show nothing short of magnificent! I setup for long exposures, to attempt to catch streaks of lightning. Lightning began crashing all around, and in fact a colleague and I literally spread apart by quite a distance, so that if lightning struck one of us, at least the other could tell the story --- no joke. Rain trickled for about fifteen minutes, and then it began pouring. Under a downpour, and completely soaked through, I snapped a shot and shazam -- I knew I had this one in the tin!

File info: 1308-4-8617 [2:1]

Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA

Author: Chad Dutson

Photo size: 1.3 Mpixels (3.66 MB uncompressed) - 1600x800 pixels (5.3x2.7 in / 13.5x6.8 cm at 300 ppi)

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Published in: Lakes, Rivers, Waterfalls, Hills, Mountains, Canyons, Valleys, 2013 Releases, Forests, Rainforests, 2:1 Panorama, Oregon & Washington, Crater Lake National Park