Archive 2025 · August Monsoon - Lightning Strike
p.1 #1August Monsoon - Lightning Strike
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Finally, a storm came through after a very dry monsoon season. National Weather Service predicted a more rainy season vs last few years but they retracted this after the weather failed to produce significant conditions. This storm came out of nowhere, so I grabbed my gear, half working Manfrotto tripod and took some shots. To my surprised, the first strike actually hit the mountain.
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Aug 15, 2025 at 01:01 AM
p.1 #2August Monsoon - Lightning Strike
wonderful capture the moment of lightening
Aug 15, 2025 at 03:24 AM
p.1 #3August Monsoon - Lightning Strike
junglialoh wrote:
wonderful capture the moment of lightening
Thank you!
Aug 15, 2025 at 09:37 AM
p.1 #4August Monsoon - Lightning Strike
Nice work - #1 for me. Where is this?
Aug 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
p.1 #5August Monsoon - Lightning Strike
Amazing! All are nice but that first shot is spectacular!
Aug 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
p.1 #7August Monsoon - Lightning Strike
In Cave Creek, Arizona.
Jim Dockery wrote:
Nice work - #1 for me. Where is this?
Aug 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
p.1 #8August Monsoon - Lightning Strike
adventure_photo wrote:
Amazing! All are nice but that first shot is spectacular!
Thank you! When I saw that bolt hit the mountain I was giddy
never caught that before. I've taken plenty of storm photos, never one where the lightning hits the ground.
Amazing! All are nice but that first shot is spectacular!
Thank you! When I saw that bolt hit the mountain I was giddy
never caught that before. I've taken plenty of storm photos, never one where the lightning hits the ground.Aug 15, 2025 at 02:13 PM
p.1 #9August Monsoon - Lightning Strike
Wow! I live near cave creek. The storm was so intense. I was driving home from downtown dodging trees as the crumbled. What a night. Great capture!!!
Aug 15, 2025 at 09:22 PM
p.1 #10August Monsoon - Lightning Strike
The first one though! Fantastic!
Joel
Joel
Aug 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
p.1 #11August Monsoon - Lightning Strike
carlameeske wrote:
Wow! I live near cave creek. The storm was so intense. I was driving home from downtown dodging trees as the crumbled. What a night. Great capture!!!
Never seen so many trees knocked down. I didn’t even feel that much wind either. It was mostly rain and lightning.
Aug 16, 2025 at 01:45 PM
p.1 #12August Monsoon - Lightning Strike
The first is a number one lightning shot. Absolutely stunning and a lightning shooter's dream.
Aug 16, 2025 at 03:18 PM
p.1 #14August Monsoon - Lightning Strike
Very nice captures. Especially #1! Congratulations!
jacob
jacob
Aug 16, 2025 at 05:13 PM
p.1 #15August Monsoon - Lightning Strike
Chuck Eklund wrote:
The first is a number one lightning shot. Absolutely stunning and a lightning shooter's dream.
Thank you! I was blinded by it, but when I reviewed the shot and saw it made contact, I was giddy to say the least
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ctgoldwing wrote:
Fantastic capture!
Thank you!
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jm10_former wrote:
Very nice captures. Especially #1! Congratulations!
jacob
Thank you!
The first is a number one lightning shot. Absolutely stunning and a lightning shooter's dream.
Thank you! I was blinded by it, but when I reviewed the shot and saw it made contact, I was giddy to say the least
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ctgoldwing wrote:
Fantastic capture!
Thank you!
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jm10_former wrote:
Very nice captures. Especially #1! Congratulations!
jacob
Thank you!
Aug 16, 2025 at 06:26 PM
p.1 #16August Monsoon - Lightning Strike
All good but 1 and 2 are incredible, especially the first one...Nice work.
Aug 16, 2025 at 09:44 PM
p.1 #17August Monsoon - Lightning Strike
You only needed to post the first one. A winner!
Aug 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
p.1 #19August Monsoon - Lightning Strike
Fantastic capture, the first one is special. 
Definitely earns my vote
Definitely earns my vote Aug 17, 2025 at 02:56 PM
p.1 #20August Monsoon - Lightning Strike
That first image is spectacular, wow! Voted 👍🏼
Aug 17, 2025 at 05:14 PM