7/15/2006: Rainbow and lightning

Two natural items you don't normally see together - is this an IotD theme? (Ref. yesterday's horses and foal, that is...)

Axlrosen finds these beauts, via the British Daily Mail, although the skies pictured are those of Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Sadly the Mail only offers one of the three shots in larger resolution. It would be great to see the really full-resoution versions.

This is really awesome!
And very rare, indeed. How many chances does one get to see this in person? Let alone have the opportunity to photograph it. I'm saving these shots. Thanks!

For me, photographing lightning is astonishingly difficult. I'm batting zero. The extra rainbow in these beautiful pictures is just showing off. Exquisite find, axlrosen.

Wow, they're beautiful.
I've been collecting lightning images for about 3 years. Not taking them, just collecting other peoples efforts.
That is only the second I've seen....below is the first.

saved that one too.

BigV.... I've tried for years. To no avail.

The coloration of the sky is quite similar in Bruce's and Axl's shots. Must be some rather narrowly similar conditions that allow this to be seen. That, and a similar viewing placement, since rainbow are dependant upon the placement of rain, sun and viewer being just so.

Thunderbolt and lightnin'... Very, very fright'ning!

Galileo,Galileo,
Galileo Galileo
Galileo figaro-Magnifico-

--oooh-ooooh-oooooh-ooooh

I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me...

He is just a poor boy from a poor family...

momamia momamia

spare him his life from this monstrosity!

easy come, easy go, will you let me go?


(hahaha this is SUCH a fun song to sing in the car... my family does it rather often, each of us singing one of the parts... and the scariest part is when my mother starts headbanging during the headbanging part, while attempting to drive...)

Eschmilla NO !!!!!!
We will not let you go !!
We will not let you go !!
We will not let you go !!
No No No NO NO NO !!!!

Now TURN IT UP !!!!
Time to Head BANG !!!!

Dude, I swear that song is the first instance of Shred.

The third phot look like one of those glass orbs with electric inside - when touch the glass the electricity shoots over to your finger.

Nothing really matters
anyone can seeeeee....
nothing really matters
nothing really matters to meeeee...

God save the Queen

Naw, the guy in the middle aint there! He's the coolest one! The dude in the Deep Purple shirt!

Ya, I couldn't find a shot with the drunk mechanic guy.

You guys sure seem to like that!

... maybe you will enjoy these photos ... which are interesting.

Thanks, findpolitics...nice collection. Did you take any of them?

I wish I did .... I stole them all from around the internet.

It's not stealing on the internet.