7/15/2006: Rainbow and lightning

Undertoad · 07-15-2006, 01:10 PM

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.

capnhowdy · 07-15-2006, 01:24 PM

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!

BigV · 07-15-2006, 01:35 PM

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.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-15-2006, 02:13 PM

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.

capnhowdy · 07-15-2006, 02:49 PM

saved that one too.

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

Elspode · 07-15-2006, 03:39 PM

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.

Ibby · 07-15-2006, 03:46 PM

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

Hoof Hearted · 07-15-2006, 08:27 PM

Galileo,Galileo,
Galileo Galileo
Galileo figaro-Magnifico-

Ibby · 07-15-2006, 08:53 PM

--oooh-ooooh-oooooh-ooooh

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

mrputter · 07-15-2006, 11:46 PM

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

zippyt · 07-16-2006, 12:24 AM

momamia momamia

Ibby · 07-16-2006, 12:52 AM

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...)

zippyt · 07-16-2006, 01:10 AM

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 !!!!

zippyt · 07-16-2006, 01:11 AM

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

Ibby · 07-16-2006, 01:14 AM

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

07-15-2006, 01:10 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	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.

07-15-2006, 01:24 PM	#2
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	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! __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

07-15-2006, 01:35 PM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	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. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-15-2006, 02:13 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	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. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 05:51 PM.

07-15-2006, 02:49 PM	#5
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	saved that one too. BigV.... I've tried for years. To no avail. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

07-15-2006, 03:39 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	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. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-15-2006, 03:46 PM	#7
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Thunderbolt and lightnin'... Very, very fright'ning! __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

07-15-2006, 08:27 PM	#8
Hoof Hearted ...you smell something? Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Monroe, GA Posts: 420	Galileo,Galileo, Galileo Galileo Galileo figaro-Magnifico- __________________ I have the ability of single-minded determination and focu...Hey, look! A horse! Last edited by Hoof Hearted; 07-15-2006 at 08:31 PM.

07-15-2006, 08:53 PM	#9
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	--oooh-ooooh-oooooh-ooooh I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me... __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

07-15-2006, 11:46 PM	#10
mrputter Superior Inhabitant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 71	He is just a poor boy from a poor family...

07-16-2006, 12:24 AM	#11
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	momamia momamia __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

07-16-2006, 12:52 AM	#12
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	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...) __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

07-16-2006, 01:10 AM	#13
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	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 !!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

07-16-2006, 01:11 AM	#14
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Now TURN IT UP !!!! Time to Head BANG !!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

07-16-2006, 01:14 AM	#15
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Dude, I swear that song is the first instance of Shred. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

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