capoeirajosh Report post Posted July 12, 2014 That rules!! Great timing with the photo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mocha1545 Report post Posted July 12, 2014 Perfect Timing! Too Close for me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pine Donkey Report post Posted July 12, 2014 He said the lightning was several miles away. Also, this was a still frame from his video camera. Thanks for all the nice complements. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cmbbulldog Report post Posted July 13, 2014 That's what scares me more than anything in the back country. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted July 13, 2014 Very cool picture! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildwoody Report post Posted July 13, 2014 Holly lightning bolt bat man!!!!!!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted July 13, 2014 Natures Taser. Cool photo. 2 people have been killed, and 3 others injured in Colorado in the last 2 days. Be careful out there! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daverp Report post Posted July 16, 2014 Very cool picture, but I'd have been doing a 180 with pee running down my leg. Got caught on top of a small mountain one time in 7W about 8 years ago in a very fast developing lighting storm. Have never been exposed to anything like it before. By the time I got packed up, it was too late. That thing hung over head for 45 minutes, and was firing off bolts in rapid succession striking all around me. I took refuge under a ledge near the top. Not the best place, but every time I tried to run off the mountain, it seemed as though a bolt of lighting was striking right in my intended path. Ridge, draw, didn't matter. Must have had a dozen lightning strikes within 100 yards of me that day. Same storm took out 3 trees in camp a half mile away. I'm the biggest lighting baby to this day as a result. Nothing sends me running off high ground or into a vehicle the way a lighting strike within 20 miles can as a result. Left an impression on me I'll never forget. Funny story...about a few weeks later, was out scouting with my son. Sitting around the fire one night, and unbeknownst to me, went to take a picture of me. The flash from the camera made me jump so hard that I had a serious crick in my neck for a month afterwards. Lighting = Me somewhere else...fast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
