Fourth of July over Paris, Virginia! 

30 second exposure.
Massive Rocky Mountain Thunderstorm in the Boulder County Colorado Foothills. Cloud to Cloud and cloud to ground. 10:42pm, This is a layered image equal to a 1 minute and 45 sec exposure.

Fact: Lightning detection systems in the United States monitor an average of 25 million strokes of lightning from clouds to ground during some 100,000 thunderstorms every year. It is estimated that Earth as a whole is struck by an average of more than a hundred lightning bolts every second. 

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980 ready to strike
Participants gather in front of a call-out booth on Thursday in Ballantine Hall to learn more about an upcoming strike that will take place on Apr. 11 and 12 on campus.
Pamphlets sit on a desk as part of a call-out booth on Thursday in Ballantine Hall. Organizers and interested parties gathered to dicuss an upcoming strike that will take place on Apr. 11 and 12 on campus.
Senior Dave Hamilton addresses the crowd on Thursday in Ballantine Hall. Hamilton was helping out at a call-out booth that sought to rally participants for an upcoming strike that will take place on Apr. 11 and 12 on campus.
summer storm
Great Salt Lake Lightning
Pamphlets sit on a desk as part of a call-out booth on Thursday in Ballantine Hall. Organizers and interested parties gathered to dicuss an upcoming strike that will take place on Apr. 11 and 12 on campus.
Pamphlets sit on a desk as part of a call-out booth on Thursday in Ballantine Hall. Organizers and interested parties gathered to dicuss an upcoming strike that will take place on Apr. 11 and 12 on campus.
Pamphlets sit on a desk as part of a call-out booth on Thursday in Ballantine Hall. Organizers and interested parties gathered to dicuss an upcoming strike that will take place on Apr. 11 and 12 on campus.
See photo in original gallery.