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On 06/15/1991 a bolt of lightning strikes near Lake Okeechobee, Florida. The photographer got one hell of a surprise when it illuminated this monster.

I know I would have been slipping and sliding in the crap getting the hell out of Dodge!

Wow! Thats a neat picture. Never seen one like that before.

Wow! ...Never seen one like that before.

If you're caught by one, you may not see one after, either. I believe I survived one only by devine grace.

Cool! But I'd most certainly NOT stand under a tree or wear any kind of metal headwear in those climatic conditions

safe to say, that guy needed new underwear after seeing that

Cool! But I'd most certainly NOT stand under a tree or wear any kind of metal headwear in those climatic conditions

I know it was real fun diddy bopping through the jungle during tropical severe weather wearing a steel helmet and wearing all sorts of metal. Carrying a weapon that was mostly metal made for a good lightning rod as well. I remember more than once feeling the hair on my neck and head standing up. A truly comforting feeling to say the least.  ::)

safe to say, that guy needed new underwear after seeing that

Tornadoes are one of the few things that truly terrify me. The thought of something like this coming at you in the dark when you can't see it coming...yikes!

That's an amazing photograph...!
I've been sat in my chair here for ages, wondering how he got it...?

...hours of anticipation of something unusual happening...?
...sheer luck...?
...a camera set on a tripod, with a flash/light detector attached to the shutter...?

I never cease to be amazed at photographs of lightning...
It must take hours of careful setting up all the equipment in the anticipation of getting a successful photograph of a specific lightning event...?
This chap was VERY lucky to capture both an active Tornado and a flash of lightning at the same time...!!!
What are the chances of that happening during the average week with your Brownie camera and a roll of black and white film...LOL...!

Paul....... ...!

P.S. A genuine? photograph like that should be covered by Copyright...LOL...!

P.S. A genuine? photograph like that should be covered by Copyright...LOL...!

..mmmm...do I detect a slight feeling of doubt there Fozz.....it sure is a great pic...real or not...........

.....here's one I SAY I took from my back window.........but is it false or not?..........with today's methods of "photography" and the wonders of Photoshop coupled with somebody skilled at using such software ( like wot I am..cough cough) it would certainly be possible  to fake it................I wonder..............commoner

Real or false...?

Comm...
That exactly the effect it has on my brain and the sort of image I get before my eyes just after I have walked into a lamp-post... ...!

http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/flasher.jpg

...'appens all the time... ...!

LOL...!

Paul... ...!

I have no earthly idea how it was taken, But it was taken by a Mr. Fred Smith.
http://web.archive.org/web/20031125223558/http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mlb/hwofiles/svrwxrules.htmlThis link is messed up, but it available on the snopes.come page- listed as "photograph"

Mr. Smith did sell it as a poster- http://www.tornadoproject.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TPO1&Product_Code=CP1&Category_Code=Posters

http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/sedalia.asp
It is also listed on snopes.com as a factual photo with an inaccurate description. The e-mail description places it in Missouri.

Although "tornado alley" annexes Missouri, Florida evidently is a major host of all sorts of weather phenomena. I never saw the (Nebraska) tornado that "gave me a lift" but I certainly had no thought of taking pictures at the time.

I've done a few lightning shoots in the past. The best way is to find  wide open area, with some scenery for effect. Then just follow the weather, just set your camera to its bulb setting, press the shutter and just hope in a set period of time that you get some lightning.

It's pretty easy at night; just leave the shutter open for a while.
But to capture that tornado...! Wow!!! Luck is the photographer's best friend...

I'd love to see three seconds of video of that- darkness with about 10 frames of pure terror!!!  :o

The only way that I've ever photographed lighting is by setting my camera to video mode. Being made for still photography, it doesn't have a very fast frame rate, and the videos are low quality, but I still got some pretty cool pictures. Unfortunately, my computer had some problems a few months ago, and those pics were lost.

If you're caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron.  Not even God can hit a 1-iron.  ~ Lee Trevino