March 27, 2007 |  Northeast MT Lightning Show

Just a backyard chase of sorts this evening.  Prior to sunset, I was lured outside to photograph what would become a spectacular display of sheared stratocumulus billow clouds.  These were classic imposters of lenticular clouds as this part of MT is completely void of any significant terrain.  These formed in an unstable lower layer immediately beneath a strongly stable layer.  A timelapse of these would have been sweet.

Later that night I grabbed my camera gear once more as an intense lightning show was occurring about 30 miles or so to my southwest.  Naturally, the CG lightning began dwindling shortly after I arrived at my photo spot, but I still managed to capture some decent shots as this non-SVR cell began dying.

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All photos © Copyright 2007 Matt Ziebell


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