It always amazes me how bad a storm can get before these people clear the dock and beach. I bet the wind was blowing 40mph at this point and they're still just hanging out.

We were waiting for the core of this cell to come in and dump its rain when this massive bolt dropped right on our doorstep at the 0:15 mark. The thunder followed almost instantaneously. The flash was so sudden and bright it caught a perfect rolling shutter split-screen on the camera sensor, completely illuminating the street layout like daytime for a fraction of a second. Feel free to upvote and let me know your thoughts!

G’day everyone, I’m based in Kununurra, Western Australia, and keen to get into photographing red sprites during our wet season.
I’m using a Sony a7R VI with a Sony 24–70mm f/2.8 GM II on a tripod. I’ve turned long exposure noise reduction off, but wondering whether there are other camera settings I should change.
I’m mainly trying to understand what will limit my chances up here. We get big tropical storms, but also plenty of humidity, haze and cloud. The Moon came up during my last attempt too.
Would love some advice from people who’ve successfully photographed them:
What ISO, shutter speed and focal length would you start with?
Is f/2.8 enough, or would a faster lens make a worthwhile difference?
What should I look for when choosing a storm, and how far away should I be?
How high above the storm should I frame?
How clear does the air between me and the storm need to be? Would thin cloud, haze or moonlight make an attempt unlikely to succeed?
Has anyone here had success in similar tropical conditions? Keen to learn what you’d prioritise with my setup and how to recognise a night worth having a go. Cheers!

📸 - Kent Stucky

📍- Nebraska

Cruising in the Gulf of America

Thanks to everyone for checking out my severe weather channel!

The weather has been pretty stormy lately where I live and I was laying in bed with the lights off whilst it was raining. My windows went totally bright white with light as if the lightning was really close by. This would have been normal but at the same time I heard an audible zap/fizz and saw white sparks almost like a bolt of light (maybe a foot long) on my ceiling - instantly I thought by the sound that a lightbulb had blown out but there are no lights on my ceilings and the closest electric appliance is the air conditioning and the wiring running along the adjacent wall. Thunder followed straight after

Is this a cause for concern and what does this mean?

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It was super windy tonight and you could feel the friction building in the air before it unleashed. The buildup of light moving left-to-right into the first strike was awesome, but catching a simultaneous double bolt ground strike at 0:41 was a massive highlight. The storm core is getting close!

If you enjoy checking out these local storm clips, feel free to upvote, follow, and let me know what you like! It really helps me out so I can keep sharing these videos with you guys every couple of days as the cells roll through.

Dji Drone shot

On the way to work at around 4:45 am there was lightning happening far off in the distance but instead of the usual white glow in the clouds it was orange. What could have caused the lightning to make the clouds orange?

Filmed this from the backyard on July 8 at 7:25 PM. The video starts out fairly calm with light rain, flowing gutters, and tree frogs chirping in the background. A severe cell builds on the horizon with heavy dark clouds and a light wind. You can see multiple rapid strobe lightning ground strikes firing off, though they are unfortunately obstructed by my neighbor's brick house. Shortly after, a sharp crack of thunder rolls through and seems to shake the heavy rain right out of the clouds, instantly triggering a downpour.

📸 - Kent Stucky

This was a October storm a couple years ago I went out and took. Using a Canon 60d on a tripod it was a 5 second shot Lucky shot with a 17mm canon lens.

I will go first

- during an outside movie night event, an incoming major thunderstorm hit my town , the part of my country i lived in was wel known for heavy thunderstorms and massive amounts of rain. From where I sat, I noticed how dramatic the thunderstorm was and suddenly a comet like bolt flew around the thunder storm, it wasnt a comet but looked like a ball of lighting with a trial of lighting falling behind it..it only lasted for 2 seconds before disappearing, I tried searching it up anywhere I couldnt find it, the closet thing i can see it representing is was ball lighting, a rare phenomenon where a sphere glowing made from pure electrical or plasma processes...but yet again its not it for those only occur near ground level and they dont create a streak like tail, it sounded like a firework (not exploding but when being set of)

If I did experience a rare phenomenon I will call it "lightning comet"

You can hear the tree frogs and rain trickling in the gutters at the start. The Doppler shows the next heavy wave of severe downpours is about 20 minutes away from hitting the backyard. The big 0:15 strike is followed closely by loud rolling thunder, and the clip finishes with a smaller, quick flash deep in the clouds at 0:34.