Published on: July 18, 2007 at 4:03 PM
Thanks to Stephen Hicks for these amazing images… he writes:
“My family is on vacation in Longboat Key, which is in the Sarasota area
and about 60 miles from Tampa Bay, and a storm came up yesterday
(July 18). My mom, Anne Hicks, managed to snap a picture of a close
lightning strike with her Nikon D70. I thought the weather blog may
be interested, so I am attaching a copy of the picture and a few
other pictures taken around the same time.”
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