On 29/04/2011 11:09 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
Hello.
We had the most peculiar thunderstorm yesterday night. First of all, to
have a rain, let alone a thunderstorm, in the very end of April is very
rare. But this one was really strange. I saw a lightning that was going
practically non-stop for minutes. Strike after strike it went. And I did
not hear any thunder. Ultimately it broke my night's sleep but it was at
least very interesting.
We often get a lightning phenomenon that I only know as "sheet
lightning". I believe it is cloud to cloud rather than cloud to ground,
and it is silent, but very bright, and generally is travelling with a
torrential rainstorm.
My brother told me it was some kind of tropical weather front that
decided to have arrived over here. Does anyone have an idea what this
might be? I really never experienced such a thing before.
Perhaps a monsoon?
Even more interesting that the evening before this, I saw probably the
most beautiful landscape light in my entire photographic life. The sky
was dark with the thunderstorm clouds and the setting sun was shining
through these clouds in this strange formation where you see great many
rays of light coming down. The hills and green was very subtly lit in
the most beautiful manner which I cannot describe in words. Naturally, I
did not have a camera with me, as I was driving from work. At least I
hope to remember this light for the future "reference".
We get that sort of light show frequently, and I never tire of their beauty.
--
William Robb
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