Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Summer Lightning





 


Howick, South Africa, Summer Lightning


Our flight from the north into Philadelphia last night was rocked with storms.  From the airplane window, for an uncomfortably long time, we saw beautiful but frightening lightning displays.







Brighton, England, Summer Lightning



Although we're well into October and the weather is mostly cooler now, it looked like summer lightning.







St. George, Utah, Summer Lightning



The irrational fear of lightning (and thunder) is astraphobia.  The study or science of lightning is fulminology and lightning scientists are called fulminologists.







Bangalore, India, Summer Lightning



If you've ever experienced scary lightning events up-close (I have on several occasions), you know that there's a "sliding scale" of rationality and irrationality regarding lightning fear.







Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Summer Lightning



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