Sometimes I am amazed at my ability to kill storms. All I have to do is grab my camera and walk out the door and thunderstorms fall apart. It never fails. Being as this could have been one of my final opportunities for some monsoon lightning, I tried to take some lightning photography tonight. As soon as I set up my tripod, this storm met its quick death. I only captured one cloud to ground strike worthy of keeping.
Cloud to ground lightning strike.
Seeing that lightning opportunities to my west had vanished, I settled for some moonlighting shots such as the one below.
Bright moon lights up the dark Sandia mountains
