My best lightning photo of the season

[M_J_Helin]

Seven pictures panorama. Took me several hours to get this picture to look like what I wanted.
Actually, this photo took me nearly ten years for me to achieve.

 

[AlanLichty]

That is one seriously menacing looking cloud and neat lightning in the midst of that shower.

 

[Jim Sanderson]

Killer photo.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Very very dramatic. A great image and well worth the time.

 

[Josh Dye]

Wow! This is just epic!

 

[JimFox]

Wow Matti! What a very cool storm. Now that's great perseverance! Good work on this!

 

[M_J_Helin]

Thanks all!

That is one seriously menacing looking cloud and neat lightning in the midst of that shower.

That storm system was over a hundred kilometers wide, so nearly a hundred miles...

 

[Bart Carrig]

10 years !!! Well done, worth every minute of effort.

Bart

 

[M_J_Helin]

Thanks everyone!

10 years !!! Well done, worth every minute of effort.

Bart

Thank you. Yes, thunders are a rare (relatively) phenomenon here up north. At least powerful ones like this one.