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The early afternoon storm raged overhead, its enormous bellows of sonorous fury reverberating off the stone cliffs of the mountain range they named.

Alone, I stood in eager anticipation in a peaceful field in the valley below the cliffs. I watched as the storm vented its rage and waited for it to spit forth the exquisite lightning stored inside its discordant electric filled clouds. Most of the current passed from cloud to cloud in hidden bursts buried in the gray-blue sky. And then, when all hope of reward seemed gone, a single strand of brilliant white light stretched down to the mountain ridge. It was a moment faster than the blink of eyes, but, at that moment, I was filled with a sense of completion.

I packed my gear up shortly after that. The storm, exhausted and little more than empty dark clouds, drifted southward into the afternoon sun. I headed north, to another storm and another adventure. That is a story for another time.

Thunder Mountain '19
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Shoot date: July 1, 2019
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
¹⁄₄₀ sec at f/11 Bias:0 EV
Lens: EF50mm f/1.4 USM
ISO: 50