Angry Zeus
The ancient Greeks believed that lightning was the result of Zeus, king of the Gods, throwing a hissy-fit.
During colonial times in America, if a house was hit by lightning and caught on fire, people would just let it burn, thinking that God was simply delivering some well-deserved retribution on the homeowner.
Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod, thus showing that either God was easily fooled or lightning was really just an atmospheric discharge of electricity.
No divine vengeance.
No ill-tempered Greek myths.
Just an incredible natural phenomenon.
Still, that doesn't mean I have to like it. When a thunderstorm hits I'm only a couple of close strikes away from hiding under the bed.
We had a good one the other night. Despite the wicked flashes bursting through the clouds, I stood at the window with my kids and repeatedly hit the camera button, hoping to get that one good shot.
300 clicks later, I managed to get a few, including the one above.
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7 Comments:
See also this extremely high-speed video of a lightning strike.
nice dude.
I really like your picture, Phil. Very dark and mysterious. Don't know what you were talking about over at my blog.
That is worth 300 attempts!
That is an amazing photo. BTW, I LIKE lightning storms. I love the raw power of them.
Great picture, Phil. I sat and watched the storm with the boys and didn't even think to take pictures. Oh well, next time.
Very cool. Lightning is awesome (and scary).
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