It was hot outside today, and it will be hot again tomorrow. But in between we’ve had a great series of storm cells passing over, with some excellent lightning.
I pointed the camera out the upstairs window, and set it on automatic shooting with a programmable remote control. Unfortunately there’s nothing automatic about the processing stage…
But [...]

Four houses have been evacuated tonight in Oxley by ACT Fire & Rescue as a precaution because of two gas leaks.
The leaks are located close to each other on Newman Morris Circuit and are believed to have started after lightning struck a light pole.
Firefighters have a 50 to 100 metre exclusion zone around the leaks [...]

Here on the Images of Canberra desk we love a good Telstrayama shot, and lord knows we’ve seen a lot of them.
But this one by Chris Smith from last week’s storm has a certain je ne sais quois to it don’t you think?
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[Photo by John Lafferty]
Last night was as good a show of the Sturm und Drang as you could possibly hope for.
Readers are sending their photos in so if you’ve got one send it to images@the-riotact.com
(Slideshow below thanks to “alloneword“, and John Lafferty)

This in from the ESA:
7:00am Wednesday 11 August 2010 – Update on lightening strike The ACT Fire Brigade advise the damage bill as a result of last night’s lightening strike on a home in Isabella Plains is estimated at around $20,000.
21:30 Tuesday 10 August 2010 – Lightening strikes Tuggeranong house ACT Fire Brigade has [...]

Well this heavy rain hasn’t come from anywhere in particular, the weather radar shows is coming up out of nowhere right above us.
The Bureau has cunningly updated a prediction of thunderstorms after they had begun!

It was one hell of an electrical storm last night. RandomGit has sent in a photo taken by one of his friends for your consideration. (Click on the image for a larger version)
The Git sent it in with the following note:
“Though Lightning shots are a dime a dozen, this one is panormaic and catches a [...]