French Storm Chaser Snaps Terrific Pictures of Lightning over Geneva
Christophe Suarez, a French storm chaser recently took some rather remarkable pictures of lighting raining down upon Geneva and published them on Storm Track, a forum about storms and hardcore weather.
On the 20th of june, a very nice supercell occured in the northern Alps. I intercepted the storm from the “Salève”, a 1300m moutain close to Geneva. The base of the cumulonimbus was so low that I could take the strikes over Geneva from above. It’s really a wonderful experience.
Here are the pictures he took:
Apparently, he’s part of a thunderstorm chasing group which goes around chasing storms and snapping pictures of them. Here’s the link to the storm chasing group website.
Took a look around the site’s storm photo gallery, which features pictures of lightning storms by other photographers. Check them out:
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Very impressive!!
YEARS AGO IN EXPERIMENTAL FOR THE BOEING AIRPLANE COMPANY, ONE PARTICULAR EXPERIMENT TOOK PLACE ABOUT CAPTURING A LIGHTNING BOLT AND AT THE SAME TIME AT THAT PERCISE MOMENT PHOTOGRAPH THE EXACT CAPTURE. THE ONE THAT CAME UP WITH THIS EXPERIMENT WAS A PART OF A SHOP I WAS IN AND I KNOW HIM WELL. IT WAS INTERESTING, SIMILIAR TO YOUR LIGHTNING STRIKES