Natural Fireworks

Last week , after a few days of high heat with high humidity , a huge thunderstorm system passed through our area . The winds and intense rains put out the electricity for almost 24 hours .

This proved to have a positive outcome . Besides the humidity and temperature abating somewhat , it was a perfect set of circumstances for the best light show nature can produce . Warm evening. High humidity. No electric lights. No electronic distraction . Remnants of a thunder system slowly moving through . Quiet ( of man-made sound ).

As soon as darkness set in , the heat lightning that flashes from cloud to cloud became clearly visible . Thunder was gentle and distant , a soothing ballad about the storm that was .



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 Slowly at first , the little blinks ........