Incredible Image of Yosemite

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This amazing image was captured by Nolan Nitschke, 27 at Yosemite National Park — he calls it “Yosemite’s Rainbow Lightning.” Copyright Nolan Nitschke/Caters News Agency.

A wave of thunderstorms and lightning strikes swept across Northern California this week.

The above photo by Nolan Nitschke, 27, at Yosemite National Park might be the most dramatic lightning photo I’ve ever seen. The more you look, the more you see. It’s so pretty, it looks like a painting.

The rain that came with the thunderstorms will minimize the danger of forest fires for a few weeks in the Sierra Nevada.

The peak time for thunderstorms is from mid-June to early July in the central Sierra, though they can erupt any time when conditions are right.

http://blog.sfgate.com/stienstra/2013/05/08/lightning-sparks-high-country-to-life-amazing-yosemite-image/

[dipsydoodle]

1. Kicked

for awesomeness.

[CountAllVotes]

2. tis a great shot

I Yosemite!!

Great thing to wake up to today, a beautiful picture!!!

& recommend.

[Le Taz Hot]

3. Great shot

but I've always thought Yosemite looks like a picture post card anyway. As many times as I've been up there (I live nearby) I've never failed to stand in awe of the magnificent beauty of the place. As far as I'm concerned, it's unrivaled.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Wow......just...wow.

[randome]

5. It looks like something from a low budget movie set. But real!

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[kimmylavin]

6. I'm looking for the Hobbits in the picture...

Beautiful!

[Phentex]

9. I see faces and the head of a lion...

& more if I look for too long!

[tularetom]

7. I live 30 miles from Yosemite as the crow flies and you wouldn't believe the contrast

This is what the view from the back of my house looks like

We occasionally get the tail end of one of those storms here.

[randome]

10. You're lucky.

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[bulloney]

8. I was expecting a caricature of John Bolton.

[HiPointDem]

11. the more i learn about photo programs, the less impressed i am by photography. did he 'capture'

that image, or did he create it via selective enhancement a/o alterations?

photography currently seems to be producing hyper-realities that never existed in real life.

[flying rabbit]

12. BAM!

Desktop!

[LWolf]

13. Yosemite is breathtaking

every day, all on it's own. That shot is a work of art.