Thursday's rather impressive thunderstorm bears down on the inner Hobart suburb of Moonah with the CBD out of frame (to the left) to follow. kynyani/Mount Wellington on the skyline.
TasNetworks (the power co) estimated some 10,000 separate lighting discharges with approximately 2,000 making contact with the ground.
Power was knocked out, roads flooded and fruit crops damaged in 90 minutes of chaos.
I was on the other side of the river but only managed a couple of frames with actual strikes in them. Other folk fared a bit better. My ageing reflexes cannot beat a lighting trigger! My own house is just a bit to the left of the strike but nothing to report.
Around 10 minutes after this frame I lost sight of the opposite shore due to rain and hail. Will post one from beside the bridge (left) at some point. Have a roll of film as well - hopefully some drama amongst those.
Nikon Z6, Nikkor Z 24-200/4-6.3, 1/40th sec at f/11, ISO 200. FL ~26mm
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