Anvil crawler
Oliver Schlenczek
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
This kind of lightning is often observed from squall line thunderstorms. In this case, a squall line with a length of more than 1000 miles crossed the Central Plains of the United States. This photo was captured in Okmulgee, Oklahoma in the wake of the thunderstorm, looking southward.
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Tag
Reuse
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Oliver Schlenczek (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
1.2 MB
Width
1800 px
Height
1200 px
Aspect
3:2
Brand
Canon
Model
EOS 450D
Exposure
12 mm f/4 10 s ISO 200
Taken
16 May 2009
Coordinates
35.6105, -95.9601
Tint
Dark purple
Submitted
28 February 2015
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