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08-12-2011 06:48 PM

I don’t even think we were supposed to get a storm last night but we did. I live up on the west side of our valley which gets about half the rain as the east but we get the better view. This was from a storm that went through the Mesilla Valley last night over looking Las Cruces, NM.

-- Bill - "Freedom flies in your heart like an Eagle" Audie Murphy

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Bertha home \| projects \| blog 13132 posts in 2413 days #1 posted 08-12-2011 06:49 PM	Wow! I lived in Albuquerque for a year and we used to see spectacular storms there. -- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog
wseand home \| projects \| blog 2787 posts in 2761 days #2 posted 08-12-2011 06:55 PM	We have been getting a couple a week for the last three weeks or so. They are spectacular to watch. Albuquerque gets crazy storms like we do, great area. -- Bill - "Freedom flies in your heart like an Eagle" Audie Murphy
DaddyZ home \| projects \| blog 2475 posts in 2760 days #3 posted 08-12-2011 07:04 PM	Some Nice shots !!! -- Pat - Worker of Wood, Collector of Tools, Father of one
wseand home \| projects \| blog 2787 posts in 2761 days #4 posted 08-12-2011 07:09 PM	Thank you daddyz. Just getting into photograpy again and took the new camera for a spin. -- Bill - "Freedom flies in your heart like an Eagle" Audie Murphy
helluvawreck home \| projects \| blog 27208 posts in 2586 days #5 posted 08-12-2011 07:22 PM	I love to see that power. There’s nothing like watching a good thunderstorm. -- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau
Bertha home \| projects \| blog 13132 posts in 2413 days #6 posted 08-12-2011 07:23 PM	Yep, definitely 3-phase. -- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog
wseand home \| projects \| blog 2787 posts in 2761 days #7 posted 08-12-2011 07:26 PM	The sound of the thunder rolling throught the valley was incredible. The smell of the electrity lingered for some time afterwards. Just an icredible display of nature. -- Bill - "Freedom flies in your heart like an Eagle" Audie Murphy
Manitario home \| projects \| blog 2477 posts in 2603 days #8 posted 08-12-2011 07:52 PM	Nice pics!! Did you use a remote or just have very fast hand eye coordination? -- Sometimes the creative process requires foul language. -- Charles Neil
ChuckV home \| projects \| blog 2984 posts in 3247 days #9 posted 08-12-2011 09:15 PM	Great photos! Thanks for posting them. -- “Big man, pig man, ha ha, charade you are.” ― R. Waters
wseand home \| projects \| blog 2787 posts in 2761 days #10 posted 08-12-2011 09:18 PM	I either set on bulb, or a long exposure time. No remote yet but I’m thinking I need one. -- Bill - "Freedom flies in your heart like an Eagle" Audie Murphy
wseand home \| projects \| blog 2787 posts in 2761 days #11 posted 08-12-2011 09:19 PM	Thanks Chuck. -- Bill - "Freedom flies in your heart like an Eagle" Audie Murphy
Dave T home \| projects \| blog 196 posts in 3340 days #12 posted 08-13-2011 12:51 AM	Nice pics! Looks like quite the light show
NBeener home \| projects \| blog 4816 posts in 2894 days #13 posted 08-13-2011 01:04 AM	Great job. I’m inspired. —Nicolai Tesla ;-) -- -- Neil
wseand home \| projects \| blog 2787 posts in 2761 days #14 posted 08-13-2011 02:27 AM	Thanks Neil and Dave. Really means a lot from all you guys. I do enjoy taking pics. Watcking the fireworks from the sky is breath taking. I about pee’d my pant one was so close. -- Bill - "Freedom flies in your heart like an Eagle" Audie Murphy

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