last night our hot weather turned. i was reading ted dekker's black and saw flashes of light coming through my window. this was about 11:00. while rin was getting ready for bed i kept yelling out flash sightings and thunder rolls. i contemplated if i should take shots, but i was ready for bed and i really didn't want to go outside and shoot.

after the storm got going, i decided to grab my gear and start capturing digitally but the rain soon started and the lightning and thunder was really close. i was forced back inside so i kept taking images behind glass. 1 o'clock rolled around and i decided that i better go to bed so i put everything away and crawled in between the sheets. the purple light enveloped our room and the hard rain smacked against the windows.

here are more images from the spectacular storm. enjoy...