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Chuar Butte

            The Grand Canyon has been an elusive prey. I've made countless trips up there the past few years trying to get lightning on a good storm and been skunked every time. Last year I finally got a downburst right in front of me...but no bolts. A few years before I got some strikes out on the Little Colorado plateau, but nothing in the Canyon itself. Always a long trip to come home with little success.

Well that all finally ended Friday, and it was with this shot that I didn't even know I had captured until I was going through images in Lightroom. A perfect thunderstorm with a beautiful little strike hitting smack in the middle of an island plateau on the eastern side of the Canyon. I squealed a little bit when I saw this :)

The time-lapse of this storm exploding and dumping rain will be cool too, super stoked to have come away not only with some great stuff, but to have spent the entire day with my kiddos as well was well worth the time and sunburns!

Taken on: August 4, 2017

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20170804

arizona

canon 5D Mark IV

canyon

cliffs

clouds

colorado river

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Sets appears in: • Stormchasing 2017

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, f/22.0, 1/40 sec, 35mm, ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Lens:	EF35mm f/1.4L USM
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	0.025 sec (1/40)
Focal Length:	35mm
ISO:	320
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5 (Macintosh)
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