August Storm - *WARNING* Pic Heavy

Friday night I was at a Pampered Chef party and when I stepped outside about 8:00 pm the sky was gorgeous with a coming summer storm. I rushed home grabbed my camera and the truck, because I can climb up on the cab of the truck and get a much better view, I rushed off on the dirt roads. 

Warning!! This post has about 21 pictures. They've been edited only slightly and are true to color. This really was how bright the colors were that night! 

I rather think the tail light one is my favorite. 

Or maybe these sunflowers are my favorite! 

I've never been out in a sky before like this one. It was magnificent and I stayed out in it until I was soaked. This, the sky so vast and powerful, is what I love about Kansas. 

Before the Storm

We had a storm start running through about 9 pm the other night. There was a lot of lightning activity way ahead of any rain. So I grabbed my camera and went out to play with it and see what interesting shots I could get. These pictures aren't good. I don't have a tripod and since I was using a 1 second exposure they are kind of blurry but still...I liked the results.

This one is my favorite.

I stayed out long enough that I got quite a few shots of one scene and with and without lightning. Those storm clouds are just beautiful aren't they? I was even happier with the 45 minute rain it brought later.

After the storm.

We had a storm roll through over the weekend. DR and I were watching the radar closely, not for tornadoes, but for cloud seeding!!! We are pretty sure we saw evidence the planes may have been up in the air during the storm. Crazy people!!

Anyway, as the storm was coming to an end I stepped out to take some pictures.

Lovely silhouettes!

Look! It's wet!! My garden looked fabulous the next day!

As I turned around to walk back in the house, I was welcomed by a full rainbow! I tried to get a pic of the entire arc but I could barely see it with my naked eye and nothing I did with the camera could get a good image.

I didn't notice until after I took this shot but the whole landscape was black and white except for the sun's reflection in the school's window. Neat!

This little bit of rain was very welcome and sure greened things up the next day but we are still dry and are hoping for some more summer rains like this one in the future.