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Chasecation 2015 Day 12 – Incredible lightning show

I don’t throw superlatives into my discussion often, so take note of that fact when I tell you that today’s lightning show behind the Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) in Nebraska was pretty awesome.

We spent the day getting bored in South Dakota as our original target area just couldn’t get storms going behind a brief shower. After that disappointment, we drifted southwest to try to catch storms closer to the Nebraska border.

Upon seeing how the MCS was playing out, it was decided that we would salvage the day with some good lightning behind the line of storms. The day was indeed salvaged.

Below is one of my best images of the day, but James and Ian also got some other incredible shots.

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