Boulder County The Book

Livin and Lovin Life in Boulder County Colorado

Budweiser Thunderstorm Power

Budweiser Power – Massive Lightning Thunderstorm all over the Anheuser-Busch Budweiser Brewery. This was one crazy amazing storm. I chased this very erratic lightning thunderstorm all the way to Wyoming. It was sooooo crazy at one point I would hit my shutter button then jump in the back of the SUV to get my feet off the wet ground. […]

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Lightning Thunderstorm Over North Boulder Colorado

Colorado Lightning Thunderstorm May 23rd, 2011. This storm came in from the south, I was in North Boulder County and saw it hitting over boulder and the Flatirons. There were four award winning shots that I took with my eyes and mind but could not get a good location to get that shot in time. […]

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Farm Storm HDR

Spectacular lightning thunderstorm striking above the BIG Red Barn at Lohr-McIntosh Farm and Agricultural Heritage Center on open space in Longmont Colorado, Boulder County. […]

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Rocky Mountain Foothills Lightning Extravaganza

Lighting thunderstorm extravaganza above and striking the foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains in North Boulder County, view west across McIntosh Lake in Longmont . […]

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Lightning Blues

Lightning thunderstorm striking over McIntosh Lake in Longmont Colorado, Boulder County, hitting the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. […]

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Thunderstorm Thunderhead Boulder County Colorado

Colorful thunderstorm thunderhead lit up with lightning bolts striking in east Boulder County Colorado. Not all lightning forms in the negatively charged area low in the thunderstorm cloud. Some lightning originates in the top of the thunderstorm, […]

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Lightning and Rain Over Colorado Rocky Mountain Foothills

Lightning with rain coming down over the front range of the Colorado Rocky Mountain foothills, this is a view from McIntosh Lake in Longmont, looking center right at the hidden Twin Peaks, Mt Meeker and Longs Peak covered in clouds. I Started watching the storm as it was hitting behind the foothills in the high country early in the evening. […]

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I25 Intra-Cloud Lightning Strikes

Intra-Cloud Lightning lighting up the night sky. This storm got me out the door and on to this chase waiting for it to bust out of the clouds . […]

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25 to 34 Intra-Cloud Lightning Golden Light Car Trails

An Intra-Cloud Lightning storm lighting up the night sky. This storm got me out the door and on to this chase waiting for it to bust out of the clouds but that never happened. So in looking for something interesting to photograph with this storm I landed at out side of Mead Colorado on Highway 34 with a view of I-25 with golden light from the city lights and purple lit up intra-lightning clouds making for a colorful image. Intra-cloud lightning is by far the most common type and my least favorite to photograph. […]

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25 to 34 Intra-Cloud Lightning Thunderstorm

Intra-Cloud Lightning thunderstorm lighting up the night sky. This storm got me out the door and on to this chase waiting for it to bust out of the clouds but that never happened at least how I saw in in my mind … […]

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