Observation 2

Going against the typical observations in the night sky, there was an unusually active lightning storm over sarasota the other night. It was the 23rd, and the lightning storm spanned almost 10 miles at certain points.  The unrelenting amount of lightning was caused by the overwhelming opposite charge in the lower atmosphere with relation to the ground charge. This type of lightning is more commonly known as heat lightning, where the static charge is caused by temperature differentials in the lower atmosphere. Personally, I found it to be really cool because I was able to take really good photos with a long exposure on my Nikon D5000. Great photos, needles to say.