NikonNet -- Jim Richardson: Northern Lights

NikonNet: "Jim cautions that photographing lightning is a problem for several reasons. 'One is, you can die. People need to take this stuff seriously. Second, it's raining, so you have to find some way to keep the lens dry during the long-time exposure.' When he can find them, Jim favors gas stations that have overhanging shelters for their pumps. 'You don't want to be standing out there with an umbrella, which looks suspiciously like a lightning rod,' he says."

Posted in honor of (thankfully not in memorium of) Karen and her First Strike