Thunder Pig: 2007

Friday, September 21, 2007

Not So Close

I've been slacking in posting full-size images, so I hope this one makes up for it.

The Mantis was in my way while weed-eating, so I relocated the critter to a bush, and I took numerous shots until I was satisfied one might come out good enough to post.

Friday, September 07, 2007

Wrapped In Plastic at Wal Mart

Friday, August 24, 2007

Thunderstorm at WCU

It is so hard to find a good vantage point to see a Thunderstorm...this time I got lucky and the storm came to me. All were shot by my Kodak Z710 as I tried to catch lightning strikes, but never could. The last photo is a frame grab from my video I took after I gave up trying to get a photo of a strike, it looks better smaller on my blog, eh?

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Taking Off!

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Shelf Cloud

When this cloud went overhead, it reminded me of those ships from the V-Miniseries, which is in production for a 2008 miniseries as well!

Friday, August 17, 2007

Yellow Butterfly

Birds on a Wire

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Say What?

Solar Migration

I caught this scene while driving through downtown Sylva this morning.

If One Don't Get You...

I took this near Sylva, NC.

Thursday, August 02, 2007

Bridge Collapse

Photo Courtesy Noah Kunin.
I tend to try to stay away from current events here, but today I make an exception, and will point you toward my coverage of the I-35W bridge collapse yesterday in Minnesota.

Friday, July 27, 2007

Hidden Kitties

You can see a lot from a roof that you can't see from the ground.

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Valley of Fog

I took this photo a couple of weeks ago of Jonathan Valley in Haywood County looking northwest.

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Surrender at Dixie Hall

I just discovered that i neglected to post the photos from May 12th on this blog, and will start correcting that huge mistake with the following photo from the re-enactment of the Surrender at Dixie Hall by the Thomas Legion.

Construction in Maggie Valley

I wonder what idiot at the North Carolina Department of Transportation decided to schedule construction for the summer? Especially with Ghost Town in the Sky re-opening.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Downpour

A much needed bit of rain viewed from Western Carolina University.

Overturned and Crunched

I saw this on 23/74 just north of Sylva, NC (exit 85) in the southbound lanes.When I returned from work, the road was still blocked, and traffic was backed up for about two miles up Balsam Mountain.
Update:July 19th--I learned from a NC State Trooper this morning that the truck was carrying chicken guts...eeewwwww!

And I saw this wreck under the overpass near Wal-Mart in Clyde, NC. I edited the photo to protect the identity of the driver.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Thunder Shower

Photo Number 1

Photo Number 2

On my way into Macon County last night, I noticed a train of showers that were hitting the western and central parts of the county, moving from the southwest to just north of east.
Most of these were passing me to the south, and I got these before a larger cell hit me.

My ulterior motive was to get some lightning shots, but I had left my tripod at my last photo shhot in Maggie Valley.