Several minutes deeper into twilight, and following a singular, loud blast into one of the Grand Canyon’s natural amphitheaters, the increasingly dense rain core and surrounding terrain lit up with another cloud-to-ground discharge into the canyon. This delicate yet dangerous beauty had a bonus: a cloud-to-air flash above that was nearly parallel for about half the visible distance before veering off to the right. After this, the thunderstorm emptied its rain load both in-canyon and overhead, shutting down my lightning shooting for the canyon and for the two-week road trip (I’d start heading home the next day). What an amazing journey it was, with this as the electrical finale!
