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Hood River photographer’s lightning photos electrify the Columbia River Gorge — and the internet

Hood River photographer Blaine Franger captured a spectacular spring thunderstorm in the Columbia River Gorge on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, from the Hood River area.

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u/markgravesdesign — 4 days ago
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The Best Lightning Strike I ever captured.

I was in Kissimmee FL with some family at this AirBnb, and I was hanging outside watching this storm roll in, and caught a few strikes, but this one stood out above the rest! Peep the guy in the grass fishing! He had about 3 other buddies with him and they left moments before this strike. Rightfully so this guy packed up and left immediately after it lit up the sky. The second image is from the same exact strike, but the next frame where the core of the bolt is left glowing. Absolutely insane and I needed to share this. I'm working on building a website to showcase all of my photos and videos, where I will watermark my actual name, but for now its just my reddit username.

u/Resident_Sound_6723 — 5 days ago
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Wednesday night's storm

Got this cool pic from my back porch in South Central Pennsylvania on Wednesday night! Definitely one of the best pics I've taken so far.

u/madeofstars3285 — 6 days ago
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Historical Lightning Data

I'm working on a personal project to map out historical lightning data trends and I need the exact locations of lightning strikes going back to the past 10 years. As far as I can see, there is a national lightning detection network in the US that collects and stores this data. I can't figure out how to access the data though. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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u/Primary-Chemical-320 — 5 days ago
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Lightning Bombs across the Mashobra Valley Last night but fortunately light rain and no damage.

u/PuchooHimachali — 8 days ago