Big Strike Over Grand Valley
Colorado National Monument
As I started heading east to intercept a line of storms sweeping in from the northwest towards Glenwood Springs and De Beque, Colorado, a new set of thunderstorms popped up to the west heading for Fruita and Colorado National Monument. A quick course correction and I was soon in position as these storms became electric. Here, two thunderstorms drop lightning over Fruita, Colorado with Monument Canyon illuminated by the near full moon in the foreground while a solitary bolt strikes the Book Cliffs in the distance from the other set of storms. Photo © copyright by Chris Eaton.