Lightning bolt from a developing cluster of thunderstorms.

Powerful lightning bolt over Philo IL

Lightning from a dying storm at dusk near Urbana, IL

Lightning from an evening thunderstorm over Champaign, IL.

Lightning from powerful night time thunderstorms over Champaign, IL.

Lightning from a bow echo pushing across southern Champaign County, IL.

Lightning in a northern Illinois wind farm.

Powerful lightning storm over Champaign, IL.

Positive charged bolt on the backside of a thunderstorm in western Indiana.

Lightning from distant storms at night.

One of my first lightning photographs, from a Casey's General Store parking lot in Sidney, IL.

Lightning from evening thunderstorms over Champaign, IL.

Lightning illuminates this evening thunderstorm in Philo, IL.

Lightning bolts pop out from a tornado producing thunderstorm near Lincoln, IL late on June 5 2010.

Lightning strikes from an early fall thunderstorm near Bloomington, IL.

Distant thunderstorms over northern Illinois.

Lightning from an innocent little storm in Lee County, IL.