BUCK WILD'S WEATHER

This is a slow-motion video of that lightning strike. The drone is over Atascocita, facing southwest towards Houston. This was taken Tuesday evening (7/7/2026).

There have been some really great storms over the last couple of days. I'm still going through all of the video to find good pictures. As I find good stuff, I'll post it to this thread.

@BuckWild : This is amazing!!!!!! WOW!!!!! Thanks!

That's so cool. Thanks for posting.

@BuckWild :
Reminds me of the time that we got a crazy bad t-storm when we were in Orange Beach at night. We were staying in a condo on the beach. We opened up the shades, turned off the lights, and just watched the prettiest free show that last for hours. It was years ago, and I still remember it well. Absolutely fascinating.

I really like this image. It's from about 45 minutes before the lightning shots above. Once again, the drone is facing southwest. On the right, you can see the sunset. On the left, you can see that thunderstorm starting to creep up on the Houston skyline.

Zoomed in on the Houston skyline...

@BuckWild :
That is stunning.

Here's another image that turned out great. Modern digital cameras aren't really good for filming lightning. Most of the video frames don't look all that great. Images perfectly in sync with the lightning bolt are pretty rare.The drone is facing northeast in this image.