Fear Mother Nature With These 12 Awe-Inspiring Photos Of Last Night’s Melbourne Lightning Show
Like many Melburnians last night, I was shocked out of my sleep into a dizzying state by massive claps of thunder.
Dismissing the immediate fear the world was ending at a rate I’m not proud of, I swiftly drifted back to sleep (before it would all happen again another three of four times). Well, turns out all that snoozing was a mistake, because Mother Nature put on one helluva light show that most of us missed.
Thankfully, the camera-savvy folk at Higher Perspective were up in the early AM’s to capture some stunning pictures of the action and even helped to get #melbourneweather trending across the country today. Here are some of their photos via Twitter.
Captured by Higher Perspective
Captured by Higher Perspective
Captured by Higher Perspective
Likewise, many other Melburnians, braving these ungodly of hours, took snaps and shared them to twitter. Take a look below and fear Mother Nature in her infinite, all-powerful glory.
One of my favourite photos from tonight in my backyard. So happy! #melbourneweather #melbweather #storm pic.twitter.com/7sZbXOlttP
— PetruTiglar (@PetruTiglar) November 19, 2015
Cracking shot! ⚡⚡⚡@theheraldsun reader Michael Maxwell captures the lightning storm over #Melbourne.#MelbWeather pic.twitter.com/w3eLDvdd2e
— ????RENDAN ©ASEY (@BrendoCasey) November 19, 2015
While you were sleeping, Melbourne put on a real light show. #melbweather #melbourne #lightning #melbourneweather pic.twitter.com/ZthAtqcRSS
— Brett Schewitz (@SchweppsRocka) November 19, 2015
https://twitter.com/PauzeDesign/status/667455987616354304
lightning going off in melbourne #melbweather #melb pic.twitter.com/AATsd38uVl
— Chris AU (@SevereWXUS) November 19, 2015
Some spectacular pictures from the storms overnight in #Melbourne / #MelbWeather #Lightning #Weather
????: @_ibbraa pic.twitter.com/rGI5Ltk2oq— smoothfm 91.5 (@smoothfm915) November 19, 2015
okay so i set my camera to a longer shutter speed and got this absolutely magnificent shot!!! #melbweather pic.twitter.com/a55mmJ9ISQ
— Laura °˖✧ (@smoldemort) November 19, 2015
Amazing #lightning over SE #Melbourne #Victoria (Caulfield, Carnigie) that's woken me up. #MelbWeather #CoolChange pic.twitter.com/AzKG6dL7wQ
— Lauren Saylor (@LozLoz1988) November 19, 2015
Here’s what caused all the fuss:
Guess when the change hit #Melbourne. 10 degree drop in ~20 mins. Currently 21C https://t.co/2cBK6srEh7 #Melbweather pic.twitter.com/5ldAUX9xGW
— BOM Victoria (@BOM_Vic) November 19, 2015