Lightning over Pittsburgh

From June 19, 2006.

From Pittsburgh’s west end overlook and Mt. Washington Overlook.

For those curious, the lightning strikes in these photographs are 100% authentic (ie., they have not not been edited in). High definition video footage of many of these strikes are available at stormscenes.com.


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From Grandview Avenue atop Mt. Washington in Pittsburgh, PA.

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7 Responses to “Lightning over Pittsburgh”


  1. Jay Bach wrote:

    We would like permission to link your site on our “links” page. [see at http://www.johnsjigs.com/links.aspx].
    We believe it would be great to show everyone how majestic Pittsburgh can be, and hopefully get you some extra business for sure.

    what I am asking for is a copy of your header/logo. If you visit my links, you’ll see why. I do not want to put just a text link in when you have such a presence. I will place it in the top of page!!! Magnificent sir, magnificent.

  2. Mrs Frank Criss wrote:

    Awesome!! It must have been a Wow night. Teddie Criss

  3. K. Huffman wrote:

    AWESOME ! ! ! What a show. These are absolutely magnificent! Thank You for a beautiful view of a wonderful city.

  4. Inxane wrote:

    these are amazing

  5. Shannan wrote:

    I moved to Florida from Pittsburgh one year ago, and will be moving back next year. Your pictures made me miss home so much that I cried! People that aren’t from the city don’t realize how much it sucks you in; and those that move don’t realize how much they’ll miss walks down Carson Street….
    Amazing pictures :)

  6. Lisa wrote:

    Great pictures

  7. Jennifer Bracy wrote:

    Hello; I love your pics! I would like to know how to get permission to use one of your pics with lightning as a background for the website I’m working on. Please let me know. Awesome graphics!!

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