As a storm chaser I’m use to driving endless miles in search for photogenic storms. But one of the perks of having a home in Oklahoma is that on occasion great storms come to you, as was the case last night when I took these lightning photos.

Just a few photos of some storms during the first half of May 2009.

Last year I had the opportunity to attend the launch of space shuttle mission STS-123, which was a night launch and that was particularly exciting for me. We arrived on the site around 4 p.m. in the afternoon even though the launch wasn’t scheduled for liftoff for another 11 hours – each minute that went by was filled with the anticipation of what my resulting photos would look like.