We were set up on the Vista House promontory above Columbia River prepared for a wonderful sunset. Thunderstorms had been rolling over the area all afternoon. Lightening was flashing and the thunder crashing above our heads and all around us. We were in the middle of the storm and it was exhilarating. I snapped away as the sun descended, hoping to catch the sun as it got under the clouds and set them afire. But the fire I captured was a different kind as the clouds released their pent up charge.

"I got it! I got it!" I cheered. It was as though the lightening bolt had transferred its energy to me as I danced from one photographer to the next shouting, "I got it!"