{"id":219,"date":"2014-12-05T09:12:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T23:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.liveitseeit.com\/?p=219"},"modified":"2014-12-05T09:12:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T23:12:32","slug":"sydney-lightning-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.liveitseeit.com\/?p=219","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Lightning Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late Spring and Early Summer in Sydney is traditionally the time we see a lot of unstable storms move through. This week, we&#8217;ve been subject to them with consistency each afternoon and evening. Wednesday&#8217;s systems were quite severe and caused traffic dramas with flash flooding, caused electrical transformers to catch alight in Pyrmont and reportedly started at least one house fire.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&#8217;s systems came into Sydney later in the evening and put on a spectacular light show around the city around 10pm-midnight. As the night sky came alive, I setup my camera on the balcony and started to capture some great nearby strikes. As the storm rolled on they only became more spectacular.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find about a dozen images in this gallery<\/p>\n<p>Here is an image of 6 stacked photos.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photos.liveitseeit.com\/Weather\/Sydney-Lightning---December-4-\/i-gvh2JLL\/A\" title=\"\"><img src=\"http:\/\/photos.liveitseeit.com\/Weather\/Sydney-Lightning---December-4-\/i-gvh2JLL\/0\/M\/StackedLightning-M.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a couple of individual frame.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photos.liveitseeit.com\/Weather\/Sydney-Lightning---December-4-\/i-t2fjqHg\/A\" title=\"Lightning strikes inner Sydney as a storm moves through the city late on December 4, 2014\"><img src=\"http:\/\/photos.liveitseeit.com\/Weather\/Sydney-Lightning---December-4-\/i-t2fjqHg\/0\/M\/IMG_0898-M.jpg\" title=\"Lightning strikes inner Sydney as a storm moves through the city late on December 4, 2014\" alt=\"Lightning strikes inner Sydney as a storm moves through the city late on December 4, 2014\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos.liveitseeit.com\/Weather\/Sydney-Lightning---December-4-\/i-8xqKBhd\/A\" title=\"Lightning strikes inner Sydney as a storm moves through the city late on December 4, 2014\"><img src=\"http:\/\/photos.liveitseeit.com\/Weather\/Sydney-Lightning---December-4-\/i-8xqKBhd\/0\/M\/IMG_0904-M.jpg\" title=\"Lightning strikes inner Sydney as a storm moves through the city late on December 4, 2014\" alt=\"Lightning strikes inner Sydney as a storm moves through the city late on December 4, 2014\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-219\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveitseeit.com\/?p=219&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-219\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveitseeit.com\/?p=219&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveitseeit.com\/?p=219&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveitseeit.com\/?p=219&amp;share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-219\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveitseeit.com\/?p=219&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late Spring and Early Summer in Sydney is traditionally the time we see a lot of unstable storms move through. 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