Few things compare to the energy released from a massive lightning bolt. One of the most difficult things to capture correctly as a photographer lightning is both beautiful and deadly. Capturing lightning requires both patience and skill. Cloud to ground, cloud to cloud and anvil crawlers light up the sky.

A tornado warned storm unleashes a flurry of lightning near Sterling Colorado. June 2013

A lightning barrage from a thunderstorm near Pueblo Colorado. August 2013

A bolt from a tornado warned storm near Sterling Colorado lights up the sky. June 2012

Lightning crawls across the sky near Alva Oklahoma. May 2013

A car zips by as a lightning bolt rains down from a thunderstorm in Pueblo West Colorado. August 2013

A tornado warned storm unleashes a bolt of lightning near Sterling Colorado. June 2013

A bolt strikes directly in front of a rotating wall cloud in NE Colorado. June 2013

A bolt of lightning from a tornado warned storm near Sterling Colorado. June 2013