Dirty Thunderstorms

n2sooners

5-8-2008 5:45 PM

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weather, clouds, volcano, lightning, thunder, storms

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5-8-2008 5:48 PM

willhelm

Lightning is the freakiest thing.

5-8-2008 8:25 PM

tanyamm

Fantastic pictures.

5-8-2008 10:40 PM

coconutshell

n2, yours is definitely funnier. I'm popping it!

5-8-2008 11:09 PM

kenstipe

That first one is amazing.

5-9-2008 5:55 AM

merrie

Not a good time to be in the bath-tub!

5-9-2008 7:05 AM

skwirlinator

I popped the other one too.
I think its great when there are multiple clips on a subject.
It tells me that we are clipping things we like and not for popularity. It keeps clipmarks from jumping the shark.
Clip-on!

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