| A beautiful sunset effect on a maple leaf from Wisconsin. |
| Gorgeous red from a Wisconsin maple. |
| A unique look created by a maple tree, insects, and water. |
| Brilliant red leaf with faint gold veins. |
| The dark side of a silver maple leaf before autumn sets in. |
| Wonderful crimson and gold on a single leaf. |
| A leaf of fire with reds, oranges, and yellows. |
| A darker leaf with an almost tie-dyed look. |
| Golds and browns, warm colors of autumn. |
| A deep red and brown leave with scarlet veins. |
| A wonderful gold maple leaf with rust speckles. |
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| Lightning leaps from the ground up into the clouds. |
| A very clear branched lightning bolt with multiple ground contacts. |
| Twin flashes of lightning, one right after the other. |
| Others were out watching the spectacular display. |
| A powerful bolt as the clouds got closer the the nearby power lines. |
| A close bolt revealing the details of the clouds and a house. |
| Sheet lightning straight overhead. Common during the Arizona "monsoons". |
| Ground to cloud and cloud to cloud in one flash. |
| A short burst with many tiny "fingers". |
| A very close bolt, taken from within a car to minimize risk to life and camera. |
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| Golden wind-blown clouds at sunset. |
| A panaramic view of colorful storm clouds. |
| Dark clouds ready to stir up a thunderstorm. |
| Bright, colorful clouds scatted at sunset. |
| Oranges, reds, yellow, and purples...a palette in the sky. |
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| Not really a volcano...just the moon setting behind the mountains. |
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| My wife and I on our wedding day back in October of 1999. |
| My wife studying back in our college days. |
| A bunch of my friends and I way back on my 21st birthday. |
| Me, a few years ago with the nicest of my blades. |
| A closer shot of one of my katanas. |
| Jeeves investigates the big orange face. |
| The furry king keeping watch on his domain. |
| Jeeves likes to stay close, even if the only room on the sofa is by my wife's foot. |