Well, yesterday was the 2nd night of Vancouver’s annual Celebration of Light fireworks festival. When the sun started to set around 9 o’clock, something really incredible happened.

As some low cloud rolled in and the humidity rose, an electrical storm began. It brought with it some incredibly hard rain and painted the sky shades of yellow and orange.

When the sun set, and the fireworks began, the storm seemed to pick up strength. The lightning strikes began to happen more frequently.

After the show was over, and the crowds dissipated, and I thought all the excitement had come and gone, I called it a night and went to bed. Then, around 3 AM, my girlfriend woke me up saying she heard a loud bang outside the building. I grabbed the camera and went to investigate. I first looked out the window and saw a crowd and some emergency vehicles were already on scene. (more…)