T.G.'s Photography Blog

During a spring storm, lighting crackles in the sky just outside of Filley, NE. This view is looking toward town, along highway US 136. Photo taken: April 29, 2010. Filley, Nebraska. Photo © Tom Gatermann

Cars roll down US 136 as a spring storm rages across the sky. April 29, 2010. Filley, Nebraska. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

August 20, 2005. Kearny, Nebraska. A distributed power unit (DPU) helps push on the end of a west bound Union Pacific train on the UP's Kearny Subdivision. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

August 21, 2005. Between Stapleton and Thedford, Nebraska. A lone minivan travels north on US 83, on a hot and sunny day in the State of Nebraska. I captured this while traveling from North Platte, NE. to Badlands National Park in South Dakota. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

April 29, 2010. Filley, Nebraska. Lightning races across a darkened sky, bringing light to everything below. Photo © Tom Gatermann

April 29, 2010. Nebraska. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

Lightning - Filley, NE With rain falling in the distance, a lightning bolt arcs through the stormy Nebraska sky above US 136. This storm put on an amazing display of lightning. Photo taken: April 29, 2010. Filley, Nebraska.

Storm clouds - Union, NE While on a road trip in Nebraska and Kansas, my friends and I witnessed this storm beginning to form over the area we were in. The storm eventually formed into quite a fierce one, with lots of lightning , rain, wind, and even a tornado, per reports we saw on the news later. We were able to capture quite a few images of the lightning show that occurred later when we were near Filley, Nebraska. Photo taken: April 29, 2010. Union, Nebraska. Photo © Tom Gatermann

A lightning bold strikes arcs between the sky and ground near Tecumseh, Nebraska. This storm became a rather fierce one, with the lighting becoming frequent. April 29, 2010. Tecumseh, Nebraska.

Telephone poles and wires stand against an approaching storm, near the town of Tecumseh, Nebraska . This storm ended up being a violent one. There were multiple tornadoes, and the strong rains made driving a bit scary at times. While my friends and I didn't actually witness any tornadoes, we later saw on the news one skimmed the outskirts of a town as we drove through the town.  Photo taken: April 29, 2010. Tecumseh, Nebraska. Photo © Tom Gatermann