Split Strike

This unusual lightning bolt split into both horizontal and vertical components.

Date: March 13, 2004
Time: 7:38 p.m. MST
Location: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
Camera: Olympus OM-1 35mm SLR, on fixed tripod
Film: Fuji Provia 100F slide
Focal length: 100 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure time: approximately 3 minutes
Scanner: Nikon Coolscan LS-2000