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OT: When taking pictures like this...

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Posted by Todd Caudle on July 20, 2010 at 1:07 PM
...be sure to have a change of underwear handy. This is today's (7/20) Astronomy Picture of the Day, taken in Athens, Greece.
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Posted by Phillip Noll on July 20, 2010 at 1:22 PM
That's SHOCKING! :biggrin:
Posted by Mel Ladewig on July 20, 2010 at 1:24 PM
Nice! Fisheye lightning images. Future Darwin award winner!
Posted by Stan Rose on July 20, 2010 at 2:36 PM
Way to go for a fed agency to promote lightning safety! :rolleyes:
Posted by Stan Rose on July 20, 2010 at 2:39 PM
From a posted link:

The photo above shows just a snippet of an amazing electrical storm that lashed Athens, Greece on June 28, 2010. It’s actually a sequence of 42 stacked shots, caught in Olympic Stadium, during a sEVERE early afternoon thunderstorm.
Posted by Brian Jackson on July 20, 2010 at 5:02 PM
Looks like a good time.
Posted by Bill Bean on July 20, 2010 at 5:24 PM
Where's that 1 iron when I need it?
Posted by Morris McClung on July 20, 2010 at 6:44 PM
Crazy and cool. Hmmm. natural selection at work with the guy outside during this? :biggrin:
Posted by Erik Stensland on July 20, 2010 at 6:46 PM
That would be terrifying!!!!
Posted by Chris Rice on July 20, 2010 at 7:55 PM
If that were me, I'd be BOLTING outta there... *rimshot*

Posted by Lance Warley on July 21, 2010 at 6:47 AM
That's a "puckerer," as you might say.
Posted by Dan Walters on July 21, 2010 at 8:23 AM
Pretty amazing!
Posted by Kurt Budde on July 21, 2010 at 2:15 PM
Considering it's a 42 shot composite, I imagine that guy walked out during a lull for the "human" shot then went back under the.. whatever the camera is under.
Posted by Jason J. Hatfield on August 3, 2010 at 12:04 PM
Definitely a cool shot but not as scary as it looks considering the 42 image stack.