Monsoonal thunderstorms boil up over the Sangkhé River in Battambang Province, Cambodia on June 4, 2013. (Photograph: © Tom Yulsman) The monsoonal weather pattern here in Colorado gave me the idea of doing a Friday eye candy post on thunderstorms. I've taken countless photos of clouds, and the picture above is one of my favorites. I shot it while on a boat trip on the Sangké River between Siem Reap (near the Angkor temple complex) and Battambang in Cambodia. These thunderheads boiled up in the sweltering heat and humidity, forming gargantuan ramparts. About half an hour later we huddled under a canvas shroud over the boat as torrents of rain beat down. I thought I'd also try to find imagery of thunderstorms over Asia shot from orbit. And I knew right where to look: Karen L. Nyberg's Twitter feed. Sure enough, I struck gold:
Bursts of lightning illuminate a line ...
