Travel theme: Bright

Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Bright.

After visiting Catatumbo, Venezuela I had some amazingly bright opportunities for photos.  Sadly, my point and shoot could not quite capture the amazing display of mother nature.

Here are a couple pictures that others were able to capture with very good cameras –

Lightening in Catumbo Venezuela

Lightening Catatumbo

And….

Here is what I was able to capture –

Midnight could not catch a bolt but caught weird bright skies from pitch blackness.

Approx 1 am from pitch blackness to the appearance of daylight.

Here are the other bright spots from my Catatumbo, Venezuela trip.  I hope you enjoy.

Bright clouds reflecting off of Lake Maracaibo in Catatumbo, Venezuela.

Approx 1 am from pitch blackness to the appearance of daylight.

Bright Butterflies on Lake Maracaibo, Catatumbo, Venezuela.

More bright butterflies. The guide was an experienced butterfly observer and used extreme caution in handling the butterflies he caught. He would let us photograph them before letting them fly away.

Kids swimming and flexing in the bright sun.. Catatumbo, Venezuela.

Brilliant, bright butterflies from Lake Maracaibo, Catatumbo, Venezuela.

Another impressive and brilliant butterfly from Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela

Bright Clouds reflecting off of Lake Maracaibo in Catatumbo, Venezuela.

Bright village with bright homes and clothes hanging to dry in Catatumbo, Venezuela.

Bright purple water lily flower with bright green background from Lake Maracaibo, Catatumbo, Venezuela.

Midnight could not catch a bolt but caught weird bright skies from pitch blackness.

Lightening in Catumbo Venezuela

Children in this village use a water car..similar to land folks “hotwheels”. Several kids on this trip were using these to go visit neighbors. Bright colorful reflections on the water.

You can’t see from the picture how bright and shiny this blue butterfly is.. but it glistened in the sun with a shimmery brightness.

Bright blue butterfly on Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela

Lightening Catatumbo

Catatumbo lightning – From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Catatumbo Lightning (Spanish Relámpago del Catatumbo) is an atmospheric phenomenon in Venezuela. It occurs strictly in an area located over the mouth of the Catatumbo River where it empties into Lake Maracaibo. The frequent, powerful flashes of lightning over this relatively small area are considered to be the world’s largest single generator of troposphericozone, that is, ozone that does not replenish the stratospheric ozone layer.

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