Descending Into The Storm

Lights from a commercial airliner trace its descent into an approaching thunderstorm just before 10:00 PM Friday, August 13, 2010. The aircraft appeared unexpectedly and was heading in a southwesterly direction toward the Eastern Iowa Airport south of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was captured in this time exposure taken from Noelridge Christian Church on C Avenue NE near Boyson Road. The airliner eventually banked left and disappeared into the advancing clouds on the horizon at lower left. The light area to the right and below the streak was made by lightning.