CC Activity In Passing Storm Cell

Cloud-to-cloud (CC) lightning emanates from a passing storm cell around 9:13 PM, Sunday, May 19, 2013 in this view (top image) looking west from the parking lot at Noelridge Christian Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The trailing edge of the storm, located about 30 miles distant in Benton County, can be seen at left. The storm was moving to the northeast and missed this location. The bottom image is a radar screen capture of the same moment showing the camera's position (white arrow) and the storm's track (red arrow). Top image is a 16 second exposure at f/9, 200 ISO and 18mm focal length.