The Split Second when the Lightning Meets the Land:
Daredevil Photographer Risks his Life
Fearlessly
placing himself directly in the path of deadly lightning strikes, a
photographer captures images that highlight the terrific violence of
nature.
Obsessed
since childhood with the massive thunderstorms of South Africa's
high-veld plains, Mitchell Krog, 39, has been taking pictures of
lightning for 16 years.
Giving
his photographs dramatic names such as 'Fire and Ice' and 'Killer
Storm', Mr Krog who lives in the Magaliesburg region of South Africa has
captured some of the most impressive lightning strikes committed to camera.
Holding
his image of three simultaneous strikes just outside Pretoria called
'Monumental Chaos' as his photographic masterpiece, he has a
devil-may-care attitude towards his dangerous photography.
Monumental
Chaos: The moment when three massive lightning strikes hit the earth
within 15 seconds at Voortrekker Monument just outside Pretoria.
Mitchell Krog says it is his
'masterpiece'
He
said: 'I don't fear lightning so whenever possible I will happily place
myself directly in the path of an approaching storm and I've dodged
some close strikes'.
'Since I was a young child I have had a fascination with electrical thunderstorms. I grew up on the high-veld of South Africa where our summers are filled with thunderstorms.