RATHER than running for shelter as wild weather lashed the Central West on Wednesday, some people headed outdoors to take photos and videos. The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for damaging winds and gusty thunderstorm just before 3pm. What followed was a lightning strike show across the region and widespread blackouts. READ ALSO: Police release CCTV image following sporting club break and enter But even as the storm continued to rumble, photos were being shared on social media of rain, lightning and afterwards a rainbow. Photographer Christine Dean Smith shared a spectacular slow-motion video of lightning near her rural property. READ ALSO: Man refused bail over 54 domestic violence offences, some alleged to have occurred in Central West “Lightning slow-mo from this afternoons cracker of a storm in Bathurst NSW,” she posed to her photography page. “Camera facing west towards the Orange NSW area.” READ ALSO: Dont you dare, police warn revellers to refrain from violence
Watch as lightning caught on slow-motion during thunderstorm
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CRACKING VIDEO: A slow-motion video was captured of Wednesday afternoon's lightning storm as it passed over Bathurst. See video below. Photo: CHRISTINE DEAN SMITH
WHAT A SHOT: This cracking lightning shot was captured at Gilmandyke near Bathurst during the thunderstorm on Wednesday afternoon. Photo: JUSTO DOLBEL
Just after the thunderstorm on Wednesday. Photo: VIC TUSON
WHAT A SHOT: This cracking lightning shot was captured at Gilmandyke near Bathurst during the thunderstorm on Wednesday afternoon. Photo: JUSTO DOLBEL
Photo: TIM STUBENRAUCH
RATHER than running for shelter as wild weather lashed the Central West on Wednesday, some people headed outdoors to take photos and videos.
But even as the storm continued to rumble, photos were being shared on social media of rain, lightning and afterwards a rainbow.
Photographer Christine Dean Smith shared a spectacular slow-motion video of lightning near her rural property.
“Lightning slow-mo from this afternoons cracker of a storm in Bathurst NSW,” she posed to her photography page.
“Camera facing west towards the Orange NSW area.”
Just after the thunderstorm on Wednesday. Photo: VIC TUSON
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