Latest 2007 X5 spy shot

[motordavid]

OT,JV:
Still woiking on the Shed U ool for that run to CT;
hard to pass up cooping at the Daughter or Son's house
and seeing the Gdaughter on way up or, back. But, if I
make the run, we could hook up driving maybe, and
w/Juan...I too will do the Spec. tix if I go.

Agree w/you on the new gen is almost always better
than prev. gen, espc on the sports car/hot car side.

Hey, here's a cool pic of Washington Monument you
may not have seen...but, I am scared to fooking death
of lightning:



"After years of storm chasing Washington, D.C., I finally saw the Washington Monument struck by lightning -- and I got the photo to prove it!! I took the shot from the Jefferson Memorial, looking across the Tidal Basin. It was an absolutely impressive sight, to say the least. It is interesting that the monument was struck from the side, but there is an illuminated streamer coming off from the top of the monument. The storms briefly dropped heavy rain over the area, but were not severe in D.C. The photo was a timed exposure, 8 seconds at F6.3 with a digital Olympus camera.

On the topic of lightning safety, I was under cover of the Jefferson Memorial while photographing Friday night. At the time of the photo, the lightning had seemed quite distant (many miles away) and a light rain had just started to fall. I had started photographing the distant lightning illuminating the clouds behind the Monument while I was waiting for the storm to approach. Suddenly, the Washington Monument was struck without any other bolts having hit the nearby area (within a mile or so.) It was proof that lightning can strike well before the storm arrives and people should take cover when thunder is heard."