A late afternoon storm developed near the San Francisco peaks the other day and I hoped that I would be able to get some lightning images as the sun set and twilight developed. Unfortunately, the initial lighting strikes were too close and I had to retreat to the car for safety. By the time I was able to reset the storm had drifted north and the best lightning was striking behind the cinder hills. Still, the light of the setting sun was making the rain glow.

As the sun set the colors faded into blue twilight and the storm moved between two cinder hills for a brief time allowing the lightning to appear in the gap.