Lightning and Wildfire Smoke at Nicola Lake

Spent a night up at Nicola Lake, BC. The intention was to watch the Perseid meteor shower, but Mother Nature had other plans. On the Saturday we saw a thunderstorm roll in, late in the afternoon. I was filming and managed to get a couple screen grabs of lightning. It ended up raining through most of the night, so no meteors again this year.

This would have been a sweet cloud-to-ground shot if it weren't for the rolling shutter.

The next morning we went for breakfast in Kamloops and the wildfire smoke was extremely thick. The air quality index was at a 10+.