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Weather Watchers

Lucky Luciano

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33. Had an amazing one 3 days ago.

Reply to AKwannabe (Reply #18)

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 10:49 PM

Aug 30

The lightning was damn near continuous for an hour or more! Got some videos of that, but real life was way better!

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Chicago sunset from my apartment 30 minutes ago. [View all] Lucky Luciano Aug 30 OP

Wow. Beautiful photos. I live a glorious sunset. Lonestarblue Aug 30 #1

Wow! Simply stunning! Diamond_Dog Aug 30 #2

Beautiful, and what a great view! Ocelot II Aug 30 #3

Oh man I am breathless... rogerballard Aug 30 #4

Stupendous! usonian Aug 30 #5

Oh definitely tough to beat your back yard indeed! Lucky Luciano Aug 30 #28

Sharing a mountain background that you might not get there! usonian Aug 30 #37

The moon always has a calming effect on me. Thank you for this big calming effect! Lucky Luciano Aug 31 #43

Breath-taking!! AmBlue Aug 30 #6

Wow! bamagal62 Aug 30 #7

Chicago Sequoia Aug 30 #8

I hate Illinois Nazis! Lucky Luciano Aug 30 #29

Oy jeez,... magicarpet Aug 30 #9

Thank you! Lucky Luciano Aug 30 #30

Awesome. LoisB Aug 30 #10

The fluidity of a Great Lakes sunset never fails to amaze me. LisaM Aug 30 #11

Wow. I grew up in Chicago. Demobrat Aug 30 #12

It has a sort of surrealistic quality to it...absolutely stunning. Thank you. patphil Aug 30 #13

Astonishing views and colors, not to mention textures! Lucky you, my dear Lucky Luciano! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 30 #14

Thank you my dear Peggy! Lucky Luciano Aug 30 #31

Every one is frame-able! And saleable! colorado_ufo Aug 30 #15

Thank you! Lucky Luciano Aug 30 #32

Wow!! relayerbob Aug 30 #16

Wow... ultralite001 Aug 30 #17

Bet you see some great t storms too! AKwannabe Aug 30 #18

Had an amazing one 3 days ago. Lucky Luciano Aug 30 #33

Any time I been at Ohare AKwannabe Aug 30 #40

Doesn't do it justice at all...but I got this...unfortunately YouTube made it a short, so you have to click through. Lucky Luciano Aug 31 #44

Wowee!! Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. judesedit Aug 30 #19

ooohh ,ahhhh. ohm myyyy!. AllaN01Bear Aug 30 #20

62 floor. Top floor is 76 actually. Lucky Luciano Aug 30 #34

Very Nice !!! Rubyshoo Aug 30 #21

Absolutely breathtaking!!! Thank you so much for sharing! niyad Aug 30 #22

Shadowy Mystery Ships! calimary Aug 30 #23

That's not a sunset, that's the remnants of Minneapolis burning down, as reported by traitortrump. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 30 #24

I took a picture too. It was gorgeous 😍 live love laugh Aug 30 #25

In Chicago? Lucky Luciano Aug 30 #35

Yep! live love laugh Aug 31 #41

Amazing colors! NJCher Aug 30 #26

great photos I love Chicago gopiscrap Aug 30 #27

Absolutely gorgeous!!! FemDemERA Aug 30 #36

WOWZA! these are fantastic - and so was that sunset! orleans Aug 30 #38

Beautiful DaBronx Aug 30 #39

I was watching the Mets game last night... druidity33 Aug 31 #42

I dreamed of buying a floor in an old Chicago warehouse building in the late 80s. BrightKnight Aug 31 #45

We saw that last night as we were coming out of the restaurant where we had dinner. lees1975 Aug 31 #46

Grew up in Chicago. The day after I graduated from HS, I boarded a flight heading west ... aggiesal Aug 31 #47

Each one more splendid than the last. planetc Aug 31 #48

Georgeous! George McGovern Aug 31 #49

Absolutely breathtaking view! dlk Aug 31 #50

❤️ Chicago. My favorite big city I would never live in but love to visit. LakeArenal Aug 31 #51

I 💙 Chgo! Gaytano70 Aug 31 #52