{"id":5104,"date":"2016-06-17T00:37:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T05:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=5104"},"modified":"2016-06-17T00:37:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T05:37:53","slug":"thursday-night-thunderhead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=5104","title":{"rendered":"Thursday night thunderhead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/06\/clouds_ip_8571.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5103\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/06\/clouds_ip_8571-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"clouds_ip_8571\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/06\/clouds_ip_8571.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/06\/clouds_ip_8571-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/06\/clouds_ip_8571-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>We were treated to quite a show here in Bismarck-Mandan tonight.\u00a0 I was on the east end of Bismarck when I spotted this building cloud to the west.\u00a0 The sun had just moved behind it, making that &#8220;silver lining&#8221; glow like a bolt of lightning.\u00a0 And oh, the rays!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/06\/clouds_ip_8564.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/06\/clouds_ip_8564-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"clouds_ip_8564\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/06\/clouds_ip_8564.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/06\/clouds_ip_8564-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/06\/clouds_ip_8564-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a>My little boy thought it looked like God was playing hide and seek behind the cloud, and I couldn&#8217;t argue that assessment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/06\/cloud_38620-2_fused.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/06\/cloud_38620-2_fused-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"cloud_38620-2_fused\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/06\/cloud_38620-2_fused.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/06\/cloud_38620-2_fused-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/06\/cloud_38620-2_fused-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Before long it was in full bloom and moving overhead, so I grabbed my camera from the back of the truck (the previous photos were from my iPod) and snapped one more shot before the cloud dissipated even more.<\/p>\n<p>Wow, what a beautiful sky tonight, eh?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were treated to quite a show here in Bismarck-Mandan tonight.\u00a0 I was on the east end of Bismarck when I spotted this building cloud to the west.\u00a0 The sun had just moved behind it, making that &#8220;silver lining&#8221; 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