No, not that kind of freezing rain. This lightning strike was so close, quick, and bright (and just barely out of frame of course) that rain drops stood still like a starry night sky. Note the leaders apparently between me and the city.
Frozen rain drops and lightning over downtown Raleigh
This strike occurred mid-exposure during a zoom out.
Closer crop of first image.
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