Apparently disappointed with night time shimmering results of the LED backlit shimmer wall, it seems CREE (or other powers that be) are going another direction with LED flood lighting.

Color Cycles:

A recent crystal clear day meant another go for the 24 foot tall tripod.

High above Raleigh’s front door on a clear day

Wachovia Capitol Center and RBC Plaza peek over Dillon Supply Warehouse

Elevated fisheye perspective of the Raleigh Convention Center along McDowell Street

New angle on downtown at Lenior and Dawson Streets

RBC Plaza from 333 Coporate Plaza

Towering above the Depot

Two Progress Plaza

Moonlight from the Brewpub

Soaring over the former Metropolitan site

Looking south from Capital Bank Plaza

24 feet above Dix Hill

The West at North

Rooftop diners

Non-polarized

Raleigh from above the Western Boulevard Bridge

From Dorothea Dix

Sim City

A couple of satisfying bolts from this session on the night of May 7, 2009:

Lightning strikes behind the cityscape of downtown Raleigh

Lightning between Wachovia Building and RBC Plaza

Faint bolt behind BB&T

Internal lighnting flash over the city

Cloud to ground lightning strike from Dorothea Dix

Lightning to the west from Boylan Ave

Bolt striking in the rain

Just out of frame

Wider version of image 2

Wider version of image 1

My favorites are still from last July.