Slow Exposure

This image was taken by Joey Valliere ’27 while cadet shipping aboard the USNS Supply, a military sealift vessel providing support to the U.S. Navy. Describing the situation, Valliere said, “I was on watch from 2000-0000, and had seen that we would be on the outskirts of a significant thunderstorm. I grabbed my camera and tripod and set up my gear to take pictures repeatedly on long exposure mode. This allows the camera to collect light for up to five seconds, and once the timer is up, it starts again, allowing me to have the highest chance of capturing a lightning bolt. I got several photos that night, and decided it was time to go inside after the aft part of the vessel was struck and I didn’t want to be next.”