I only posted what ya’ll were thinking…
And I’m also a big fan of the awesomeness of the CN’s that CJB noted. I can remember like it was yesterday, flying out of Denver. Only a few planes were leaving as there was a lot of weather popping up and it seemed like most pilots had decided to wait it out.
We took off and literally weaved our way up and around a half dozen crazy big thunderheads. It was like the pilot was playing a video game.
It was just past dusk and each thunderhead was firing off in turn, lighting up the interior of each cloud column like a Chinese lantern.
It was really otherworldly. I thought I was inside some kind of huge diorama. It was super impressive and quite freaky at the same time. It lasted about 40 mins. and once it was over I was both sad and relieved.
Never seen anything like that in all my years of flying and probably never will again.
