Lightning and the New River Gorge Bridge Photo Gallery by Dan Robinson
The New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, WV was for a long time one of my major lightning photo goals. Photogenic thunderstorms become rare as the elevation increases from west to east in the Mountain State, and good chances to capture 'the shot' were elusive, expensive and time consuming. Over the course of seven years, I spent dozens of spring and summer nights down in the Gorge under the bridge (as well as many more short nighttime trips) to attempt to capture the scene I was after. The mountain driving took a toll on my brakes, which twice I had to replace noticeably early as a direct result of the numerous trips from Charleston via Route 60 and Fayette Station Road.
Regardless of all of the effort, gas money and nights sleeping in my truck in the Gorge, only two thunderstorms cooperated with visible lightning over the bridge during those 7 years. These images are the result of that effort. - Dan
My work is, at this very moment you are reading this, generating the most income it ever has in my career. Yet, I was forced to shut down the professional side of my successul operation, against my will, due to one cause alone: 95% of that revenue is being stolen by piracy and copyright infringement. I've lost more than $1 million to copyright infringement in the last 15 years, and it's finally brought an end to my professional storm chasing operation. Do not be misled by the lies of infringers, anti-copyright activists and organized piracy cartels. This page is a detailed, evidenced account of my battle I had to undertake to just barely stay in business, and eventually could not overcome. It's a problem faced by all of my colleagues and most other creators in the field.
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From Dan: Please Read
To my regular readers, I offer my apologies for this heavy-handed notice. Unfortunately it has become necessary, so please bear with me!
Please don't copy/upload this site's content to social media or other web sites. Those copies have been a critical problem for me, seriously harming this site and my photography/storm chasing operation by diverting traffic, viewers, engagement and income. "Credit" and "exposure" does not benefit this site or my operation, rather they threaten my ability to cover my operating expenses. Please read my full explanation for this notice here.
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This chase was a routine television assignment in my role as a cameraman. As a result, many of these don't have a dedicated chase log.
This chase was only recorded in my mileage reports, no detailed log was written for it.
