i'm watching lightning from my window seat

Flying from ATL to ELP this evening, and got a glimpse of lightning forming out my window. By the time I started taking pictures, the real bolts were hidden behind clouds, but here's some shots courtesy of my lowly (lovely?) iPhone 3GS and a GoGo inflight connection:

 (all phoros are personal... but, in this case, feel free to use them as needed!)

Art & science. The stuff that dreams are made of. And also just stuff. Beautiful.

Ok seriously, how awesome is the flat world we live in where I can check my Buzz feed, see Gary's post on lightning formation, look out the window of an airplane and see it in real-time, and send this out?