Big waves from Hurricane Joaquin lure Florida surfers

Serious surfers dotted the waves Sept. 30 on Florida's Space Coast.

Serious surfers dotted the waves Sept. 30 on Florida’s Space Coast.

Our version of big waves probably wouldn’t lure Laird Hamilton, but for Florida, today’s waves were pretty impressive. Offshore Hurricane Joaquin was pumping them up, and the surfers came out in droves to Cocoa Beach and “Second Light,” at Patrick Air Force Base. See my photos from today here.

Lightning at Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral.

Lightning at Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral.

Meanwhile, summer is over, with few nighttime lightning storms for me to shoot here on the east coast. Nonetheless, I’ve pulled together the sparkling scraps from the summer, and you can find them here. The quest continues to get the perfect lightning shot at Port Canaveral’s Exploration Tower, but I got a couple that were pretty.

And now, the 90-degree days of autumn continue! Enjoy!

For more storm photos and videos from this year, including twisters from Tornado Alley, see the 2015 storm galleries.