After the tornadoes moved off Colorado's eastern plains this week, the sky put on a show with jagged purple streaks breaking up the darkness — and it was all captured by a local photographer.
Severe storms rumbled across Colorado both Wednesday and Thursday, bringing large hail, strong winds and several tornadoes to multiple communities. The National Weather Service estimates that two to five tornadoes hit the Sterling area in Logan County on Wednesday, and a preliminary EF-1 tornado ran about six miles in Highlands Ranch on Thursday afternoon.
Janus picked up photography about seven years ago, but fell in love with the outdoors well before that. When he was younger, he found peace in nature amid struggles with depression and anxiety. When he was just 19 years old, he broke his back and turned to the healing power of art. "With lightning, it's like you're trying to chase something that doesn't exist before it gets there," he explained."So, it's really just bringing something to life that doesn't exist. And in my mind, that's the best art or creation you can get into."
He sometimes is so focused on snagging the photograph that he can't enjoy the show in the sky for himself. It's something he said most people don't realize, but it's worth it when they can admire his work away from the dangers of storms. "And then one of the cells pulled up, so I kind of just popped in there and got a few shots over there," he said."But the lightning that night was actually really intense. And I was surprised how much lightning was out there."
He then packed up and began to head back to Denver when one other cell caught his eye. He pulled off the road and snapped a shot that he said"looks like a spaceship is just coming in with the lightning coming out from under it."
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