Budweiser Power - Massive Lightning Thunderstorm all over the the Anheuser-Busch Budweiser Brewery. Lightning fact: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) endeavored to test the theory that sparks shared some similarity with lightning by using a spire which was being erected in Philadelphia. While waiting for completion of the spire, he got the idea to use a flying object such as a kite. During the next thunderstorm, which was in June 1752, it was reported that he raised a kite. He was accompanied by his son as an assistant. On his end of the string he attached a key, and he tied it to a post with a silk thread. As time passed, Franklin noticed the loose fibers on the string stretching out; he then brought his hand close to the key and a spark jumped the gap. This is Two images layered equal to a 30 sec exposure, f11, 75mm, ISO 100, WB tungsen. 1-888-682-0122