lightning

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[OT from cottage renovations]

the Circle illuminated by lightning,
as captured by the cat cam during Saturday night's storm.

the cat cam's motion detection settings generally keep it from capturing nocturnal images.  Saturday night's storm provided a sequence of events that spoofed it -- perhaps an unusually long sustained flash, or a pair of shorter ones separated by just the right interval to trick the software into thinking that a cat had crossed its field of view. 

the lighter patch on the tree trunk is a reflection of a lamp inside the front room.  my theory is that the lighter and darker areas to the top and bottom of the image probably result from the flash spanning two frames.  the camera's refresh rate is 30 frames/second and the motion detection has a 1-second delay.