An Alternate Universe

This photo began my infatuation with night photography.  Unfortunately my camera has only a maximum of 15 seconds exposure time.  When I get better at night photography, I think I'm going to buy a good reflecter telescope and start taking pictures of nebula, the moon, and perhaps some galaxies.  This photo was taken outside my old apartment building in the summer of 2006 in Vermillion, SD.  In the distance (eastward) a midnight storm flickers incessantly with lightning.  The blue light that you can see is actually the light generated over several seconds of exposure, otherwise the night sky looked pitch black.