r/pics • u/georgekourounis • 21h ago

Double Lightning bolt photo I took over Lake Ontario.

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u/stormhunter27 20h ago

I know where you took that shot.

It’s on the shore of LAKE ONTARIO.

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u/m3ngnificient 20h ago

(not)Lake America

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u/survivingkind2 18h ago

NOT is correct.

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u/JaceOnRice 17h ago

I'm seeing a lot of people commenting and enunciating the "Ontario" part. It's cute.

I have lived less than a 10-minute drive from Lake Ontario most of my life. As a Canadian, I have talked to zero Canadians who have even mentioned this Lake renaming thing. It is not affecting us at all. We do not care.

I'm realizing after seeing all these comments, this is not about us, he's trying to distract you guys again, and its working, again.

Stop talking about the Lake. Focus up and get rid of this clown.

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u/MeeoMeeo 17h ago

Many Americans think it's dumb for him to focus on minutiae when he's messing up so many think I'll always call it lake Ontario and the Gulf of Mexico just that.

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u/Orcapa 16h ago

Unlike a parliamentary system, our system does not allow for getting rid of the executive/head of state very easily. As long as the members of his own party have a majority in the US Senate and sit on their hands, he's not going anywhere.

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u/sopheroo 8h ago

This! This this this this!

Instead of making memes and saying "YOU SHOULD RENAME LAKE MICHIGAN SOMETHING SILLY", buy Canadian.

If your solution to this issue is just memes and jokes, it's not a solution. Do something that actually support Canadians, guys.

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u/ridemooses 18h ago

I read that last part in Matt Berry’s voice 😂

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u/pikainto 17h ago

It might be the walkout at port credit but idk. Edit nvm Oakville one.

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u/MrPuzzleMan 20h ago

It sure is impressive, that Lake Ontario...

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u/Acoustic_blues60 20h ago

That's an impressive shot. What kind of camera and what were the settings? I've had bad luck with lightning shots, but then again, I never serious tried.

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u/georgekourounis 20h ago

F/5.6, 10 seconds, ISO 160. I used my Canon 5D Mark III with my 16-35mm lens.

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u/JerrySizzla 20h ago

Any chance this is the Oakville lighthouse on Sixteen Mile Creek?

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u/georgekourounis 20h ago

I’m pretty sure that as the spot!

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u/JerrySizzla 20h ago

Awesome. My wife and I were married in the Bandshell in Lakeside Park over 25 years ago. Thought that pier and lighthouse looked familiar. Thanks for sharing - great shot!

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u/Habeas-Opus 20h ago

The heavens will rain fire until we all scream ONTARIO now and forevermore!

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u/Right-Round9339 20h ago

Beautiful Lake

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u/pm_me_beerz 20h ago

Lake Ontario? Why yes it is

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u/Right-Round9339 20h ago

Literal translation of “Ontario”

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u/Vengeful-llama 20h ago

Lake Ontario is so majestic, as are these lightning bolts that you captured over lake ontario, framing this lighthouse on lake ontario....

lake ontario.

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u/DarwinatSea 20h ago

I gotta say Lake Ontario sure is beautiful even during a lighting storm. 😍

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u/georgekourounis 20h ago

It really is.

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u/SoRedditHasAnAppNow 20h ago

Finally one that isn't "hey, look! Toronto! That's Canada!"

Nice shot, OP

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u/georgekourounis 20h ago

Thanks so much.

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u/Mr_Gaslight 19h ago

Zeus: F*** these two fish!

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u/sohunterish 20h ago

Emphasis on Lake Ontario!

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u/Jimmygotsomenewmoves 19h ago

The lake was angry that day my friends.

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u/georgekourounis 19h ago

Like an old man, trying to send back soup at a deli.

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u/impolse 19h ago

Oh, what a great view of Lake Ontario. Makes me want to visit a body of water! Maybe I'll pop down to the Gulf of Mexico soon.

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u/Fancy_Introduction60 20h ago

What an AMAZING shot, thanks for posting

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u/TheThirdStrike 19h ago

You had me at Lake Ontario

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u/OIL_99 17h ago

That is so epically badass! 100% Canadian lightning bolts. Canada makes the best lightening bolts.

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u/Vortagaun 20h ago

Was that last night's storm? Im in Buffalo and its been some nice storms recently.

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u/georgekourounis 19h ago

No, this was from a couple of years back.

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u/vector_ejector 18h ago

Hey, Oakville! Nice!!

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u/Auerbach1991 17h ago

Incredible that this is freshwater.

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u/JazzRider 17h ago

The Gods are angry!

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u/seth928 17h ago

Lake Ontario? No, no, I think you mean Lake Trump Is In The Epstein Files.

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u/favnh2011 17h ago

Beautiful

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u/Plantron1 16h ago

Awesome pic! Can’t believe nature hated 2 specific fish enough to do that.

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u/Confident-Bobcat8017 12h ago

Zeus shares his thoughts on Lake Ontario's shite "rebranding."

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u/canadasbananas 6h ago

Sick. Ive had the same phone background for almost 10 years. In light of recent events and how sick this is, its my new phone screen

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u/georgekourounis 5h ago

I’m glad you like it.

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u/lame_1983 20h ago

ON-TAR-I-O

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u/VAVA_Mk2 20h ago

You mean Lake Epstein Files?

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u/Reasonable_Tower3360 20h ago

Stunning picture! 💙🔥

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u/tcari394 20h ago

Am I the only one that sees a giant electrified chicken monster?

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u/Langstarr 20h ago

Mega chicken? Sh he is legend

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u/Iheardyoubutsowhat 20h ago

cant unsee it now

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u/SJane3384 18h ago

El Pollo Diablo

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u/DesignerYak6728 20h ago

Peart park?

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u/Hmgkt 19h ago

Suck a lighting struck fish Donny.

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u/darlin133 19h ago

God is definitely mad about the pretend name change

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u/iNjecteds 19h ago

Double lightning bolt? What does it meeean?

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u/SJane3384 18h ago

I mean, a while back there was this dictator dude who had an elite force that used it as a symbol….

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u/BigfootOfNorthwoods 19h ago

Impressive shot!

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u/kingetzu 19h ago

Booker must be on his way yo columbia

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u/LovelyBones17 18h ago

She’s a Great Lake that Ontario

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u/Bluej777x 18h ago

Awesome!

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u/radiodmr 18h ago

Looks to me like double America over Lake Ontario, get your terms right!

Beautiful capture 🤩

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u/bionicjoe 14h ago

Sorry Trump renamed that.
It's Freedom Electricity now.

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u/alderthorn 7h ago

This is an awesome shot. Was it pure luck or was there a trick to getting even 1 bolt of lightning in the shot?

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u/georgekourounis 7h ago

That was a 10 second exposure. There is always plenty of luck involved though.

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u/Kriima 7h ago

Lake America.

(HI, I'm farming negative karma)

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u/Solstus22 3h ago

Zeus ain't happy with orange Turd tryna rename Lake Ontario

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u/benz58 20h ago

Lake what?

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u/benz58 20h ago

Ysw!

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u/nosmelc 20h ago

Lake Murica!

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u/Thac0isWhac0 20h ago

Lake murica is the puddle of piss that leaks out of Trump's diaper.

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u/fasttrackxf 20h ago

Disgusting! But accurate.

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u/VAVA_Mk2 20h ago

What the fuck is that?

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u/tr3kstar 20h ago

Pretty sure there's 3 of them

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u/Adam_2017 19h ago

Lake America.

JK. Fuck Trump.

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u/morning_thief 20h ago

NGL -- i've been on a very deep dive into basketball cards lately & all i could think of is Scoring Kings, Michael Jordan.

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u/MICT3361 19h ago

Trump can make you guys post anything he wants

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u/BillBraskysBallbag 20h ago

That's not what it's called on google maps......

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u/TheDrMonocle 20h ago

We dont recognize a toddlers temper tantrums.

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u/BillBraskysBallbag 20h ago

Hey don't shoot the messenger i forgot reddit was a 100% no fun zone.

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u/georgekourounis 20h ago

Hmmm… Google Maps must have made a mistake.

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u/BillBraskysBallbag 20h ago

I'm gonna give you a chance to get on the ground floor of a business opportunity. Charging hillbillies to take a cruise from Lake America to the Gulf of America.

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u/EthanFishing19 20h ago

I’m pretty sure anyone not living in the US still sees Lake Ontario on Google Maps.

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u/BillBraskysBallbag 20h ago

People outside of America get to use our google maps?

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u/SoCoGrowBro 20h ago

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u/BillBraskysBallbag 20h ago

Man I am eating a lot of downvotes. I didn't think everyone would be so fking sensitive lol. I DIDN'T RENAME IT DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER.

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u/Fallingpeople 20h ago

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u/BillBraskysBallbag 20h ago

Hey pulling it up from outside of the US is cheating. Don't you know we are the center of the universe.

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u/Fallingpeople 20h ago

I actually screenshoted it when I heard he was gonna change the name. 2 days later Google followed suit :/

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u/BillBraskysBallbag 20h ago

I pulled it up friday and couldn't believe what I was seeing was real. It's so petty lol.

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u/TheKiddler 20h ago

UMMM ITS LAKE AMERICA NOW!!1!