. >> reporter: caleb eliot captured amazing footage of mother nature in action last night. >> as the shelf cloud was coming out of it. probably some of the best lightning i've seen in a big number of years. >> reporter: a storm chaser, eliot said he's definitely not in canadian kansas anyone. >> initial i didn't know there was anybody in the shop. in between the island, there was one sh looks maybe a half mile away from where they were at. down here, every day, the storms interact, they move through the area and 20 minutes later you get these gorgeous florida sunsets. so it's -- there's nothing bad about it. >> reporter: reporting in pinellas county, news channel 8. >>> it is quite impressive to see that lightning like that. i'm with him, i don't want to observing it. >> he's from the midwest. florida weather is kind of new. it's tropical weather down here. if you're a storm chaser, this is a great place to do it. >> absolutely. but severe stuff can happen. >> yes. >> you don't at some point make light of it. this afternoon, just a collision of sea breeze? >> yeah. >> nothing dramati