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Slow Motion Lightning

I have no idea how many fps this is, but it's gotta be something pretty big.

  • idoubtit
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  • Date 8/8/2008 10:06:31 AM
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Chroniccheese : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

Chroniccheese

51 votes NegativePositive

30 days 3 hours ago...

that was awesome..looked like the lightning was branching out at first trying to find the closest grounded point and than as soon as it found it..BOOM

Tony2z2 : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

Tony2z2

32 votes NegativePositive

30 days 3 hours ago...

it would of been nice if they had the real time lightning so you can see how it really looks

obaid : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

obaid

30 votes NegativePositive

30 days 1 hour ago...

The first 5 seconds was the best

Drunken_Master : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Drunken_Master

-3 votes NegativePositive

29 days 23 hours ago...

I thought lightint was coming straight down not branching of finding closest path... amezing

zecbmo : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

zecbmo

32 votes NegativePositive

29 days 16 hours ago...

i heard some types of lightning travel upwards in physics class.... hmm off to wiki

zecbmo : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

zecbmo

46 votes NegativePositive

29 days 16 hours ago...

http://www.marknault.com/10310713.jpg

yep tis called ground to cloud obviously enough

i feel wierd answering my own question

willy313 : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

willy313

16 votes NegativePositive

29 days 10 hours ago...

^ Yeah. Seems like this particular lightning does just that. If you look really closely to that main shock.

There is a lot of different types of lightning, we know supposedly very little about them. Did you know there are geyser shower like lightning with red/orage/blue colors called "sprites" and "blue jets"?

... I`m a geek.

SoN oF Da PI : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

SoN oF Da PI

2 votes NegativePositive

29 days 10 hours ago...

Was that only suppose to be 1sec?

REVSTER : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

REVSTER

2 votes NegativePositive

29 days 8 hours ago...

WOW.....how many fps was that ?. Does anyone know of more footage like this.

stbasdf : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

stbasdf

3 votes NegativePositive

29 days 7 hours ago...

whoa there`s a loop up in the top left corner

eat_p1e : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

eat_p1e

-2 votes NegativePositive

29 days 6 hours ago...

Always knew lightning travels up, to see it go in slow-mo is amazing.

killaaaaah : LVL 28: VP 3.7: said:

killaaaaah

1 votes NegativePositive

29 days 6 hours ago...

amazing!
im lookin for similar vids too so if everyone knows....

idoubtit : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

idoubtit

4 votes NegativePositive

29 days 5 hours ago...

I did some research and found that this video is taken at 15,000 FPS

CombatGod : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

CombatGod

4 votes NegativePositive

29 days 4 hours ago...

The amazing part is this is the first time I`ve ever seen the ionization of the air.

This causes the pathway for lightning to return. I was always a little confused how it worked but watching this explained a lot... Also, you can see the lightning actually pulsating a bit which blew my mind.

mufaser : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

mufaser

1 votes NegativePositive

29 days 3 hours ago...

wow at 15 sec it just looks like its ripped the sky in half

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