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

Chroniccheese

51 votes NegativePositive

471 days 20 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

471 days 19 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

471 days 17 hours ago...

The first 5 seconds was the best

Drunken_Master : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Drunken_Master

-3 votes NegativePositive

471 days 15 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

471 days 8 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

471 days 8 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

471 days 2 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

471 days 2 hours ago...

Was that only suppose to be 1sec?

REVSTER : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

REVSTER

2 votes NegativePositive

471 days 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

470 days 23 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

470 days 22 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

470 days 22 hours ago...

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

idoubtit : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

idoubtit

4 votes NegativePositive

470 days 21 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

470 days 21 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

470 days 19 hours ago...

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

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