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Again at 4,000 FPS. This time, two bolts hit take the same route to the ground.

  • idoubtit
  • posted by idoubtit
  • Date 8/9/2008 6:59:21 PM
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15 Comments

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Sir spanks-a-lot : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

Sir spanks-a-lot

29 votes NegativePositive

115 days 18 hours ago...

weird... lightnig striking the same way twice???...

Dillinger : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

Dillinger

22 votes NegativePositive

115 days 17 hours ago...

^It happens all the time, you just don`t see it cause it happens so quickly.

EyeDisco : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

EyeDisco

20 votes NegativePositive

115 days 17 hours ago...

Wow, I learned something today.

Bummer : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Bummer

35 votes NegativePositive

115 days 16 hours ago...

Myth busted! Lightnings do strike twice.

eko : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

eko

18 votes NegativePositive

115 days 13 hours ago...

if you see that point, that glows longer than the rest of the lightning...I think that`s a bird >.<

Paragon : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

Paragon

10 votes NegativePositive

115 days 12 hours ago...

The second bolt of lighting looks like it took the exact same shape as the first.

respecognize : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

respecognize

17 votes NegativePositive

115 days 6 hours ago...

so they strike the same way twice
how does the second one know which exact path the first one took
im thinking either the first one left an invisible trail for the second one to follow, or they both took the path of least resistance
this shit is cool

idoubtit : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

idoubtit

5 votes NegativePositive

115 days 2 hours ago...

@respecognize: My guess is the same as your second statement.

tuprexcunex : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

tuprexcunex

-4 votes NegativePositive

114 days 21 hours ago...

for me this looks more like a replay.
both lightnings had exactly the same shape

Marvecko : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

Marvecko

3 votes NegativePositive

114 days 21 hours ago...

I don`t think it is a replay. There is a tiny thingy falling down on the left side of the screen that doesn`t loop.

idoubtit : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

idoubtit

2 votes NegativePositive

114 days 20 hours ago...

^^ I thought it was a loop at first too, but like Marvecko said there`s something falling from the sky near the beginning that isn`t there when the lightning strikes a second time.

Krisonrik : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

Krisonrik

-1 votes NegativePositive

114 days 20 hours ago...

LMFAO, no it`s not striking twice. The 1st strike comes from the clouds and hitting earth. That one is too quick for human eyes to detect so people never see the 1st strike. The 2nd strike is the surplus charges shooting back upward to the cloud from earth and that one is much slower and that`s what people see as lightening.

poonsie01 : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

poonsie01

3 votes NegativePositive

114 days 20 hours ago...

It`s not "lightning doesn`t strike twice", it`s "lightning doesn`t hit the same spot twice". And myth not busted, that spot that the first lightning hit isn`t there anymore for the second lightning bolt to hit...

fullycustom88 : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

fullycustom88

14 votes NegativePositive

114 days 19 hours ago...

they took the same path because the first strike left a trail of ionized air in the wake of the lightning, making it much easier (lower resistance) for the second strike to take that path

The Trunk Monkey : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

The Trunk Monkey

3 votes NegativePositive

114 days 18 hours ago...

fullycustom is exactly right. I was going to post the same thing.

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