Saturday, March 24, 2007

Lightning Strike Video

That last post got me thinking about something that happened to me about a week ago, I was wondering why the man was so calm in the video, then Haunted TUNA left a comment on that post about the eclipse that happened awhile back, which seems like a likely explanation for it, also could explain why he was so calm about it.

Which leads me to what happened to me, last week there was a massive power outage in my area, caused by a lightning strike to a power station. When the power went out I went to the kitchen window to see how far the power had gone out (I have a great view of the city from where I live) and as I got to the window I saw huge mass of fort lightning, I quickly ran and got my camera just in case it happened again and it did about 3 more times, but I thought that I hadn't caught any of them on tape. The last post made me remember to check my camera, which is good because I usually just delete what evers on the card if I feel I haven't shot anything good.

Lucky I did check it because I caught my first lightning strike on video, you can check it out below, I've slowed it down 3 separate times just to get a good look at it.

The Lightning Strike

9 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:06 PM

    That's neat! I love lightening (to watch or attempt to catpure on film). I can never capture lightening!

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  2. Me neither. Cool video rand.

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  3. Anonymous1:58 PM

    Were there any sounds when you recorded it? Or was it just lights...

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  4. Thanks for the comments, I forgot to mention that there was no thunder with any of the strikes, which I thought was wierd, the only sounds were alarms and emergency vehicle sirens. I was a little scared coz I live on a hill and I was standing on a wet deck in socks.

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  5. Anonymous2:12 PM

    Sheet lightning doesn't have sound because it never reaches the earth (ground). I think that's right. (?)

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  6. Anonymous3:46 PM

    Hmm... not sure anonymous... but could be.
    Scary though if not..

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  7. Anonymous8:07 PM

    On second viewing it does look like it reaches the ground around the 59 sec mark. Strange.

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  8. Anonymous1:45 AM

    You want to get that on the weather sites. There are a couple around, NZ Weather is one that springs to mind, but try a google search.

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  9. Anonymous10:23 PM

    Excellent catch!!!

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