Lightning Strike Burj Khalifa, Dubai, Jan 2009

[Skyscraperlist]

great video of the Burj Khalifa being hit by lightning

[WeatherExtreme]

wow,awesome video

[mazzman09]

lightning doesnt strike the same place twice...

[faizolo]

woow !!!! a, miracle !!!!!!

[sadiee1961]

whats the big deal ? they would not have built it if they did not think that it would hold all freak cases!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rohitvip]

Worlds tallest lightning conductor!? they scored another record name! nice! :D

[fr33stuffpl0ox]

i seriously can't belive how huge that building is...

[SpartanG61]

Tesla is a genius :P

[StoneMTNboy2009]

lightning strikes tall buildings all the time. They're designed so it won't affect them and it helps to protect other buildings. Anyways it's still kinda cool.

[syedjaafar]

how about people inside there? wtf

[pickasongstudios]

dumb fucks thats what spires are for

[011azr]

it's frightening me! always hope the best 4 you all!

[PSXDubai1]

i live here and there was a storm today the same exact one hard rain, forked lighting

-PSXDubai1

[umajunkcollector]

the lightening makes it look small!

[300AKBozz]

if only nikola tesla was alive

[DjHardaFasta]

it must be really far away from you, as the thunder takes soo long to get to you!

[biniglesias]

i am from Dubai

and this video is not fake

[blued4ddy]

yes it was januari 17 or something

[baskurt58]

thats fakee bitch

[BFNecrohell]

damn dude that's fucking cool. Could be used as natural power resource tho :D

[YouMaTja17]

For every one that thinks this is a bad idea. It realy is cuz it catches most of the lightning that could damage other buildings/plants

[jeff29992001]

babylon cometh.

[poopsienyc]

Thank God it only rains in Dubai once every two years

[RocketZZZ]

??? it rains way more than that

[ADRIANO17UAE]

omg

[MrTracer99]

is that real???

[usamaaslam34]

my frnd its 2010 :)

[ujmi]

is this a tower or a large Tulsa gimmick! Anyway sorry Dubai's landscape freaks me out now.

But nevertheless cool capture!

[1DanielChristensen]

cool slow motion. you can see the bolt start at the spire then the whole thing appears.

[vladika07]

the little light was provoking the big light

[oniman13]

wow. In 25 seconds, you've soundly defeated any myth that lightning doesn't strike the same place twice.

[mittina]

its an electrical conductor.. not the ground..

[endtimes17]

Didn't humanity learn anything from the last time we built such a tower?

The Tower of Babel ring a bell??

What about the Twin Towers???

This is NOT well pleasing to the Lord of Heaven.

That tower won't last too long!! Guarentee!

[swatiindubai]

@endtimes17 r u engineer???

[excail4]

what happens with this energy after it hits the building ?

[divez2]

@excail4 when it hits the building, it is transferred via copper beam to the ground. as far as i know?

[daftrok]

You could power Dubai with that thing!

[minhal01]

yea, with the power crisis occuring, u could.. lol

[beanthemean]

ZEUS!!

[movitmovit]

such an awsome building. i hope to visit it one day

[pianosketcher]

1.21 Gigawats FTW.

[ismailishot]

cant beleive they never thought bout this

[ghostian76]

Of course its a consideration when building. Every Tall tower has a lightning system.

[dsgh55978]

I can't believe you think they never thought about this.The building is unharmed because it was designed to take lightening strikes.

[Sjokobaggyp]

i wonder if they use the electricity from the lighting i mean, its a lot of energy, free electricity ftw

[isokessu]

I was thinking the same :D maybe the first guy who finds out how to get the electricity from lighting have that idea from burj dubai.

[ghostian76]

Its not enough Power.. Even though Its 1Giga Watt of power. It only happens for a 1/8th of a second.

[isokessu]

I think it's more than that but i don't know how much

[dsgh55978]

Yes!It powers their time machine!

[Bendarunt21]

View form the top of the spire:

watch?v=oWVLzVhnYE0

[applemac34]

WOW SHIT!!

[BrandonN1313]

man that tower is skinny lightning maybe could brEAK it in half

[BrandonN1313]

when the building is open maybe the office workers will be scared to up there??

[SmithingMedia]

Yo no sabia que llovia en Dubai, pero se ve genial!

I didnt know that it rained in Dubai, but it looks cool!

[irockoutlouder1]

dubai didnt do anything to the us.. it was bin laden and his groups of extremely crazy derka derka group..

[irockoutlouder1]

how? americas not gonna blow up a bulding... the derkas tried to blow up the world trade centers' like 3 times... they failed twice. plus americans arent stupid enough to hi-jack a plane..

[elitecombt]

CIA...

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[Junona55]

ho, ho ,ho.......!!!

[Fuki385]

What would happened if they made it even more taller, above the clouds. It could still get struck?

[ktomooto4Ever]

wow..

I think that even if it had a lightning protection or something like that it could be damaged..whatever Allah wants happens.

THX!!

[Love2me2U]

HUH? rain in dubai? It never rain when i used to live there ...soo funny......rain used to be very rare! ones or twos in a yr........

[juzakido]

what if that thing collapse? oh my big news everyone!!!

[devildarker3000]

my friend almost died from the lighting strike cause it came near his face

[vididi56]

it was 100% safe i saw it! there was no damages!!!

thanks god that there was a lightning protection. ^_^

[zgarner2]

and they say lightning doesn't strike in the same place twice.

[neomike2803Neomike28]

ditto

[stephenharperbest2]

lets hope they make a skyscraper as tall as mount everest

[crosseyed55]

this may sound like an ignorant question but what happens inside the building as it is shocked by lightning? what if ur taking a shower??

[Pureownage1]

The whole point of having needles on high towers is for lightning bolts to strike it, it's 100% safe.

[pmbbears]

i agree. im sure it has what they called a Lightning Protection.

[Cptjonmiller]

lol, is the burj dubai completed now?

[brazil2knight]

nope, just very close

[woody71692]

interesting... and thanks to benjamin franklin for the lighting rod!!!!!

=D

[bigbad1000do7a]

fuck your mother.

[woody71692]

sorry mam, those words don't affend me no matter how hard you try...... so enjoy kind lady!

[camelapodo]

Lol, the Burj Dubai is the world's tallest EVERYTHING

[jemanshow8]

that building is so FRICKIN TALL.

it is 850 Metres.

thats like stacking 2 sears towers on top of each other

[andresotte729]

is this real??? I was in dubai during a year and it never rains there

[bacteriovirus]

it does rain, but rarely. Peak raifall is between november to february

[Azt3r1x]

That's really cool!

[Trux74]

Thats what you get for trying to crawl up gods ass

[rockfreak611]

haha

[perth45]

Wow..............impressive...­.........

[RandomNameTag]

Wow, this sure is an amazing sight, considering how rare rainfall is there.

[superazooz]

some one who lives nere me to that video but i dont know who

[aligisbak69]

omg ? lol!!! thts the shit right there...

wonder what would have happend if some 1 was standing there.... LOL

[goodygoody23]

dubai is going to be really safe they have a 2500 ft lightning rod

[hearhisvoice]

good. the lightning arresters are working!

[ghostian76]

Its an amazing sound as well when you hear them discharge. ZincOxide hopefully.. ;)

[grandmarnier9]

What a coincidence ... Cool

[petrusownage]

nice!

[joobn]

absolutley awesome! saw this from my window as well! glad someone got footage!

[MxB03]

WOWH! is this real nothing happened to the building WTF the lights are on!!