Spectacular lightning storm, as seen from plane window

Halfway home to New York City from Miami on July 13, 2007, I captured this opulent light show -- an explosive, clearly visible electrical storm just a few miles east of our jet, high above the Atlantic. (As you can hear at 2:29, the pilot instructed the flight attendant to inform the passengers of an event that's "very rare during this time of the year.")

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[luis30secondsto]

the most beautiful video in YouTube

[thesmiths1]

@luis30secondsto Thanks luis30secondsto! I sure got lucky on this flight. A lot more fun to watch than the crappy in-flight movie.

[korgri]

If this was south of the Carolinas this storm was in the Bermuda Triangle. Perhaps it was not a storm but a transport portal for alien spacecraft. Remember Spielberg's 'War of the Worlds'? Maybe we should all collectively seek to welcome our new insect (or otherwise) overlords. I wanted to know what those War Of The Worlds aliens smelled like. Ever smelled gasoline drying on paper American money? (worked at a gas station) Probably they smelled like that.

[thesmiths1]

You're a damned riot, korgri. Love the Simpsons quote.

[Jdub1515]

oh ... i misread your caption ... (for some reason when i glanced I thought halfway between NYC and LA) ... nvm

However, in response to the previous comments, lightning over the atlantic during the summer months is very common ... the ocean temp reaches mid 70s

[thesmiths1]

I KNOW -- the flight attendant musta been an idiot. (If you listen to the audio, he claims over the P.A. that "this is very rare this time of year.")

[ilenses]

the last vision from AF447

[WetPooooopie]

I hate planes, I love thunderstorms, it would freak me out, i had a similar experience where on my way home from florida the weather comditions made lightning go right through the plane, some bad turbulance there was July 2 2001 even before 9/111 flying wasn't my ting I scared

[WetPooooopie]

Headed home frm where, that happened to me on my way home from floria near georgia and teh carolinas no delays we thought that we were gonna crash. This loos harminus and a scene like from a piderman movi eor sumtin

[WetPooooopie]

Spectacular ---------->

[menphrad]

I just experienced a thunderstorm over Nigeria during my night flight from Cape Town to London - so very special and beautiful!

[celebrityfan1990]

his voice sounded gay (pilot) lol hey sounded like a pedo xD nice video btw :)

[celebrityfan1990]

thats Goku and Buu fighting

[lambtikaphall]

witnessing a storm like this = 'Priceless' !

[ethanX818]

way better than sleeping on a flight!

[thabest007]

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[thabest007]

Hey dude nice video, really cool! I want to use it for my personal intro for my videos, is that ok by you?