Lightning Storm Formation (HD timelapse video)

Evening clouds consolidate through sunset into a larger storm featuring frequent lightning strikes. My other 25+ timelapse videos include meteor showers, "moonbows" (lunar rainbows at night), lunar eclipses, sunrises and sunsets, and more. Check them out! http://www.youtube.com/user/JeffSulli...

One more part to the story... the next morning I was standing in this primitive campsite with a cup of coffee in my hand, then BOOM there was a loud explosion which sounded close. I went through a quick inventory of what it might be, perhaps a dynamite blast at an active gold mine nearby or a sonic boom from a passing F-18 from Fallon Naval Air Station.

It turned out to be the meteorite which exploded over California just before 8am that Sunday morning, believed to be about the size of a minivan before it mostly disintegrated. Apparently it passed nearby; fragments were allegedly found on the other side of the Sierra Nevada. I was very surprised to hear its explosion credited with being way over there, about 75-100 miles away. It sounded like it was no more than 8-10 miles away, over or on the other side of the valley I was looking at. I guess that was simply an underestimation of the energy in the explosion, but given that premise, I'm surprised that it didn't flatten trees or houses closer to where it did explode!

Too bad it didn't race through the sky overhead about 12 hours earlier; I might have caught it in the timelapse!

It just goes to show you that the most important factor in running across cool stuff outdoors is to actually be outdoors. I should go pursue all the weaker meteor showers... no telling what might come up!

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[purseonal2010]

Beautiful job recording the eye-popping lightning! More!! More!!!

[Israel Israa]

Waw wandful

[madtyzer]

needs music

[clayganator1]

Unbelevealbely EPIC

[Julustaan Hoijo]

Wow, that's a very neat demonstration of high-based thunderstorm which occurs in a dry air mass, often in deserts. Love them too much *_*

[TheToastPeople]

woah that thing really kicked off after nightfall!

[pokemonkid4446]

It's like a light show xD

[MrAirsoftcraze]

can some one guild me to what lens i would need to film the star moving in a time lapse cause i have a 55mm and its not picking up the stars

[Matthew Babcock]

So beautiful

[GillesOFraisse]

wow, lucky man :) nice video