Lightning in Super Slow Motion

A clip from Discovery Channel's "Raging Planet" on the subject of lightning. If you find lightning a facinating and beautiful force, then check this clip out. The camera technology has gotten to where scientists have been able to record and playback a lightning strike at over 200X slower with really cool results.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Discovery Channel
• Raging Planet
• Lightning
• Slow Motion Photography

[mV33rs]

@Rosslynite101 i dont think a lot of people have a 2000fps+ camera

[1moreastronaut]

Wow...amazing video.

[TheChaoticStorm]

@JIZZZification Lightning heats the air around it to over 43,000 degrees F. The rapid heating of the air causes it to expand and then contract rapidly. The pulses generate sound waves, resulting in thunder.

[JIZZZification]

can you explain to me why does it make a very loud sound lol that question is kinda retarded but i think we cant answer that

[JIZZZification]

id like to recharge my house sized battery

[YouKnowWhoDK]

Holy shit I feel so enlightened

[xadusx]

Yeah amazing, but doing a video like this a HD (at least a 720p) quality would have been even better.

[imadroch]

this is cool

[DpEpsilon]

These images are incredibly insightful. Lightning branching out like that and searching for ground looks amazing, despite some of it being played back in windows [media player].

[botosainaki]

@CoolLikeThManno lightning super heats the air around you from friction against the air molecules to roughly 3x that than the surface of the sun.

also, lightning is and electrical build-up. too much into a human and it stops the heart (thats why we have electrical chairs)

lightning isnt light. the electrons are heated so much that they produce light (just like phosphorus and neon)

[DaHolyWarrior3147]

Awesome video xD

[djfrydexinthehouse]

Song ?