UltraSlo lightning 8/18/11storm

This whole clip happened in .0268 seconds. The lightning was shot @ 10,000 FPS. It was shot at low resolution to achieve the high fram rate and enlarged by 250% Each frame was repeated 5 times for playback so you could see what happens during the flash. Most of you know we do have many other lightning clips posted too.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• UltraSlo
• slow motion
• slow motion lightning
• lightning

[Thelaman99]

What cameras do u guys use?

[ultraslo]

@Thelaman99 This was shot with a Miro 4

[Shaneamondos0]

who said that lightening doesn't strike twice in the same place

[ultraslo]

@Shaneamondos0 This happened so fast that most people would think it was 1 strike.

[AviatorZER0]

can any math nerd tell me how ultraslo the camera would have to be to see the bolt come down gradually, not in a single, instant streak?

[ultraslo]

Different types of lightning go at different speeds. I have posted some clips that you can see the motion better @ 4000 fps. I have many clips that did get posted or saved for that matter. I am still looking for the best lightning ever.

[AzeriXify]

at first i was like.. " so much for the 'lightning never strike the same place twice' " and then, i was like.. dang son!

[AnythingSlowMotion]

@Jakeyboy3095

Trying to make this slower is similar to trying to make you smarter- Not much can be done about it.

[vta1985]

That poor golfer...

[Paxmax]

@AviatorZER0 put this into google: "lecture-6-high-voltage-breakd­own-and-lightning" it's a educational video about the fascinating physics behind lightning... and that not all is known about it!

[BryceFritzel]

@AviatorZER0 Yep. There are quite a few cameras that can shoot that fast, but at a resolution of only about 128x64 pixels. So you wouldn't see much. Maybe in the next decade or so we can get frame rates that high at higher resolution.

[AviatorZER0]

@BryceFritzel Wow, thanks! Props to you, brotha. 37x faster than this ultraslo video? Damn.

[BryceFritzel]

@AviatorZER0 Well seeing as a typical lightning bolt travels at about 3,700 miles per second, and a lightning bolts usually has to travel about 2-3 kilometers to reach the ground (1.5 miles), this means that the bolt takes about .000405 seconds to reach the ground. If you wanted it to take say, 5 seconds on the screen, you would need about 370,000 frames per second (about 12,360 times slower than normal.

[graciegardener]

@MrMLGx7 ok, guess i did go off on you, i just am getting so sick of all the rude, profane comments on these vids. if you were only kidding, i apologize.

[MrMLGx7]

@graciegardener Shut up its obviously a joke calm down.

[graciegardener]

@MrMLGx7 you are rude-if you can't say something nice-don't say anything.