Birth of a Lightning Bolt

[jillian]

This is majorly cool

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http://gizmodo.com/5596001/

 

[Samson]

Neato!

I wonder what the lightning was striking over and over again?

 

[jillian]

Neato!

I wonder what the lightning was striking over and over again?

no idea! i just thought it was unbelievable imagery.

 

[Valerie]

It was only split seconds with the video slowed down...Cool!

 

[Valerie]

The time is across the bottom...

 

[Sarah G]

This is majorly cool

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The Birth of A Lightning Bolt

It is very cool. I heard before that it builds from the ground up but that didn't look like it. I've never seen lightning strikes like that.

 

[jillian]

It was only split seconds with the video slowed down...Cool!

It's slowed down 300 times.

 

[Immanuel]

This is majorly cool

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The Birth of A Lightning Bolt

It is very cool. I heard before that it builds from the ground up but that didn't look like it. I've never seen lightning strikes like that.

If you want, watch it again and concentrate on the one in the middle. It does move upwards.

Immie

 

[Baruch Menachem]

Electrical energy moves from the negative to the positive, a lesson all of us should follow in our own lives.

Thomas Cringley

 

[Mr. H.]

Neato!

I wonder what the lightning was striking over and over again?

A salesman?

 

[Madeline]

That was way cool. Thankies, Jillian.

 

[syrenn]

Very cool!

 

[jillian]

Very cool!

you find some very cool stuff on twitter.

props to gizmodo.

 

[daveman]

Neato!

I wonder what the lightning was striking over and over again?

It's off the ground, so probably an antenna mast.

Way cool vid. Thanks for posting it, jillian.