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Subject: Lightning Strike - Too close for for comfort

jcpowell opened this issue on Jun 29, 2009 · 7 posts
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jcpowell ( ) posted Mon, 29 June 2009 at 10:57 AM · edited Sun, 22 March 2026 at 6:36 AM

Earlier this week, I captured some video during a nasty thunderstorm with my Sony H50.

You can view the video here: www.flickr.com/photos/32478833@N07/3671450821/

Here are 2 screen captures from the video which show the bolt or arc of lightning

Cool huh...but scary at the same time knowing just how close it was.

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Eutopia ( ) posted Mon, 29 June 2009 at 11:12 AM

That's just freaky!!!
We've had a few close calls here in South Africa as well - makes your hair stand on end!!!

flavia49 ( ) posted Mon, 29 June 2009 at 3:41 PM

fantastic!!!!!

sandra46 ( ) posted Mon, 29 June 2009 at 10:31 PM

superlative capture, but very, very scary!

kgb224 ( ) posted Wed, 01 July 2009 at 4:50 AM

Super scary capture.

TomDart ( ) posted Sun, 19 July 2009 at 6:59 PM

I missed this thread...yes, scary for certain but glad to have the photo, too.

3DGuy ( ) posted Wed, 29 July 2009 at 7:02 PM

Doesn't look like a strike. It's either a lens reflection of one further away or it's just a starting tendril of a discharge that didn't complete. If a strike were to occur that close the sound would be deafening and coincide with the flash.

just FYI: the flashy part of a lightning strike builds upwards. Smaller charges flood into a big central one, just like small streams flow into a bigger river.

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