John Nack on Adobe : Slow Motion Footage of Lightning Shot at 7,207 FPS

July 25, 2012

Amazing capture from Tom Warner:

Check out NASA’s Astronomy Site of the Day for more details. [Via]

Posted by John Nack at 8:08 AM on July 25, 2012

Richard Morey — 11:21 AM on July 25, 2012 Reply

Very cool!
Richard Morey — 11:25 AM on July 25, 2012 Reply

Wow! Very cool. I love that one bright flash that happens so quickly that no “motion” is captured even at such a high frame rate.
Allen Cobb — 10:05 PM on July 27, 2012 Reply

See also this longer one, at 9000 fps, also by Tom Warner — http://vimeo.com/45803576

The ancillary activity is incredible.
Mike McFarlane — 10:28 AM on July 28, 2012 Reply

Very beautiful. The way it seems to stay connected for ages at the end seems odd at first.