Lightning in Super Slow Motion

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
  • 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.

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  • @AlexanderosD
    @AlexanderosD 4 роки тому +4119

    "The sky reaches for the earth. And the earth responds 'here I am'"

    • @woodonfire7406
      @woodonfire7406 3 роки тому +168

      Sounds something what a God would say

    • @Benn61
      @Benn61 3 роки тому +126

      @@woodonfire7406 Job 38:35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?

    • @MrGoatflakes
      @MrGoatflakes 3 роки тому +42

      "and ayeeeeeye will always love yoooouuuui!"

    • @yaboi7034
      @yaboi7034 3 роки тому +3

      Oh wow! I didn’t know that could happen!
      I never heard it. I’m deaf and blind! Thanks for your contribution!

    • @fruitbouquet5479
      @fruitbouquet5479 3 роки тому +1

      More like “PEEK-A-BOO”

  • @johnprudent3216
    @johnprudent3216 4 роки тому +93

    I remember seeing this on cable. It made me love lightning even terrifying as it can be.

  • @billybob-jp7eh
    @billybob-jp7eh Рік тому

    Took lsd in the early 90s , saw a lighting strike on marshland in suffolk england. I saw the lightning reach up from the ground.kept that to myself and seeing this video just made my day and will probably give me a flashback later😂

  • @idreadFell365
    @idreadFell365 3 роки тому

    Last night I asked my mother if she got zapped, she laughed and said she was soo scared she actually started running. I heard a loud thunder rumble right after seeing a flash of light from the window and that widow was covered by curtains.

  • @liaminelli9085
    @liaminelli9085 2 роки тому

    I find it so incredibly fascinating that these all come back to the similar patterns of neurons in our brain , or veins in our lungs. All signs of extraordinary powers behind life.

    • @Kkbleeblob
      @Kkbleeblob 2 роки тому

      or maybe it’s just an efficient shape lmao

  • @chamilsantos4319
    @chamilsantos4319 2 роки тому

    Amazing how we have this technology ( super slow motion in phone now)

  • @LionsInBoots
    @LionsInBoots 2 роки тому

    So you‘re telling me that one time lightning struck like 5 feet away from me, if the pathing was just a tiny bit different it would‘ve hit me first and I‘d‘ve gotten struck? Neat.

  • @kevinsayce6282
    @kevinsayce6282 10 років тому +12

    Questions:
    >WHY does the Step leader travel TOWARDS the ground???
    >Does gravity play a part in bending electrical charged atoms?
    >Why can't the worlds intellect combine to produce an effective way to harnish this momentary power source to direct it deliberately away from doing damage to store for the future of mankind?

    • @johnjohns9175
      @johnjohns9175 10 років тому +8

      1 idk
      2 no it just needs Power
      3. Ughhh

    • @Duuuuuuuke
      @Duuuuuuuke 10 років тому +9

      Because not everyone thinks like scientists. People are selfish and everything runs on business and politics. You would probably be seen as a communist by the less intelligent people, who also happen to run the world.

    • @nichegoseberazdvatri
      @nichegoseberazdvatri 10 років тому

      suppose there is something to drive away the first charge, but what will happen if that charge goes back up to the source (clouds), and hits the cloud, then comes back stronger, we could possible face a more dangerous charge, no?

    • @VanillaSnake21
      @VanillaSnake21 10 років тому +1

      I'm not exactly sure this is correct but I think the step leader doesn't just randomly "look" for ground, the path that it travels is already there, just invisibly so in ionic concentrations. So probably before it even leaves the cloud it already "feels" the point on the ground that it will hit because a channel already exists. On the way down it draws out the branches that don't lead anywhere. Second question, gravity _could_ play a role in bending charged particles but a very negligible one, gravity is actually incredibly weak when compared to electro-magnetic force. And for the last one, there are ways to divert the lightning and they are used when needed, such as around weather stations, antennas etc where a lighthing strike would do damage. But I don't think we need to capture it as electricity is not in shortage, while a lighthing strike is extremely powerful our modern electrical stations can probably produce the same current in under a second.

    • @kitsuneyoukai5560
      @kitsuneyoukai5560 10 років тому +5

      nichegoseberazdvatri
      The "step-leader" can´t travel back into the cloud.
      Because the Cloud (if it is about to shoot lightning) has an static elelectric field and the step leader consists out of pure electrons.
      So both the cloud and the step leader have negative charges which pushes them away from each other (which is why a "step-leader" comes out in the first place), exactly like when you try to put two magnets with both negative poles together.
      And the only reason why the step leader and the lightning bolt don´t directly shoot to the ground is because if an electron flys through the Air it heats up the Air to at least 3.000 C [even more depending on it´s power]
      When this happens the heated air works as a "bridge" to the ground.
      And as we all know hot air surges up, thus it takes the "bridge" upward, too.
      I hope my comment could help and I didn´t sounded too much like a smartass :P

  • @VirtualPilotOfficial
    @VirtualPilotOfficial 2 роки тому

    What i can remember about this is ... HE STILL USES WINDOWS 95 . What a pro

  • @Rising_Pho3nix_23
    @Rising_Pho3nix_23 2 роки тому

    A 10 second loop, a function that detects a change in lux and stores that loop onto the SD card, erases the cache and loops again. No more "fishing"

  • @bennyblunto973
    @bennyblunto973 2 роки тому

    Someone just went super saiyan over there

  • @jarlivwilmerus8353
    @jarlivwilmerus8353 2 роки тому

    Well this reminds me one time when lightning stroke so fricking close to me

  • @kiritosintern
    @kiritosintern 2 роки тому

    Look at all these titans transforming

  • @MetallF
    @MetallF 9 років тому +12

    2:33 not cleaning lenses properly...

  • @matthewstearns289
    @matthewstearns289 Рік тому

    Sounds like a good way to change a very strong battery.

  • @bobbieolsen7264
    @bobbieolsen7264 2 роки тому

    I’d like to get paid to watch lightning!

  • @MeVMachine
    @MeVMachine Рік тому

    Good camera that records at 480p

  • @koreishite
    @koreishite 2 роки тому

    I also heard that there are Lightning’s that travel from the earth above

  • @theoverseer393
    @theoverseer393 2 роки тому

    11 years ago, wow.

  • @rando5278
    @rando5278 2 роки тому

    I'm just waiting for earth to become uninhabitable within my life time,...

  • @magicmanscott40k
    @magicmanscott40k 3 роки тому +4692

    Seeing it "search" like that while in the cloud is creepy. I always assumed lighting is a single bolt. Seeing it wiggile like that freaks me out a bit

    • @magicmanscott40k
      @magicmanscott40k 3 роки тому +7

      @@ker0356 that would be cool

    • @tatotaytoman5934
      @tatotaytoman5934 3 роки тому +179

      @@ker0356 its trying to strike you but its blind

    • @puppy6646
      @puppy6646 3 роки тому +19

      @@ker0356 Quantum physics.

    • @morpher44
      @morpher44 3 роки тому +143

      there is an easy experiment we can perform to see if lightning is intelligent. Here, you hold this kite string, and I'll take notes under this pointy metalic looking tree.

    • @dorjanhajdari2670
      @dorjanhajdari2670 3 роки тому +89

      I always assumed it took the path of least resistance. But didn't really think about how it would find that path.

  • @necromancerxel7019
    @necromancerxel7019 3 роки тому +2647

    Imagine if the step leader was that slow in real life while the actual discharge was still at a blinding flash of speed. It would be beautiful

    • @emma-
      @emma- 2 роки тому +292

      Imagine the sense of dread as one appears directly above you.

    • @maxpayne69.
      @maxpayne69. 2 роки тому +59

      @@emma- holy shit! That’s a damn unnerving idea ! 🙇🏻‍♂️😅

    • @phoebusapollo8365
      @phoebusapollo8365 2 роки тому +29

      @@emma- *run.*

    • @tcistrash9911
      @tcistrash9911 2 роки тому +52

      @@phoebusapollo8365 casually running at 200mph

    • @mexitalican99
      @mexitalican99 2 роки тому +42

      It'd be even more terrifying if the step leader started following you to your house.

  • @mikerathbun6442
    @mikerathbun6442 5 років тому +3065

    You really can't enjoy watching a storm without the lightning, at sunset during a summer storm watching the lightning light up the inside of the clouds, better than any fireworks show

    • @1000CalorieSnackPack
      @1000CalorieSnackPack 5 років тому +59

      One of the main reasons I love Colorado. The storms out here are incredible, and every summer, the lightning that you described is absolutely worth grabbing a chair, a beer, and watching the show. Nothing puts into perspective the power of mother nature like a high-altitude lightning storm.

    • @hamusapphire2201
      @hamusapphire2201 5 років тому +29

      Yeah lighting is much more beautiful than the freaking fireworks..idk why but the firework making my ear hurt more than when lighting strike ..

    • @LymezoidBeats
      @LymezoidBeats 5 років тому +18

      Also, if you live in a High-Lightning strike zone, then watch as your neighbors' tree gets struck.

    • @hamusapphire2201
      @hamusapphire2201 5 років тому +5

      @@LymezoidBeats lol

    • @LymezoidBeats
      @LymezoidBeats 5 років тому +12

      @@hamusapphire2201 Like the neighborhood behind my house has been struck MULTIPLE times in the SAME storm, and in different storms.

  • @DrMerle-gw4wj
    @DrMerle-gw4wj 3 роки тому +1837

    A lightening strike at a distance is most beautiful when seen from the air. As I returned from a cross country flight done as part of private pilot training and my home rural airfield and its pattern were in sight I saw a strike from a cloud to the ground in the distance. It was clear enough that I could see the entire bolt and it was one of the most impressive phenomena I have had the pleasure of seeing while doing light plane flying.

  • @alouisschafer7212
    @alouisschafer7212 3 роки тому +144

    Lightning is the most amazing and scary thing there is. There is no other discharge with such power and voltage levels.

    • @HeinRichKocHPretoria
      @HeinRichKocHPretoria 2 роки тому +2

      South Africa's Escom should find a way to capture lightning; electricity for everybody for ever.

    • @450clancy6
      @450clancy6 2 роки тому +2

      There is and it is your mum's

    • @ThorOdinson1269
      @ThorOdinson1269 2 роки тому +1

      @@450clancy6 Ew, post taco bell discharge

    • @kashierr
      @kashierr 2 роки тому +1

      @@HeinRichKocHPretoria there is it’s called “energy” this is available to anyone it’s called frequency

    • @granite676
      @granite676 Рік тому

      Unfettered 'energy' ie lightning can rise to millions of volts because it's not restricted by anything just like a dead short in a 400kv substation to earth.

  • @themadgamer1122
    @themadgamer1122 4 роки тому +920

    The "step leader" looks like an algorithm to find the ground

    • @everready19373
      @everready19373 3 роки тому +18

      Isn't is a fractal?

    • @billdberger7407
      @billdberger7407 3 роки тому +33

      Algorithms are the simulacra not the other way around

    • @MadScientist267
      @MadScientist267 3 роки тому +5

      The dynamics of a lightning strike could never be explained that elegantly 🤣

    • @billdberger7407
      @billdberger7407 3 роки тому +31

      @@MadScientist267 I don't think there is anything elegant about algorithms, just the opposite. Nature is elegant, the brain is elegant whereas an algorithm to recognize faces is brute force digital computation.

    • @MadScientist267
      @MadScientist267 3 роки тому +22

      @@billdberger7407 Hate to say it but there's nothing elegant about a lightning strike. That's more pissed off electrons trying to get from one place to another, a really good distance apart at that, *NOW*
      It may be efficient, beautiful, mesmerising, potent, spontaneous, bright, loud, violent... Probably a few others that aren't immediately coming to mind... But elegant isn't on my list.
      It is however, far as I'm concerned, nature's most impressive "single" release of energy on this planet, I can absolutely give it that.

  • @midnyte_ryder
    @midnyte_ryder 4 роки тому +2469

    That explains why you get the buzzing feeling when there’s about to be a strike near you. If you are outside in a storm and feel that “static” feeling there’s about to be a hit near you.

    • @treviita4824
      @treviita4824 3 роки тому +32

      how does it explain?

    • @BrianatorFTW
      @BrianatorFTW 3 роки тому +231

      you ever rub a balloon through your hair, or at least seen someone with long hair have it done to them? if it happened to you did it have a peculiar feeling around your head and the balloon and/or if you did it to someone else noticed the hair reach for the balloon?
      This is a static difference in charge, and that feeling is it being attracted to each other and reaching out, as you may imagine that is near literally nothing compared to lightning and the great imbalance of charge involved
      Basically the same feeling of being attracted to the air around you and the tingling from electric charges reaching out (remember, at least a good portion of nerve commutation to brain is electrical in nature) happens near where lightning will strike as the negative charge of the clouds starts reaching for the grounds positive charge, and that positive charge may "decide" to choose you as part of the path

    • @marbanak
      @marbanak 3 роки тому +118

      Or maybe a HIT is about to happen ON you. Really.

    • @FRGBlackBurn
      @FRGBlackBurn 3 роки тому +130

      I can confirm the "static feeling", I almost got hit by lightning once, thankfully it hit a power pole instead.

    • @Steve211Ucdhihifvshi
      @Steve211Ucdhihifvshi 2 роки тому +119

      Exactly. I had one hit a tree next to me. Im talking split seconds before it happened all my hair on my arms stood up and skin went all goose bumpy then crack and the swearing started shortly after hahaha

  • @Xaeram
    @Xaeram 3 роки тому +568

    The Fact that this was 11 Years ago Really shows how Advanced We’ve Become Since. Now things Like Recording Slo-Mo Lightning can be Done on a Phone!

    • @thend4427
      @thend4427 2 роки тому +47

      If this was redone today it could be made even slower

    • @Steve211Ucdhihifvshi
      @Steve211Ucdhihifvshi 2 роки тому +15

      Well mate, youl never know till you drop dead and gamble with your eternal soul now will you. Dh

    • @gabrielmartinez4288
      @gabrielmartinez4288 2 роки тому +26

      @General Cham it’s been around thousands of years why would 11 years make it to away?

    • @fault.
      @fault. 2 роки тому +12

      The fact that the original comment was made 34 years ago that I’m replying to really shows how advanced we’ve become since. Now things like this recording Slo-Mo Lightning can be done not on a phone but on a banana!

    • @savary5050
      @savary5050 2 роки тому +6

      @@fault. monke

  • @Fourthslip
    @Fourthslip 5 років тому +1823

    And I watched it at .25x speed to get extra super slow motion🙃

    • @electromagneticscience1555
      @electromagneticscience1555 4 роки тому +13

      Same XD

    • @physicsguylikeskinematics777
      @physicsguylikeskinematics777 4 роки тому +35

      The Indian brain lol I don't know why even I got same idea to experience the doctor strange movie feeling you can see he is talking to that soul

    • @kesaya3806
      @kesaya3806 3 роки тому +5

      @@mikee5208 ikr, these people are so annoying

    • @BlazeYT_
      @BlazeYT_ 3 роки тому +2

      r/madlad

    • @clowshonen1229
      @clowshonen1229 3 роки тому +27

      It doesn't make it slower you only get to see the frames slower but the technical speed doesn't change.

  • @johnvanzoest4532
    @johnvanzoest4532 5 років тому +5141

    The way the lightning "investigates" the path to the ground seems almost sentient.

    • @tahunuva4254
      @tahunuva4254 5 років тому +475

      It's like an a* pathfinding algorithm

    • @hrgwea
      @hrgwea 5 років тому +625

      It's the same way water "investigates" a path through land, forming a river.

    • @nothingsurprisesmeanymore
      @nothingsurprisesmeanymore 5 років тому +488

      It's the same way I find my phone in the dark

    • @tahunuva4254
      @tahunuva4254 5 років тому +160

      @@hrgwea ehh, its a bit different. Rivers all flow into one main stream, while lightning "veins" out from a central source. You'll very rarely see rivers splitting like that

    • @hrgwea
      @hrgwea 5 років тому +181

      @Tahu Nuva, the river is the result after the water already found the path of least resistance. You rarely see a lighting splitting in two, because that requires that two paths are found.
      So, the two processes are identical, the only difference is the speed at which they occur.

  • @pokemonitishere202
    @pokemonitishere202 2 роки тому +31

    0:06 now I know from where dragon Ball Z got those mega kick sounds.

  • @04dram04
    @04dram04 3 роки тому +1569

    Incredible. Looks just like blood viens, nervous system, plants roots, ect. As above, SO below.

    • @darthwisetheplagueis5869
      @darthwisetheplagueis5869 2 роки тому +21

      Huh.

    • @guysmiley515
      @guysmiley515 2 роки тому +62

      Damn.I never thought of it like that.Youre Right 👍

    • @jupiterr9892
      @jupiterr9892 2 роки тому +78

      @04dram04 💯💯💯 true! I think it's maybe because everything is made by the same guy.. there seems to be patterns in everything..even space just my opinion not forcing this on anyone ✌️😘

    • @guysmiley515
      @guysmiley515 2 роки тому +19

      @@jupiterr9892 it makes sense really

    • @g.i.4144
      @g.i.4144 2 роки тому +29

      Yep that’s exactly what I was likening it to... it’s got to be all the same intelligence behind this extraordinary reality

  • @F.B.I.gov.
    @F.B.I.gov. 2 роки тому +62

    Funfact: *If the lighting is going to strike you then you will get goosebumps and every hair on your will stand before it hits you.*
    This happened to me once while I was in a car.Thankfully it hit a few meters away from me

    • @comptech5240
      @comptech5240 2 роки тому +17

      It's due to to the positive streamers discharging or rather attracting the negatively charged lightning towards itself. So, as the video showed positive streamers rising from the ground, if you are around it, your hair tends to have that static electricity which attracts itself towards the lightning.

    • @mistercointreau5247
      @mistercointreau5247 Рік тому +5

      It was the loudest thing you've ever heard right? BANG! (I have been close to a lightening strike myself).

    • @nesletchimaew9209
      @nesletchimaew9209 6 місяців тому

      I once heared the loudest bang ever then everything went white. I was temporarily blinded. Since sound travels slowly i would have noticed a delay even if it was just 100 yards away. How I didn't get struck, i have no idea. Was it a streamer that blinded me? Who knows. I didn't get goosebumps because i was riding my bicycle downhill at 55mph with just a shirt on

  • @John_Honai
    @John_Honai 5 років тому +1369

    2:33 You didn't wipe the third camera. Don't you love it?

    • @chilling_at_pontiff
      @chilling_at_pontiff 5 років тому +3

      Q

    • @happycamper7859
      @happycamper7859 5 років тому +4

      harry camper. tent camper? rv? state parks? wilderness? bigfoot stories LOL?

    • @Kokobonkers
      @Kokobonkers 5 років тому +29

      No need to wipe 3rd camera, it’s so far back dust dirt and grime doesn’t really hit it.

    • @meghanachauhan9380
      @meghanachauhan9380 5 років тому +20

      Poor Lil third camera

    • @abe7774
      @abe7774 4 роки тому +16

      Legend has it, he's still looking for the mop to wipe the third camera down.

  • @michaelbrinks8089
    @michaelbrinks8089 3 роки тому +572

    I never knew or heard of the positive streamers lightning makes from the ground.

    • @barneymm2204
      @barneymm2204 3 роки тому +12

      St. Elmo's Fire.

    • @kimm6589
      @kimm6589 2 роки тому +7

      It's just ions and moving electrons. Simple chemistry.

    • @elizabethdiane3679
      @elizabethdiane3679 2 роки тому

      Yes they have low clouds with purple flashes and then it rains like hell lol

    • @SS-gt8sy
      @SS-gt8sy 2 роки тому +4

      Imagine if it was slow in real life if you are gonna get hit by lightning you will see a +ive stream on you head lol
      And that's when you know you are fkd

    • @Rahulchoudhary-xb4wm
      @Rahulchoudhary-xb4wm 2 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/jpGqPKSuGGA/v-deo.html go

  • @mishie618
    @mishie618 2 роки тому +29

    The feelers that come out of the ground, looking to connect with the bolt, are to me the most amazing thing. Because I doubt many of us not in this field of work, were aware that this is how lightning makes contact with objects on the ground or in the sky. It was awesome to see several of them still sticking out of the ground, even after the lightning from the cloud had already made a connection. They looked Almost like electrical garden eels!! Amazing!!

  • @gregorytoddsmith9744
    @gregorytoddsmith9744 5 років тому +1908

    I had a positive streamer come up through me once. The brilliant blue flowed out of my hand and into a truck I was next to. Every muscle in that arm contracted instantly and painfully. The main bolt arced over head and hit the ground. I told the ER physician how lucky I felt to have survived and for a split second was PLASMA MAN!

    • @humanbeing1429
      @humanbeing1429 5 років тому +279

      That must have been an amazing experience to see the charge blasting out of your arm. Lucky you escaped the other one coming from above.

    • @electronresonator8882
      @electronresonator8882 5 років тому +269

      did you gain super power from that? did your brain becomes a super computer?

    • @walenfesata
      @walenfesata 5 років тому +70

      The film was true, someone can hold a flow of electricity.

    • @walenfesata
      @walenfesata 5 років тому +82

      Did you get refreshed after that strike?

    • @knightrider697
      @knightrider697 5 років тому +77

      This has to be brain destroying. How could you mentally survive to such noise/light? Do you feel ok?

  • @Knuckx117
    @Knuckx117 5 років тому +465

    I remember watching this series as a kid and being fascinated by all the stuff our planet is capable of. Volcanoes, Hurricanes, Lightning, Tornadoes, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Floods... those are the VHS tapes I had...

    • @gh00stie62
      @gh00stie62 5 років тому +10

      I'm still fascinated. Netflix has a bunch of great documentaries about this kind of stuff available now

    • @guythatlikesbananas6293
      @guythatlikesbananas6293 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/avFP67EIYvo/v-deo.html

    • @weneedmoreconsideratepeopl4006
      @weneedmoreconsideratepeopl4006 3 роки тому +5

      You're so lucky 😭 I wanna see it but they don't even teach these in school. Nature is so amazing...

    • @artsmith103
      @artsmith103 3 роки тому +1

      All of that but the climate should never change :-(

    • @SharonDraws
      @SharonDraws 3 роки тому

      100th like

  • @rvstynumber77
    @rvstynumber77 2 роки тому +170

    I love how discovery channels have the sheer power to just turn almost anything into a horror film
    This is just.....beautifully terrifying ♡

    • @Maraien
      @Maraien 2 роки тому +1

      How's your relationship with your father

    • @drbright10
      @drbright10 2 роки тому +1

      @@Maraien they don’t got one lmao

    • @Maraien
      @Maraien 2 роки тому +1

      ​@@drbright10 Hello? This is the based department. We just wanted to tell you that we're impressed with your work.

    • @rvstynumber77
      @rvstynumber77 2 роки тому +2

      @@Maraien dear god 😭💀

    • @amreliah7118
      @amreliah7118 2 роки тому +1

      😭😭😭

  • @AngryKittens
    @AngryKittens 9 років тому +193

    It's like the sky gropes down and says "ground, still there?". And ground says "yep!" And they hold hands. Awww.

  • @vindoodles7346
    @vindoodles7346 10 років тому +796

    And that, friends, is why you don't stand under a tree in lightning.

    • @Chiz1992
      @Chiz1992 9 років тому +21

      Maybe I'm missing something here but to my knowledge, if you're the best choice for the lightning e.g. a golfer in a barren golf course, it will go for you.
      So why would standing under a tree be bad if it then goes for the tree and discharges into the ground?

    • @nlo114
      @nlo114 5 років тому +152

      @@Chiz1992 The lightning charge travels down the tree and boils the sap. The instant steam causes the tree-trunk to explode, sending large chunks of wood in all directions. Once the ionised path is established but the tree is removed, the 'shelterer' becomes the next conductive object that takes the charge. Alternatively, the tree sap boils away, the wood resistance rises, then the charge jumps out of the side of the tree and heads for the nearest grounded object - the sheltering golfer. In through the head, out through the feet, bang you're dead!

    • @GrrMeister
      @GrrMeister 5 років тому +5

      *In case it gets **_Struck_** & the Branches fall on you ?*

    • @chicken_nugget5438
      @chicken_nugget5438 5 років тому +4

      WOAH HOLY CRAP DUDE OMG I DIDNT KNWOW WJ OFDNdniaw

    • @GrrMeister
      @GrrMeister 5 років тому +14

      @phuc ewe *Not Hurt - Killed !*

  • @universalpatriot4481
    @universalpatriot4481 3 роки тому +18

    Use me as the “If only this were in a higher resolution” button

  • @TNT-ml1ll
    @TNT-ml1ll 5 років тому +466

    That dude had slow-mo camera 9 years back..
    *The Slow mo guys* left the chat

    • @kennethstory1722
      @kennethstory1722 4 роки тому +2

      All l knows is lightning is wild and crazy it will kill you and leave you dry...

    • @glassmanorangjitra
      @glassmanorangjitra 4 роки тому +3

      I had lightning struck 50 feet or a bit more away from me... the sound alone scared the beejeepers out of little 10 year old me!.... LOL

    • @guythatlikesbananas6293
      @guythatlikesbananas6293 3 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/avFP67EIYvo/v-deo.html

    • @DJAYPAZ
      @DJAYPAZ 3 роки тому +5

      High speed cameras have been around for decades. Before videos system could perform fast enough, researchers used high speed film cameras to record events for later analysis in slow motion.

    • @charlesmckinley29
      @charlesmckinley29 3 роки тому

      He had a government research budget to pay for them too.

  • @aserodriguez1425
    @aserodriguez1425 3 роки тому +386

    God it's so beautiful. I can totally see how our ancestors thought it was the Gods I mean how else can you explain such beauty and endless power

    • @Xoloz
      @Xoloz 3 роки тому +14

      Clouds things going so fast that they can make electricity and then turning it into lightning i think it’s called science

    • @rajeevm1989
      @rajeevm1989 3 роки тому +26

      This video literally explains it

    • @Ken-ru6or
      @Ken-ru6or 3 роки тому +66

      @@Xolozthe scientific method didn't exist until the 1500s.
      also that is the most elementary, stupidest explanation of lightning I've ever heard. you should delete your comment it's pretty embarrassing tbh

    • @Xoloz
      @Xoloz 3 роки тому +5

      @@Ken-ru6or yo ken it’s supposed to sound stupid don’t you think everybody knows how lightning is conducted my guy it’s called sarcasm

    • @user400
      @user400 3 роки тому +4

      @@rajeevm1989 rhetoric question

  • @notyou1877
    @notyou1877 3 роки тому +314

    Now, the super rare ground to cloud strikes are captured on video. I find those even more fascinating. Planetary scale voltage adjustment taking place.

    • @notyou1877
      @notyou1877 3 роки тому +11

      @@1000-THR no.
      Lightning is just the visual element of current flow. Current flows from higher potential to the lower potential. Let's just assume that electrons carry the charge. The positive hole theory adopted by the US military is only confusing the issue here for time being. The current flows through space all the way from the Sun following the lines of flux. Birkland current is it's name. The entire universe is run like this. The best way to spot the upward current path is by observing the branching of the lightning leaders. The main charge comes from one source and dissipate over distance.

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 2 роки тому +4

      @@1000-THR Why do people think lightning comes from the ground?
      I'll never understand it and this is not the first time I have heard it.

    • @fallen5983
      @fallen5983 2 роки тому +10

      @@1000-THR bruh did you even watch the video? it literally shows lightning going from the cloud to the ground

    • @SeaCryptWeave
      @SeaCryptWeave 2 роки тому +6

      @@JonatasAdoM theres a photo of it coming from the ground.. its like the strike is magnetically pulling it from the earth. and the tallest/easiest one pulled from the earth meets the one from the sky for the exchange

    • @gorgit
      @gorgit Рік тому +2

      ​@@JonatasAdoM the lightning from the sky searches the path of least resistance. Once it comes close to the ground, positive charges are pulled by the extreme potential towards the lightning branches, creating a small lightning like branch coming from the gorund. The first two that connect, create a circuit and the whole charge discharges through that line in almost an instant.

  • @bassfishingwiththeantichri2921
    @bassfishingwiththeantichri2921 4 роки тому +62

    When you film at night with a GoPro and lightning strikes, the still photo just looks like you took a photo during the day.

  • @zinzolin14
    @zinzolin14 2 роки тому +46

    It's amazing, how branched out lightning really is, though we usually only notice the single bolt.

  • @oBseSsIoNPC
    @oBseSsIoNPC 10 років тому +392

    talking about frequency, Tesla had that suspicion 100 years ago. Glad we figured it out now.

    • @dragonlover7196
      @dragonlover7196 10 років тому +79

      I KNOW. Gosh, the things he would discover if he could work with the current technology and resources of the 21st century. His research far exceeded that of his time, I would have loved to have a conversation with him. It would be quite fascinating.

    • @krisztianszirtes5414
      @krisztianszirtes5414 10 років тому +8

      *****
      If you watch the series Warehouse 13, you can understand why it is about Tesla a lot of times, he was a genius :)

    • @kitsuneyoukai5560
      @kitsuneyoukai5560 10 років тому +7

      Krisztián Szirtes
      I tried wathing that series, but I imetiatly stopped watching when I saw a katana that makes his wearer invisible by guiding the photons around him through it´s sharp blade.
      When I saw that i thought: "Nope, i am outta here"

    • @surfinmuso37
      @surfinmuso37 5 років тому +14

      just shows that science is not the search of truth as they would have us believe.

    • @dorakemba2899
      @dorakemba2899 5 років тому +20

      @@krisztianszirtes5414 He was one of a kind.
      After he died the american government took over his entire work and went trough all his stuff. Just to make sure that everything he was working on could not be a _threat_ when in hands if _enemies._ A guy who went through his stuff; Trumps relative.
      Now, _if_ they found something - would the government really tell that...?
      You know, Teslas mind must have been beyond genius, when a government feard that some of his ideas could end up in other hands and built a threat.
      Tesla was talking about wirless energy in times when such things as smarthphones and wifi did not exist. His imagination from back then is today reality. Tesla was mentally already in 2019; if not even further.

  • @farruhjont8168
    @farruhjont8168 5 років тому +955

    UA-cam recommendations brought me here. After 9 years.

    • @hackerino9707
      @hackerino9707 5 років тому +19

      I don't fuckin care bitch

    • @HumanBeing...
      @HumanBeing... 5 років тому +2

      hi.

    • @Reywalker786
      @Reywalker786 5 років тому +5

      Same!

    • @fakebritishpride2091
      @fakebritishpride2091 5 років тому +2

      We should use the femto camera developed by ravi shankar it can captyre lightining's movement at the speed of light that is trillion frames per second🤔🤔

    • @BrianAndersonTT
      @BrianAndersonTT 5 років тому

      Humans breathe air.

  • @regmik
    @regmik 3 роки тому +23

    The best lightning show I ever saw was on a plane flying high above the clouds over the Pacific in the inky black night looking down on a reticulate network of charged fractals crisscrossing across my entire field of view.

    • @zakaria4202
      @zakaria4202 2 роки тому +5

      All fun and games until that bad boy slithers to your plane!

    • @Odysseus_Petrichor
      @Odysseus_Petrichor 2 роки тому

      @@zakaria4202 don't worry tho, since airplanes are designed to handle lighting strikes, lightings won't have any effect on the plane, plus the plane is flying above the clouds which the lightings most likely can't strike, that's why pilots tend to go up above the clouds rather than lowering down the plane when there's a storm

    • @iwatchwithnoads7480
      @iwatchwithnoads7480 2 роки тому

      @@Odysseus_Petrichor you're right about not being in danger above the clouds.
      But don't think lightning can't do damage planes because "it's designed to handle". That shows lack of understanding on the linearizations and approximations we do, and underestimating nature

  • @d74g0n
    @d74g0n 9 років тому +541

    2:44 begins the money shots.

    • @michaelking4578
      @michaelking4578 5 років тому +2

      Thank you friend. I will subscribe to you for that excellent tip. Subscribed.

    • @VeryMurica
      @VeryMurica 5 років тому

      @@michaelking4578 ua-cam.com/video/qQKhIK4pvYo/v-deo.html

    • @2470427
      @2470427 5 років тому +2

      Good shit boss lol

    • @mizzury54
      @mizzury54 5 років тому +3

      Yeah let's skip the interesting part because we don't have 2:43 to spare to learn something. Congratulations on your 97 likes as of now.

    • @eustaceomalley6071
      @eustaceomalley6071 5 років тому +1

      needs more upvotes

  • @TreasuredHarte
    @TreasuredHarte 5 років тому +152

    Super slow and the lightning is still quick

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape 3 роки тому +4

      Funny thing is they wasted all that time and money with expensive slowmo cams when just setting a dim exposure and leaving the shutter open on the DSLR does the exact same thing. It's easy to interpret from a still image too based on structure and brightnesses so this experiment yields no additional useful info.

    • @salsamancer
      @salsamancer 3 роки тому +8

      @@kishascape listen man, the dude is spending his evenings taking pictures of lightning, give him a break. Let him have this 😂

    • @memyself2630
      @memyself2630 3 роки тому +1

      @@salsamancer lol

    • @mikethespike056
      @mikethespike056 3 роки тому

      @@kishascape no encuentro fallas en tu lógica lmao
      it looks better on video though 🧐

  • @EmilyTienne
    @EmilyTienne 2 роки тому +14

    Lighting, though pretty common, always amazes me. The step leaders phenomenon is just astonishing. Seeing charges grow out of the tops of trees and telephone poles, as if saying, “here, over here! Choose me!”

  • @b3j8
    @b3j8 5 років тому +24

    What I've seen working outdoors is lightning DOES NOT always strike the tallest object. It picks the best path, and many times multiple paths, to ground! Beautiful but lethal and scary at the same time!

    • @AuroraBoarder1
      @AuroraBoarder1 5 років тому +1

      "Lighting DOES NOT always strike the tallest object." I know that for a fact! Riverside CA rarely gets thunderstorms, and the ones they get are real miniscule. Once, when it was just overcast, a guy was walking along a low point when a bolt of lightning struck the ground, missing him by 10 feet! This, in spite of a bunch of palm trees in the area, plus a 200 foot hill! The poor guy went into shock!

  • @muzidladla5128
    @muzidladla5128 3 роки тому +6

    the good stuff starts from 2:45

  • @dragulia_venaro
    @dragulia_venaro 2 роки тому +12

    Nikon be like : “Yeah, that's our cam”

  • @unfortunaterabbit5900
    @unfortunaterabbit5900 3 роки тому +50

    Hood: "Chief, mind telling me why you're on TV?"
    Chief: "Sir, watching lightning in slow motion."

  • @Whisperedmax
    @Whisperedmax 9 років тому +170

    2:47 OHH it's like a race...who ever gets to the ground first.....WINS

    • @ZeroOskul
      @ZeroOskul 5 років тому +6

      It's the wave function and the collapse of the wave function, submicroscopic QM concepts occurring at macro scale.

    • @razony
      @razony 5 років тому +7

      Unless your standing at the spot it connects too. "Tag, your out! "

    • @gerryrockwell8758
      @gerryrockwell8758 5 років тому

      The path of least resistance applied here as well ?

    • @ZeroOskul
      @ZeroOskul 5 років тому +1

      Water slows light by 75%, so we can assume that the gamma photons are trying to follow the path with least water.
      Of course the lightning goes faster than the water can fall so it only has to worry about where water is in its path as no water is going to fall into the lightning as it traces its way down and flashes.

    • @razony
      @razony 5 років тому

      @@ZeroOskul No wonder why the Desert Southwest lightning displays are so Incredible!

  • @definitelymdt
    @definitelymdt 3 роки тому +97

    Seeing lightning like that makes me think that this is just God playing Snake looking for apples.

    • @ChrisHurricane
      @ChrisHurricane 3 роки тому

      Hahahahaha

    • @libansheikh7067
      @libansheikh7067 3 роки тому +3

      And the thunder exalts [Allah] with praise of Him - and the angels [as well] from fear of Him - and He sends thunderbolts and strikes therewith whom He wills while they dispute about Allah ; and He is severe in assault.

    • @afiquacks1246
      @afiquacks1246 3 роки тому

      Your statement sounds atheist

    • @wdestroyer4981
      @wdestroyer4981 3 роки тому

      @@afiquacks1246 ok and?

    • @gwyneth8306
      @gwyneth8306 3 роки тому

      @@afiquacks1246 they're just making a harmless joke. your comment does not give your religion a good name, being so judgemental like that.

  • @MrHeems
    @MrHeems 10 років тому +100

    I saw this in real life a while back. I was standing on my front porch watching a storm and lightning happened to strike my neighbors fence right in the center of my field of vision. I saw a thin branch of lightning from the ground to the end of my field of vision, then the next instant it was as thick as a tree trunk and i almost jumped through my screen door.

    • @strikeout1991
      @strikeout1991 10 років тому +5

      I bet you got tone deaf for the next few hours, after that.

    • @MrHeems
      @MrHeems 10 років тому +29

      strikeout1991 Actually it didn't really hurt my ears, but I could see the photo negative of the bolt every time I closed my eyes for a long time.

    • @strikeout1991
      @strikeout1991 10 років тому +3

      MrHeems
      Oh damn, that must've been fucked up.

    • @aSStronaut111
      @aSStronaut111 10 років тому +3

      That must have been crazy dude i would have run into my house screaming lol

    • @dnssigns
      @dnssigns 9 років тому +23

      I saw it as well. Laying in a backpacking tent during an intense Florida thunderstorm. I had pulled my pack into the tent and it was just getting dark. I could feel the static building up and saw tiny purple blue sparks rising up off the metal rings on my pack for a couple of seconds before the main bolt hit a pine tree about 50 feet away. One of those talk to god moments where your cursing yourself for being out there in that situation and happy to live through it.

  • @eaterofthings
    @eaterofthings 3 роки тому +47

    Seeing the stepped leader climb down out of the cloud was almost therapeutic to watch. Such a beautiful scene! The music to accompany it was fantastic too! Even the sound of the thunder in slow motion was surprisingly nice to listen to.

    • @TheAcidicMolotov
      @TheAcidicMolotov 3 роки тому +4

      I wish I could view life like a book like this!

  • @atiseru
    @atiseru 9 років тому +16

    Wow lightning is pretty weird if you think about it, fucking millions of volts seemingly coming out of nowhere

    • @moises1moy
      @moises1moy 9 років тому +4

      It does come from somewhere. Unless you haven't passed the 6th grade then you should know.

    • @atiseru
      @atiseru 9 років тому +19

      moises1moy I obviously said "SEEMINGLY coming out of nowhere". Don't pull conclusions out of thin air my friend, it's not really nice

    • @Raidenzzz
      @Raidenzzz 9 років тому +4

      atiseru Shot fired

    • @bono95zg
      @bono95zg 9 років тому +1

      atiseru conclusions seemingly pulled out of nowhere xD

    • @machinescapes
      @machinescapes 9 років тому +1

      Bono Music You need a medal

  • @Dwegan2
    @Dwegan2 2 роки тому +24

    Not gonna lie, that “rare photograph” looks a lot like an anime battle

  • @jponz85
    @jponz85 3 роки тому +22

    Funny I remember experts were saying that lightning started from the ground upwards and this video just proved that it indeed does not do that. What a great video, I actually learned a lot, much more than school or anywhere else lol.

    • @ChaoticNeutralMatt
      @ChaoticNeutralMatt 2 роки тому +3

      I remember hearing about that. Also reminded of a movie..

    • @kashierr
      @kashierr 2 роки тому +1

      I think “they” meant there is some form of electrical energy that can emerge from the GROUND

    • @kashierr
      @kashierr 2 роки тому +1

      Just not exactly the same as thunder

    • @puppiekit
      @puppiekit 2 роки тому

      I mean it *can*, but it isn't nearly as common as cloud-to-ground lightning

  • @theawesomegamr
    @theawesomegamr 10 років тому +23

    2:44 that is just about the coolest thing ever ._.

  • @guyvanarsdall7686
    @guyvanarsdall7686 4 роки тому +23

    Happy New Year!!! Almost 11 years old and the is vid still amazes and educates!

  • @David-Field.Stuff01
    @David-Field.Stuff01 3 роки тому +15

    Very interesting. I particularly like the picture of the fence post emitting a positive charge as the lightning comes down. Was the post metal or was there something metsl underground?

  • @MrChildpoet
    @MrChildpoet 9 років тому +110

    I have loved lightning since I was a child-----some of my most happy moments were a night walking in the rain looking at the lightning-----the thunder used to frighten me---now at 80- years----I enjoy the lightning as well

    • @jasminewinterroseglein9293
      @jasminewinterroseglein9293 9 років тому +2

      It is fascinating but frightening too.

    • @paneesh
      @paneesh 9 років тому +1

      That is so cool! I loved it and was fascinated by it since I was a kid, now I'm 20 lol

    • @jendelreavis358
      @jendelreavis358 9 років тому +9

      Kenneth Griffith why the -strikethrough-

    • @Muzikrazy213
      @Muzikrazy213 9 років тому +1

      Paneesh, Who? :3 same. cept im 21. and never really got the chance to see much lightning growing up in the LA area

    • @paneesh
      @paneesh 9 років тому

      Muzikrazy213 Oh!

  • @paulnathanielsmith
    @paulnathanielsmith 10 років тому +31

    Those positive streamers are interesting

    • @thailander5572
      @thailander5572 3 роки тому

      not electron? negative?

    • @paulnathanielsmith
      @paulnathanielsmith 3 роки тому +2

      @@thailander5572 watch the video to understand positive and negative charges.

  • @meganm9488
    @meganm9488 5 років тому +11

    Whenever I hear this particular narrator's voice, I know I am about to learn something interesting.

    • @fantasyhaven3900
      @fantasyhaven3900 4 роки тому +3

      Right? Pitty that I can't remember his name 😥.

    • @blizzbee
      @blizzbee 4 роки тому +1

      His voice is one of my best sleeping pills.

  • @Yes-dc2gm
    @Yes-dc2gm 2 роки тому +3

    Everyone gangsta until a skyscraper-tall-big-ass muscular man pops up after the lightning strikes the ground

  • @oisinvg
    @oisinvg 9 років тому +11

    This is bloody amazing, the slow motion video of the step leader finding a charged area, and watching the pulses was amazing

  • @zoomkaboom1
    @zoomkaboom1 10 років тому +10

    God is AWESOME!!! :D

    • @MrGodofcar
      @MrGodofcar 3 роки тому

      F u god ain't real

    • @Benn61
      @Benn61 3 роки тому

      @@MrGodofcar i guess nothing exploded then, and made everything.

    • @MrGodofcar
      @MrGodofcar 3 роки тому

      @@Benn61 If that's what you believe, I'm sorry for you.

  • @jkitto2008
    @jkitto2008 2 роки тому +6

    Absolutely fascinating, like to see what they can do with the cameras now. ✌🏽✨

  • @jasmijnariel
    @jasmijnariel 3 роки тому +5

    1:47 is that lightning dancing!?

  • @JarodBillingslea
    @JarodBillingslea 10 років тому +10

    This lightning proves how much farther cameras need to be improved at capturing more frames per second. Good find.

  • @humanbeing1429
    @humanbeing1429 5 років тому +16

    Survivors of lightning strikes are walking miracles. After seeing this, I'm convinced that it is nothing short of a miracle.

    • @Brett_S_420
      @Brett_S_420 3 роки тому

      He wasn't hit by lightning, but look up this dude Frane Selak.
      Luckiest and unlickiest guy ever!
      Crazy stuff!

  • @rundakindistortion9615
    @rundakindistortion9615 3 роки тому +14

    after he said "pulses" i was like, "wait, this kinda sounds like aliens are coming down and sending very loud volts of energy to earth. to finish simulating"

  • @chaoticfloralarrangement8741
    @chaoticfloralarrangement8741 2 роки тому +7

    Anyone else in awe of this work of nature? It literally looks like tree roots. Nature is in tune with itself. That’s how I wanna be.

    • @unlimited8410
      @unlimited8410 Рік тому +1

      @@alicebowie9474 What are these but clear signs of God? Yet there are people who will look the other way

  • @moinshaikh1963
    @moinshaikh1963 2 роки тому +6

    It's 11 years later and I still find these recordings fascinating..!

  • @MISANTHROPE00
    @MISANTHROPE00 11 років тому +4

    0:36 wtf someone whispers "darkness"
    O__o

    • @ZeroOskul
      @ZeroOskul 5 років тому +2

      "Ooh! Darn it!"

  • @SilverWatcher.
    @SilverWatcher. 5 років тому +29

    Thank you so friggen much I dont often smile, but I was smiling ear to ear watching. 🤗✌🏻✌🏻🇺🇸

  • @whyitr1ot
    @whyitr1ot 9 років тому +9

    Slow motion: 1:13 You're welcome.

    • @XxShadowGTxX
      @XxShadowGTxX 9 років тому +5

      ***** 2:41 even more welcome!

  • @SpookyKabuki2.0
    @SpookyKabuki2.0 4 роки тому +8

    Beautiful phenomenon captured by the eye of the beholder...

  • @Saginaw72
    @Saginaw72 3 роки тому +4

    Seeing video and stills of lightning always leaves me astonished and with a question; why does lightning look so much like plant roots as it arcs across the sky?
    The structure of it in some ways also resemble veins or arteries in bodies. Any thoughts or theory about this feature of lightning?
    Anyway, great video and thanks for educating us.

    • @mraa9938
      @mraa9938 2 роки тому +1

      its basically like roots trying to find a water source, in this case, lightning is trying to find a ground

  • @SarahRWilson
    @SarahRWilson 5 років тому +18

    Imagine being able to harness that energy!

    • @walenfesata
      @walenfesata 5 років тому +3

      that would be satisfy moment..

    • @MikinessAnalog
      @MikinessAnalog 4 роки тому +1

      Even if we had the technology (not quite yet) it would be a cost prohibitive infrastructure & danger to air travel for all of the towers required, we still get more energy from the sun in an hour of daylight than we could use in a year. Lightning seems powerful (and it is, being hotter than the surface of the sun) but it just doesn't last long enough. Think a 60 watt light bulb plus 1 refrigerator powered just over a week from a typical single bolt.

    • @chronique86
      @chronique86 4 роки тому +6

      1.21 gigawatts?!?!?!?!

    • @cleitonfelipe2092
      @cleitonfelipe2092 4 роки тому

      Took the guy 2 years to film one lightning, how much time you think you will need to wait just to power your house for a day? And where will you store that burst of electricity without blowing everything up?

    • @cleitonfelipe2092
      @cleitonfelipe2092 4 роки тому

      @Drip4Sale Earth has 510 million quilometers squared of surface area, even if it was 8 million lightnings an hour, it's still not enough to become a viable option for energy

  • @robbiekamble2634
    @robbiekamble2634 5 років тому +6

    Grateful to all the scientists who are doing research on this lightning phenomenon to unravel the mysteries surrounding it.

  • @tajklair
    @tajklair 2 роки тому +3

    WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY
    -patrick

  • @BlackBeatxD
    @BlackBeatxD 9 років тому +14

    2:46 is... amazing.

  • @karunamajee7868
    @karunamajee7868 2 роки тому +2

    The 1.6k dislikes are who got struck by lightning 😂

    • @karunamajee7868
      @karunamajee7868 2 роки тому

      It's 11 years ago I wonder what will happen if it's recorded now

  • @certifiedjuicer6894
    @certifiedjuicer6894 5 років тому +44

    *2019 comments have entered the chat*

  • @turvoid1352
    @turvoid1352 5 років тому +5

    *Here to see a compilation*
    *Found a documentary film*
    _This is what happens in the episodes of yt recommendations_

  • @feeberizer
    @feeberizer 3 місяці тому +1

    My father, the physicist, and I politely argued as to which direction lightning travelled from sky-to-ground or ground-to-sky. It was years later when we found we were both correct.

  • @LaGuerre19
    @LaGuerre19 3 роки тому +4

    "anatomy of lightning" sounds like a prog-metal band with AT LEAST one Chapman stick player

  • @justindtackett
    @justindtackett 4 роки тому +4

    It’s just amazing that kind of power and charge exists within our atmosphere and all around us. The sky and clouds meet to form this larger than life electrical connection.

  • @mathkaro6211
    @mathkaro6211 11 місяців тому +5

    RJ sir gang🙋🏻🙋🏻

  • @jayaramvideos
    @jayaramvideos 4 роки тому +4

    This is really very interesting. It is very useful for understanding the phenomenon of lightning.

  • @benliu1556
    @benliu1556 10 років тому +7

    Could have been better at 25000 fps
    and if people say it isn't possible, then check out the slow mo guys

    • @GetRoasted1
      @GetRoasted1 10 років тому

      How about the one trillion frames per second camera? Im not sure if its actually real but look it up. You can capture light in slow motion.

    • @joshrussell90
      @joshrussell90 10 років тому +1

      GetRoasted1 Capture light on film? You mean light actually travelling? You do understand that to film something it relies on light being collected? You can't film it, only the things it interacts with.

    • @mbrazile1
      @mbrazile1 10 років тому

      Josh Russell you understand that the speed of light is finite right? So figure out how many miles light travels in one second. 186, 000 miles. Or 982, 080, 000 feet, or 11, 784, 960, 000 inches. Now divide the number of inches by the trillion frames. You could actually watch light travel at .25mm at a time per frame. Obviously you would only see the light do as it does once it has traveled whatever path it must to be reflected in your direction off of which ever object. The speed of light is fast, but very much a finite number.

    • @MatheusPratta
      @MatheusPratta 10 років тому

      GetRoasted1 if I remember well, this camera captured such high speed by sending a few pulses of light one after another, and then capturing in slow motion... Giving the impression of seeing a single pulse in very slow motion.

    • @mbrazile1
      @mbrazile1 10 років тому +2

      That must be the same NASA that refuses to admit the Apollo missions were ended early because there's really a highly advanced alien civilization living there.
      The speed of light is always said to travel at 186, 000 miles per second, which is the speed at which electromagnetic radiation travels at in a vacuum. Now, the speed at which light travels only changes when the medium that its traveling through changes, just like sound. Also, different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation travel through those different mediums at different speeds.
      The myth here is the alleged coverup of the true speed of light that you put forth. I don't doubt that NASA refuses to talk about it, because any legitimate scientist or organization does not even dignify conspiracy theories.

  • @GumbootZone
    @GumbootZone 5 років тому +8

    There is better video watching "The Slo Mo Guys". Called *"Lightning Strike at 103,000 FPS"*

  • @Juonsteel456
    @Juonsteel456 10 років тому +5

    very interesting something i should show my science teacher

    • @i_nameless_i-jgsdf
      @i_nameless_i-jgsdf 10 років тому

      lc1715 exactly my thought. Isn't like everyone who know how lightning works is some supernatural that could see it in slow-motion xD