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That’s not animated, it’s slow motion.
It is a gif… therefore animated.
It is not hard to click reply first.
Very cool to watch.
Watching all those stepped leaders fade before the actual return stroke hits is so creepy-cool. Looks like they’re seeking a target…it’s a wonder there aren’t more lightning strikes.
they ARE seeking a target. and once one of them hits, all the electricity is discharged. none left for a different leader to discharge. so its not a wonder there arent more strikes. it is cool though, but 33% isnt a passing grade
wow! What exactly makes it do that?
Electricity follows the path of least resistance. The downward sparks are causing areas of hi ionization that reduce the resistance valure of the air in their path (they’re carving paths of low resistance) when one reaches the ground, there is now a solid path of lowered resistance available for the ground charge to return to the starting point.
(at least that’s what i was told by some nerds at college)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning#Leader_formation_and_the_return_stroke
Aliens
Magnets.
You can’t explain that.
Lighting bolts. How do they work?
There’s a non-gif version on you tube.
That’s not slow motion – the visible part of a lightning strike moves from the ground up. That’s just a cheesy gif.
Does this look like a neuron to anyone else…?
Yes.
It’s the Earth thinking “Now what would be a good way of getting rid of all those pesky bipedal mammals?”
I think the answer will be known to us soon…
SHAZAM!
is the big lightning came from below???
you are now smarter than 99% of americans
Yep! Lighting that ‘hits’ the ground goes *UP*. Those little guys there are basically ionizing a path, that the big stroke then follows. Boom.
Mind-blowing, ain’t it?
I can’t believe people voted this DOWN – this is so cool!
looks like fireworks. cool
Is it just me, or does that seriously look like a slime mold?