Austin gets lit

"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work." Mark Twain

YouTube: Courtesy: KXAN Viewer Ashley Green. May 15, 2018
nanrodsays...

Because that's what lightning usually does. Actually it goes both ways. A weaker charge goes cloud to ground and ionizes a pathway for a much larger charge to go up. Both the up and down stroke happen so fast your eyes usually perceive only the brighter upstroke. This video has been slowed down.

shinyblurrysaid:

Why did the lightning go away from the ground instead of towards it?

bareboards2says...

*timeshift then.

nanrodsaid:

Because that's what lightning usually does. Actually it goes both ways. A weaker charge goes cloud to ground and ionizes a pathway for a much larger charge to go up. Both the up and down stroke happen so fast your eyes usually perceive only the brighter upstroke. This video has been slowed down.

siftbotsays...

Tags for this video have been changed from 'kxan, texas, thunderstorm, lightning' to 'kxan, texas, thunderstorm, lightning, timeshift' - edited by bareboards2

shinyblurrysays...

thats really cool, didnt know that thanks!

nanrodsaid:

Because that's what lightning usually does. Actually it goes both ways. A weaker charge goes cloud to ground and ionizes a pathway for a much larger charge to go up. Both the up and down stroke happen so fast your eyes usually perceive only the brighter upstroke. This video has been slowed down.

wtfcaniusesays...

This looks more like ground to cloud caused by the strike just before the vertically propagating "tree". Lookup videos of "Anvil crawlers" btw, they're amazing without having to be slowed.

nanrodsaid:

Because that's what lightning usually does. Actually it goes both ways. A weaker charge goes cloud to ground and ionizes a pathway for a much larger charge to go up. Both the up and down stroke happen so fast your eyes usually perceive only the brighter upstroke. This video has been slowed down.

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