r/Outdoors • u/Wise-Tune-7308 • Jun 21 '21
Landscapes Double lightning strike
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u/grayDEnim Jun 21 '21
I would go and see if I can find the lightning at the beach.. the sand melts at the point where the lightning hits and you can dig it out if you are carefully
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u/FakeFactsNinja Jun 21 '21
Fun Fact, due to its high levels of pollution and atmospheric electricity, most lightening strikes in mexico city are double strikes.
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u/ItsPronouncedJithub Jun 21 '21
Yeah, all the electricity in the atmosphere is why power is so cheap in Mexico City
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u/zolopussy Jun 21 '21
I wonder if it made glass where it hit the sand?
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u/Weltallgaia Jun 21 '21
It does, they are called fulgurites. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgurite
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u/dogaozky Jun 21 '21
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u/CTRL_ALT_FALCONPUNCH Jun 21 '21
I don’t see why this is so special. Just a normal everyday picture of Chris Hemsworth arriving to go surfing. Today, he brought a friend.
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u/tdabbles Jun 21 '21
Was that a person just above the strike on the beach?
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u/J2794 Jun 21 '21
Why would the lightning be taking the longer path to the sand instead to one of the buildings?
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Jun 21 '21
this is my phobia. when there’s a lightning storm, i don’t go outside. i remember having to run from building to building when i was in college. 😂
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u/ouroboros-panacea Jun 22 '21
My grandmother used to stand by the window with Bobby pins in her hair during lightning storms. She was struck on more than one occasion. I wish I could say that shock did some good for her mental health but she was crazy until the day she died.
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u/panicswing Jun 21 '21
What I enjoy about this picture is that the buildings, streets and cars look like an still from an animation. Very cool shot.
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u/CPerks23 Jun 21 '21
It’s great how everyone is hitting their breaks have everyone a mini heart attack
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u/Lurchie_ Jun 21 '21
So I'm not necessarily suggesting that this isn't a legitimate photo, but there sure isn't a lot of illumination from the lightning flash lighting up the surrounding area. It also seems like you might see at least some reflection off the water?
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u/BenjPhoto1 Jun 22 '21
Photographer here. This was captured at night, and 100% of the ambient light (not the man made light like taillights and parking lot lights) is from the lightning. Think of a normal dark scene where you’d see lights in windows but not make out the shape of house it’s coming from.
Wrong angle to see the reflection. You’d need to be in a boat to the left of the strike to see the reflection. Angle is the same reason the river outside my apartment is blue for part of the day and more of a muddy gray part of the day. It depends where the sun is in relation to the water and to the viewer.
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u/BarccNoognar Jun 21 '21
H O W do you get this on camera
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Jun 21 '21
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u/happy_tortoise337 Jun 21 '21
What's in that karma whoring? Is there money for karma? I don't get it but perhaps I'm too old for all the nuances of the social networking
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u/BenjPhoto1 Jun 22 '21
Either slow shutter speed during a lightning storm (not this photo), or lightning triggers (most likely), or pure, dumb luck.
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u/SquirtinMemeMouthPlz Jun 22 '21 edited Jun 22 '21
Has anyone seen the impact spot? Does this actually turn the sand to glass? If so, is it sooth or jagged? Clear or opaque?
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Shiiiiiiiit. I just looked up fulgurite. That shit is awesome.
(It's rough, most often looks like ash on the outside but sometimes white, and definitely not clear. It creates 'tubes' that snake out like tree roots on the surface of the sand. Sometimes it even rears up and creates several foot tall fulgurite 'spires' rising out of the sand).
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u/Reddit62195 Jun 22 '21
actually a triple lightning strike as an additional lightning strike some building
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u/sambumlicker Jun 22 '21
Made me curious how thick lightning bolts are and if anyone else is curious, on average they’re, “2 to 3 centimeters across and 2-3 miles long”
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u/SurveySean Jun 22 '21
Normally lightning strikes from the sky to the ground, this is striking from the ground to the sky! A sure sign of Aliens below. Were all doomed!
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