Lightning strikes caught on camera
While at home in my garden, not only did lightning strike twice in the same place twice. it was right in front of me, and we captured it on a video camera. We didn't know that we had captured such a rare event until we played the video through the TV.
The video has been slowed down using YouTube's video editor, so you can clearly see the red leaders coming off of my friend and me.
In the following photos and video you can see just how close it was. It is amazing that we didn't get hit.
The red leaders can be seen coming off of both my friend and I and reaching up to the sky. These red coloured leaders are the paths that lightning follows to earth. We couldn't see them until we watched the video back.
These leaders come up from ground objects including people and connect to the lightning bolt giving it a route to ground.
You can sometimes tell when you are about to get hit, as your hair stands up and you may feel a tingling sensation.
We are both extremely lucky to be alive. The slow motion conversion has made the video sound a bit weird.
Lightning Strikes Twice...Slow Motion Edit:
Article from: http://hubpages.com/education/Lightning-can-strike-twice-in-the-same-place
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