Blitz captured for the first time with a high-speed camera

Wow, sometimes it's things you don't think much about. For example, how lightning was captured for the first time with a high-speed camera and what the spectacle looks like. Brazilian scientists have now succeeded in doing just that.

Better lightning rods

Goal of the Study It was to further develop lightning rods. The technology is almost 200 years old, and now they want to learn more about the effects of lightning strikes on buildings.

Two black and white high-speed cameras, capable of recording 40,000 to 70,000 frames per second, were used in the video. These cameras were placed in São Paulo and recorded for three years.

The best and most impressive recording (see video) shows very clearly how the preliminary discharges from a thundercloud spread downwards. This at a speed of around 100 km/s (360,000 km/h!!!).

Meanwhile, so-called upward streamers rise from the ground. They can be seen in the video rising from the lightning rods of the buildings. These reach a speed of approximately 0.05 km/s (which is still 180 km/h).

Seeing lightning captured for the first time with a high-speed camera truly left me speechless.

I find the recordings absolutely sensational and don't want to keep them from you. Have fun!!!!!

Blitz captured for the first time with a high-speed camera

The original article can be found at Livescience.com

Here I have a few more photos of thunderstorms from the Switzerland and from the island of Gozo (Malta), which I always find particularly exciting because of the mountains and the sea. However, these pictures were taken with my cell phone, not with a Blitz High-Speed Camera.