World record 477-mile-long lightning ‘megaflash’ confirmed over U.S.

Re:World record 477-mile-long lightning ‘megaflash’ confirme... by lazyier on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @11:18PM (#31335487)

That isn't a timelapse photo. It's a picture of actual lightening. It is something that actually lasts for a long time.

It must of been nuts to the people under it. Just continuous thunder for an extended period of time.

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Re:World record 477-mile-long lightning ‘megaflash’ confirme... by adhesive_wombat on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @02:12AM (#31336370)

The animation, not the static image, covers clouds moving from North Texas to South Texas. That must cover hours, and each frame seems to be a merge between many flashes.

The static image below that, of the record duration flash from South America, shows what does look like a single dendritic lightning flash.

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Re:World record 477-mile-long lightning ‘megaflash’ confirme... by jagged-chisel on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @06:45AM (#31338109)

I assume one of those frames includes the megaflash. But they didn’t tell us which.

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