This Is Not What You Want To See While Looking Out A Window In A Plane
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2. Martimbrepost commented 9 years ago
Too bad it isn't a delorean ;-)
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7. creepylonghair commented 9 years ago
@5 You're correct but god is a lousy shot
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8. dopkop commented 9 years ago
#5 - I expected it to hit the tail too. The science of how lightning finds a path in micro-seconds is fascinating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dukkO7c2eUE
Planes actually get hit by lightning frequently - very safe as it's a perfect Faraday cage. Scars the paint-job a bit, but that's about it.
Planes actually get hit by lightning frequently - very safe as it's a perfect Faraday cage. Scars the paint-job a bit, but that's about it.
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9. mitis77 commented 9 years ago
#5 Lighting travels along path of least resistance, so even though some point on-earth might be higher then the other, path to it has more resistance and thus lighting will not hit it.
You can also see at last frame, it was traveling from top-left, so the top of a tail was in fact further away near the end of it's path.
You can also see at last frame, it was traveling from top-left, so the top of a tail was in fact further away near the end of it's path.
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12. Granko commented 9 years ago
Can anyone explain the slow motion effect (0:20)? The distortion can be possibly explained by EMP but what about that spherical "zoom" effect? Lightning could possibly influence the brightness or focus but not the picture geometry or zoom (in such a short moment). Any ideas?
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13. thundersnow commented 9 years ago
#5 asked a good question
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14. koritheratrat commented 9 years ago
@5 lightning does not always strike the tallest part of an object. Lightning travels the path of least resistance (the path changes based on the current conditions (temperature, moisture,...).
You could be standin up in a 20m tall tree holding an umbrella and your friend could be beneath the tree and he would get struck by lightning and not you. (highly unlikely though )
If you watch #8 video, you can see lightning spreading in to several branches (each traveling a path with least resistance, trying to dodge the hard paths), whichever branch reaches an object with a different charge than the cloud wins, so to speak.
You could be standin up in a 20m tall tree holding an umbrella and your friend could be beneath the tree and he would get struck by lightning and not you. (highly unlikely though )
If you watch #8 video, you can see lightning spreading in to several branches (each traveling a path with least resistance, trying to dodge the hard paths), whichever branch reaches an object with a different charge than the cloud wins, so to speak.
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15. Judge-Jake commented 9 years ago
It's a shame I didn't think of this earlier or we could now have a big debate about things you wouldn't want to see from an aeroplane, it's too low down now! (by the way that's also something you don't want to see on the planes altitude gauge)
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16. thundersnow commented 9 years ago
Yeah that would be fun and it''s not too late to have that discussion #15...what's too low, the discussion or the airplane lol?... but anyways on a more serious note:
The thing I don't want to see from an airplane is a wall of the side of a mountain...not trying to be negative, but still very sad and thinking about flight 9525 from Barcelona to Düsseldorf () Germany
The thing I don't want to see from an airplane is a wall of the side of a mountain...not trying to be negative, but still very sad and thinking about flight 9525 from Barcelona to Düsseldorf () Germany
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18. thundersnow commented 6 years ago
#16 Hmmm....did that happen three years ago already...wow!
+21 1. sux2bu commented 9 years ago