Three years ago I made a top 10 countdown video of my best lightning strikes
Since then I've captured a whole new batch of wicked bolts
This is my new best lighting strikes top 10 countdown
Number 10 was in East, Texas
Close cloud-to-ground bolts were crashing all around, but this one his front and center
Number 9 occurred this year in West, Texas
Horizontal lighting...
was slashing across the sky for miles. From this batch this
This was the most stunning.
Often lightning occurs with one abrupt flash. Other times several return strokes make it flicker
It's these eight teen flickers that landed this flashy bolt number eight on the list
When you averaged 40,000 miles per year chasing storms between South Texas and North Dakota
It's a treat capturing lightning from your home patio. Here's the tasty number seven
Number six
This close blast was captured so clearly you can see it scorching the earth
This is the best video I've witnessed of the decaying channels luminosity breaking up into smoldering segments
We call this phenomenon bead lightning or chain lightning.
Over the years, I've lost count how many storms I've staked out from this overlook
Early one morning in 2015 though persistence finally paid off
I'd wager several of these commuters also got brown all over their pants after spilling their coffee
Number four and number three occurred on an Oklahoma evening of anvil crawler madness
Anvil crawler discharges can be chaotic
But there's something extra-special about witnessing symmetric electric blossoms filling the sky
I can't decide which of these two are the best so you'll have to choose for me
Number two happened in the a.m.. Hours in the sleepy town of Holliday, Texas
Just in case that didn't wake you up
Two separate strikes caught on camera crashing into the same house. Have a look again how long this pillar of fire was on the ground
The second strike was so brief camera one at 30 frames per second hardly caught it
But camera two set at 250 frames per second captured it lighting up the house.
Number one takes us back to that crazy evening of anvil crawler blossoms
again and again discharges blanketed the Oklahoma sky with fire.
From the top of a small mountain pointing the camera straight up
I was able to capture the birth of an anvil crawler directly overhead at 2,000 frames per second
This relative close proximity to the camera revealed a phenomenon
I've never seen captured in such detail
the increased luminosity of the leader tips appearing like blue headlights searching along dark highways
It looks like a Fall squall is gonna surge through, Oklahoma tomorrow bringing some severe wind and lightning maybe a tornado If I capture anything worthy. I'll be sure and send it your way
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