Credit: TOM A WARNER/WEATHERVIDEOHD.TV/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
Caption: Real time then hight-speed footage of an upward lightning strike from a tall TV tower. The taller the structure, the more likely it is that the lightning starts at the tower and heads upwards into the storm clouds above. Filmed from a storm-chasing vehicle in South Dakota, USA, in spring.
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Upward lightning strike
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Duration: 00:01:10
Frame size: 1280x720
Frame rate: 30
Audio: No
Format: QuickTime, Photo JPEG 100%, progressive scan, square pixels
File size: 668.3M
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Capture format: Camcorder - AVCHD
Codec: Photo - JPEG
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