frostfern Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 lightning1_edit by marshallbs, on Flickr lightning3_edit by marshallbs, on Flickr lightning2_edit by marshallbs, on Flickr lightning4_edit by marshallbs, on Flickr lightning5_edit by marshallbs, on Flickr Here's what the storm looked like earlier... IMG_2210_edit by marshallbs, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 The video I obtained the lightning photos from... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLo2oPQLNHE Slowed down lightning starts at 4:30 if you don't have the time or patience to watch the whole thing. It's amazing how the lightning seems to be propagating upward from the lower part of the cloud into the clear air above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormitecture Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 you got a better than average view of what isn't all that uncommon. I tend to find it is more prominent with the more vigorous growing updrafts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 you got a better than average view of what isn't all that uncommon. I tend to find it is more prominent with the more vigorous growing updrafts. It was one of the better displays I've seen coming from an isolated multi-cell cluster. I found it interesting that the immature growing cell in the foreground was producing so much lightning into the clear air beside and above it. If you watch the time-lapse it actually isn't growing as vigorously as the cell behind it that is producing the "knuckled" anvil. It looks to me like the electric fields being generated by different discrete cells at different stages and growth rates are constructively interacting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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