Jagged a big one

https://v.redd.it/ee0iswt5upge1

created by Y3ffoc on 02/02/2025 at 12:01 UTC

960 upvotes, 15 top-level comments (showing 15)

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Comment by Bandwidth_Bandito at 02/02/2025 at 13:04 UTC

32 upvotes, 0 direct replies

SHAZAM!!!!

Comment by SamtingBloGraun at 02/02/2025 at 13:59 UTC

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Woah thank you! This is my first “Melbourne Storm” since arriving this week and I’m in awe

Comment by CommentWhileShitting at 02/02/2025 at 13:13 UTC

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Fantastic shot

Comment by Appropriate-Ask8038 at 02/02/2025 at 13:17 UTC

6 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Cool. Care to share your video technique?

Comment by dav_oid at 02/02/2025 at 13:13 UTC

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"Why does lightning strike from the ground-up?"

https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/580/why-does-lightning-strike-from-the-ground-up[1][2]

1: https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/580/why-does-lightning-strike-from-the-ground-up

2: https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/580/why-does-lightning-strike-from-the-ground-up

Comment by goldlasagna84 at 02/02/2025 at 15:20 UTC

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Thor?

Comment by DogIsBetterThanCat at 02/02/2025 at 19:36 UTC

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Bang!

That is beautiful!

Comment by LittleMummaCat at 02/02/2025 at 14:31 UTC

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Great capture. So impressive that it can light up the night sky.

Comment by randomtaw2023 at 02/02/2025 at 17:44 UTC

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Is this facing north?

Comment by horriblyefficient at 02/02/2025 at 20:55 UTC

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oh wow

Comment by PopOfLolli33 at 02/02/2025 at 23:44 UTC

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sooooo coooll!!!!

Comment by spacelama at 03/02/2025 at 10:17 UTC

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Goddam cameras should detect they're pointing at the sky and automatically focus to infinity rather than sitting there hunting and then eventually locking onto some distance that doesn't exist in the scene at all. Grrr. If I were a camera designer! /shakes fist at sky focussed at infinity

Comment by dish2688 at 03/02/2025 at 06:13 UTC

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Maybe the one that hit Newport Power Station?

Comment by scubajed at 03/02/2025 at 07:29 UTC

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The sound would have been awesome.

Comment by AcceptableSwim8334 at 03/02/2025 at 09:31 UTC

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Thank You. I couldn’t be bothered getting out of bed.