Stop What You Are Doing and Watch This Video of Lightning

This morning, I stumbled upon what may be the coolest video of lightning ever. It was filmed by the Florida Institute of Technology for research purposes, and they got one awesome shot. Says Andrew Freedman of Mashable, “Researchers at the Florida Institute of Technology are using slow-motion photography — in this case, 7,000 frames per second — to detect processes involved with different types of lightning strikes that are hidden to the human eye.”  This led us to this awesome video/gif.

For more info on what they are doing with this technology and technique, check out the full article.