Close-up of lightning striking antenna at night
Date filmed: April 17, 2006
Location: St. Albans, West Virginia
Total footage: 20 seconds
Scenes: 3 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium Severe Weather
Description: Three spectacular lightning bolts strike a television tower near St. Albans, West Virginia in a timespan of less than five minutes. Two cameras record the action from close range, with both set up to capture detailed extreme close-up shots of each strike. Fine detail of each strike is visible, including lightning channel drift and bead-out. Glowing metal shards fall from the tower after each strike like a fireworks burst. Excellent proof that lightning does strike the same place twice!
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Screenshots from Reel #WVL-041706A
