The Finger of God

Posted by: Chris Sandel | September 5, 2008

This is a pretty amazing shot of lightning in slow motion. A few fun facts for your enjoyment:

How big around is a typical lightning bolt? Answer: About the size of a Quarter to Half-Dollar! Lightning looks so much wider than it really is just because its light is so bright!
The temperature of a typical lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the Sun!
Each second there are 50 to 100 Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Strikes to the Earth world-wide.

Not quite as beautiful. Actually more scary. The “finger of God” reaches out and touches this 747.

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