Geospace Physics Laboratory

Lightning is one of those that subjects many of us have tried to photograph at some point or another if we live in an area where it happens.  It’s one of those topics that seems almost too well documented.  There’s a million different methods and techniques to try and figuring out which one works the best can only be discovered by actually giving it a go.

Professor Ningyu Liu at the Florida Institute of Technology’s Geospace Physics Laboratory has taken things a little further by capturing a recent lightning storm at 7,000 frames per second, showing the majestic beauty of lightning as it steers towards the earth.