Lightning bolt v Ship

Dhf · 17 May 2013, 20:09

Its been a bit lively in Milford today

Nos4r2 · 17 May 2013, 22:11

Wow, nice pic! Was it a fluke?

kerny · 17 May 2013, 23:22

Can it happen to a RIB........http://www.rib.net/forum/f8/open-boa...ing-54483.html

Dhf · 18 May 2013, 00:32

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Originally Posted by Nos4r2

Wow, nice pic! Was it a fluke?

Not sure tbh Nos, I think It's a snap shot filming off one of the tugs, A friend posted the pic this afternoon, It was a violent electric storm that shook the foundations at my place, I took a few pics myself, well I left my camera filming an area, and nipped out, just gotta watch the result and take snips from it.

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Originally Posted by kerny

Can it happen to a RIB........http://www.rib.net/forum/f8/open-boa...ing-54483.html

Yes I did read your thread Steve, I think the conclusion was hit WOT and hope for the best

Nos4r2 · 18 May 2013, 00:39

Snap shot or not, it's a hell of a pic!

Bigmuz7 · 18 May 2013, 07:12

Aye cool

.... But not cool if you know what I mean

Boatnomad · 18 May 2013, 08:18

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Originally Posted by Nos4r2

Snap shot or not, it's a hell of a pic!

+1

Sure is a rare one to capture

Dhf · 18 May 2013, 23:34

Yep sure is rare to capture, but not unusual for the jetties to get hit, must be well earthed I guess/hope. A section of that jetty pictured was hit back in 94 which resulted an explosion that took some windows out up to 5 miles away. I was 10 mile up river at the time on the plane with a 14'er 40hp, I thought I'd hit a large submerged somthing or other, so pulled the throttle back tilted the ob expecting severe damage, but there was no damage and can only put down to shock wave. the CG issued security river closed shortly after.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR2AEv92pd0

Here's what I managed to capture other day.

matt h · 19 May 2013, 08:19

Wow!

brilliant. you must have bin snapping for hours

Dhf · 19 May 2013, 09:24

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Originally Posted by matt h

Wow!

brilliant. you must have bin snapping for hours

Nah not really Matt, I just left the camera filming, but it took me hours to edit, I only had about 45min footage to watch, and marked the time of each strike, which varied between 30sec upto 5min intervals, I didn't catch every strike but I think I caught about 5 different types of Lighning, including Sheet, Fork and Bolt, there seemed to be alot going on above the clouds. Infact I slowed many of the 1sec clips by -10 to define the strikes. Its amazing how much detail can be found if you can pause footage in just the right spot, and these Gopro's a good for the job.