Three consecutive lightning strikes overnight, a movie capturing the tremendous thunder that fell to the Empire State Building

Currently in most countries around the world high-rise buildingslightning rodIt is obligatory to set up a high-reliability lightning rod so it's easier to attract thunder, so to a high-rise buildingLightning strikeIt is not unusual at all, it is a phenomenon that happens on a daily basis as it can be said that thunderstorms in certain buildings are surely thundered if thunderstorms come in big cities. However, when it is actually a thunderstorm, I go out to the city and look up at the sky, and chances of witnessing the moment when thunder falls in a skyscraper may not be good.

It is also a symbol of ManhattanEmpire State BuildingThe image capturing the thunder falling three times in a row is "Ghost BustersIt is a dynamic and unrealistic sight that you can imagine as a scene.

Playback is from the following.YouTube - Empire State Building: Lightning Strikes Thrice!


The picture was taken from a room of a high rise apartment that wants a Manhattan building group. Empire State Building in the center, on the right edge of the screenChrysler BuildingYou can see.


In the heavy thunderstorm that hit New York on April 13, 2011, it seems that he struck three times in the Empire State Building in rapid succession at midnight. If I think that the sky has become a bit dull ... ...


For a moment everything is white.


It seems like the light is converging on the tip of the Empire State Building.


To one bright lightning.


As the lightning becomes thinner, the amount of light that illuminates the surroundings disappears and the city goes back dark.



The second lightning strike. First of all, thin and lightning lightning appeared ... ...


Increase the light intensity and illuminate the surroundings brightly.


In a state like a fireball was placed on the tip of the building.


Eventually it converges to an inverted triangle shape ... ...


It became a sharp V-shaped lightning.


The third lightning strike is also dynamic.


Light intensity enough to illuminate the city brightly like a daytime instantly.


As the discharge progresses, the thunder light gradually becomes thinner and it returns to the darkness of the city at night.



It seems there was a lightning strike again after this, but unfortunately it was not turning the camera at that time. It is the photographer who is interested in observing the skyscrapers in Manhattan at night, but it was the first time that I saw a lightning strike to the Empire State Building so far in this evening.