Notes
Dustin Farrell – Transient (3:18)
Dustin Farrell – Transient 2 (3:35)
Lightning releases a large amount of energy in a very short amount of time. It creates an electric arc, which is as close as humans can come to “seeing” electricity.
Roy Sullivan has the world record for “most times struck by lightning”. He was struck by lightning 7 times. He served as inspiration for the short film Don vs. Lightning.
Tree gets struck by lightning (1:36) – warning: lots of coarse language (swearing)
CBC – Yukoners Film Hair-Raising Experience in Electrical Storm (0:39)
Tourists’ hair stands on end in desert due to electrified clouds (0:38)
AstronautiCAST – ISS Timelapse – A Lot of Lightning (04 Jul 2025) (2:11)
Spot the Extremely Rare Red Sprite Lightning from the ISS (0:16)
Pecos Hand – Red Sprites and Blue Jets Explained – New Discovery! (10:52 – watch first 4:30 only)
Antenna towers often have lightning rods to attract lightning, and lightning arresters to safely conduct the lightning to ground.
The Bizarre Bases of Antenna Towers (18:07 – watch from 13:24 to 14:04)
There is also a very neat art installation that uses tall spiked poles to attract lightning strikes.
Video: The Lightning Field (2:43)
It’s AumSum Time – Earthing – Why do buildings have lightning rods? (0:54)