Incredible lighting storm over an island in Greece

[theshee]

A lucky photographer captured an amazing photo of an intense lightning storm over Ikaria Island, Greece.

Photographer Chris Kotsiopoulos had set out to document the total lunar eclipse on June 15, 2011, but he got more than he bargained for.

"This was an extraordinary storm that took place the night of the total lunar eclipse," Kotsiopoulos told OurAmazingPlanet. "The night started ideally as I managed to capture the lunar eclipse and some lightning at the same shot. After the end of the eclipse I noticed that the storm was insisting."

So Kotsiopoulos took a 70-shot sequence, with each shot a 20-second exposure. He stitched these shots together into the photo. The photo shows some 100 lightning strikes over Ikaria, which is near the southwestern coast of Turkey. The majority of the lightning was cloud-to-ground strikes.

The storm had several quirks that allowed Kotsiopoulos to capture the incredible photo. The storm was about 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) away from the camera and it wasn't moving, so it was relatively safe to photograph. It wasn't raining, so he could set the camera on a tripod and shoot. The ferocious storm lasted about an hour.

"It was very intense," Kotsiopoulos said. "One lightning every 10-20 seconds."

[Wes Gear]

Fantastic composed photo. Looks pretty and scary at the same time.

[boxfree]

That is pretty damned awesome..

[brillbilly]

thats some power,right there!

[Deleted]

Did they find Thor when it cleared?

[Naught]

No wonder they believed in Zeus

[blacky]

Wow!!!!!

[e6722maj]

amazing pic. the power of lightning is incredible

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[shaggietrip]

That is one heck of a picture. These fantastic looking lightning storms may becoming more of the norm. With all the solar radiation coming in from a very active sun it will be charging the Ionosphere,Electrosphere and Atmoshpere. The coronal holes have been effecting us as of late also.
With all the earth quakes magma movement along with recent Volcano eruptions I can only guess that earth will also be contributing to more beautiful lightning storms in the future.


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