how do you capture the birth of a lightning bolt with one of the world’s
lightning bolt with one of the world’s
lightning bolt with one of the world’s fastest cameras I’m Lucy McNeil and this
fastest cameras I’m Lucy McNeil and this
fastest cameras I’m Lucy McNeil and this is National Geographic on assignment
is National Geographic on assignment
is National Geographic on assignment you’re linked to thousands of not to
you’re linked to thousands of not to
you’re linked to thousands of not to your Explorers around the globe today
your Explorers around the globe today
your Explorers around the globe today we’re off to the American Midwest
national Geographics Tim Samaras is
national Geographics Tim Samaras is hoping to unlock the secrets of how
hoping to unlock the secrets of how
hoping to unlock the secrets of how lightning is formed and shooting its
lightning is formed and shooting its
lightning is formed and shooting its birth may provide answers high-speed
birth may provide answers high-speed
birth may provide answers high-speed cameras can shoot up to thousands of
cameras can shoot up to thousands of
cameras can shoot up to thousands of frames per second but even these cameras
frames per second but even these cameras
frames per second but even these cameras miss the instant of a lightning bolts
miss the instant of a lightning bolts
miss the instant of a lightning bolts creation Tim has one of the only cameras
creation Tim has one of the only cameras
creation Tim has one of the only cameras in the world fast enough to capture this
in the world fast enough to capture this
in the world fast enough to capture this fleeting event it can shoot 1 million
fleeting event it can shoot 1 million
fleeting event it can shoot 1 million frames per second but at that speed the
frames per second but at that speed the
frames per second but at that speed the timing has to be perfect and a lightning
timing has to be perfect and a lightning
timing has to be perfect and a lightning strike is hard to predict
strike is hard to predict
strike is hard to predict to capture that moment Tim will need
to capture that moment Tim will need
to capture that moment Tim will need another very elusive and unpredictable
another very elusive and unpredictable
another very elusive and unpredictable thing luck we’re almost trying to do the
thing luck we’re almost trying to do the
thing luck we’re almost trying to do the impossible out here
impossible out here
impossible out here that’s National Geographic on assignment
that’s National Geographic on assignment
that’s National Geographic on assignment you’re linked to our explorers
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