Most Powerful Lightning Strikes & Red Sprites Experiment

Experiment capturing the most powerful lightning strikes simultaneously with the Red Sprites they trigger above the storm.
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OVER / UNDER EXPERIMENT:
Some of the most powerful lightning events can propagate horizontally for 10s of kilometers and connect to the ground with a massive surge of electricity. We call these horizontally extensive ground flashes.
Seeing these big daddies blossom underneath storm clouds is a jaw dropping sight but, underneath the storm, you’re still only seeing half the show. If a lightning strike is powerful enough, it can flip the charge at the top of thunderstorms initiating another spectacular light show high above the storm.
Red sprites belong to a group of mysterious large scale electrical discharges called Transient Luminous Events, or TLEs. In order to see the spectacular parent lightning discharges in all their glory and the TLEs they initiate above the storm, we’re going to need to be in two places at one time.
In this video, I team up with storm chaser Paul Smith to simultaneously document the most powerful lightning strikes and the magnificent TLEs they parent in what we call the Over / Under Experiment.
Negative ground flashes are the most common manifestation of cloud-to-ground lightning. But these generally don’t transfer enough charge to spark a TLE. For this experiment to be successful, I’m going to have to locate a rain free vicinity of the storm were the horizontally extensive positive ground flashes are occurring while Paul Smith finds cloud free skies and clear views over the tops of the same distant thunderstorm complex.
Check out Paul Smiths KZbin channel
/ @paulmsmith
Piano music: Radiohead's "Like Spinning Plates" performed by Hank Schyma

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The lightning is returning yet again to make us amazed.

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I always called horizontally extensive ground flashes, “sky splitters” and live for the opportunity to see them. They’re one of life’s greatest visual thrills and they never fail to stop my heart with wonder. I first heard about sprites a few years ago and have been fascinated with them and blue jets ever since. Fantastic videos as always, Hank! 💗⚡️

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this video genuinely had me in awe, fantastic camera work from the both of you! those shots of the anvil crawler lightning creeping across the night sky were truly spectacular, i'm proud to say i've been following your channel since the el reno twister of 2013 and hope to see more amazing content from you in the future

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super cool! Lets hope that Paul and you continue to discover more details about this topic

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This is actually mind blowing :0 Seeing two lighning discharging effects at the same time under and above a thunder cloud is insane!!!!

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Lovely video. Since I was a child I was so fascinated by the glimpse of a flash in the sky. This man has been through all! From fascinating tornadoes to enormous supercells. Helping animals and exploring in the tropics for me is one of the most heartwarming channel! Keep it up Pecos we love you man 🎇

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Hank, this is one fascinating video. The way that you and your colleague were able to "line up" video footage to pin down what was happening above as well as below the storm is particularly fascinating; your work here reminds me of your video where you worked out the speed of one of the Pilger tornadoes by mapping its motion using videos of the same tornado from several different chasers

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What a awesome Experiment , the results are stunning

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Wow! Absolutely awesome and beautiful lightning flashes caught both under and over this storm! What a great project to capture under and over lightning like this! Amazing!!

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1:03 the music from your “anvil crawler lightning” video hit the nostalgia so deep.

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Spinning plates. Great song.

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6:04 that jetliner has some front row seats watching those red sprites. Congrats on One Million Subs!

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Absolutely fascinated by the timing with the lighting and sprites - science is so cool!

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That was amazing! Thanks for sharing your experiment with us, Pecos Hank & Paul Smith!

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THIS IS AWESOME!

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Even more epic than usual. What an amazing science experiment.

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Wow I think I've actually come to look forward to your sprite videos more than your tornado ones haha, this was amazing!