Canon EOS 7D captures lightening

Posted on 24. Jun, 2010 by planetmitch

This is a rather short burst, but thought it was pretty cool – a Canon EOS 7D (reviews) is used to capture lightening as it strikes 3 buildings in Chicago at the same time!

Lightning strikes three of the tallest buildings in Chicago at the same time! from Craig Shimala on Vimeo.

For the third time in the last 6 days, another line of nasty storms rolled through Chicago on Wednesday evening. I love coming home and being able to watch and capture nature’s beauty from my balcony.

“Wed’s storms towered up to 63,000 ft, unleashed 80 mph gusts, local 3″+ rains and 15,000 cloud to ground lightning strikes in a single hour.” via @Skilling

Music: Sufjan Stevens – To the Workers of the Rockford River Valley Region

(Photo credit: snap from the video)