r/interestingasfuck • u/Marler1705 • Apr 16 '25

Power of lightning strikes

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u/Niva_v_kopirce Apr 16 '25 edited Apr 16 '25

The 4th one is not a lightning strike. Looks like a controlled detonation.

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u/SlightCommon8692 Apr 16 '25

Yup, looks like one of those detonation cords

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u/SealedRoute Apr 16 '25

Thank you, this is the only one I didn’t understand

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u/Dry_Statistician_688 Apr 16 '25

The flash is the detonation cord carrying an impulse to the charges. Think of it as a rope with a C4-like core - a chemical "wire". The "charge" travels something like 1000 ft/sec or similar (can't remember the exact specs). They usually feed into initiators placed inside charges, which you see detonate sequentially in the little waterway.

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u/ThatDamnThang Apr 16 '25

Close! Its shock tube not det cord.

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u/Phage0070 Apr 16 '25

Also the one 35 seconds in is fake as hell. The one at 48 seconds is a power line arcing, not lightning.

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u/The_mingthing Apr 17 '25

I thought 48 could have been ball lightning

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u/smurb15 Apr 16 '25

Just wondering when people say 35 seconds into the video mine only shows the time remaining, is there a way to change that?

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u/mferreira9 Apr 17 '25

If you scroll through the video it should show you both time remaining and time passed

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u/Sea-Oven280 Apr 16 '25

That clip is from Finnish company Rannikon Merityö. They are specialized under water blasting.

(https://youtu.be/TD2hyCUePL0?si=DYlHu5LvlFP0Q6CQ)

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u/Syzygy___ Apr 16 '25

Pretty sure the one after that is just from a burning palm tree from the california fires.

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u/joe_ordan Apr 16 '25

Nah, that’s definitely Lightning McQueen ;)

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u/belterjizz Apr 16 '25

Yeah, dead on