<a href="http://gizmodo.com/5034458/slow-motion-lightning-video-is-mindblowing-will-sell-a-thousand-slo+mo-cameras" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5034458/slow-motion-lightning-video-is-mindblowing-will-sell-a-thousand-slo+mo-cameras" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5034458/slow-motion-lightning-video-is-mindblowing-will-sell-a-thousand-slo+mo-cameras" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-898" style="vertical-align: top; border: 0; margin: 8px;" title="slomolightning" src="http://strangeattractor.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/slomolightning.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a>

An incredible, slow-motion lightning strike filmed at an estimated 5-10,000 frames per second.

Notice how the first tendrils reach the ground looking for a good discharge point and then - wham – 40,000+ amps at 10,000+ degrees travelling at about 27,000 miles per second!

Watch it here at <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5034458/slow-motion-lightning-video-is-mindblowing-will-sell-a-thousand-slo+mo-cameras" target="_blank">Gizmodo.</a>

And here's everything you ever wanted to know about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning#Properties_of_lightning" target="_blank">lightning</a> with some great links for further exploration.