Photographer Uğur İkizler combined all the lightning strikes that occurred during the more than 50 minutes of intense thunderstorm into a single photograph.
The photo captures at least three different types of lightning strikes during the thunderstorm. Photo: Uğur İkizler
A photographer captured a time-lapse image of over 100 lightning strikes during a thunderstorm in Türkiye. Astronomical photographer Uğur İkizler created the impressive image by combining multiple frames of the sky near his home in the coastal town of Mudanya, collected over 50 minutes at midnight on June 16th, meaning an average of one lightning strike every 30 seconds.
"Each lightning bolt was beautiful, but when I combined them all in one frame, the sight was terrifying. The thunderstorm was a spectacular visual feast," İkizler shared.
At least three different types of lightning strikes are clearly visible in the image, including lightning striking between clouds, lightning striking from clouds to the ground, and lightning striking from clouds into water, according to Spaceweather.com . The appearance of multiple lightning strikes during a thunderstorm like this is not uncommon. Worldwide , there are 1.4 billion lightning strikes each year, or 3 million strikes per day and 44 strikes per second, according to the UK Met Office.
Each individual lightning strike has a voltage ranging from 100 million to one billion volts. This much energy can raise the surrounding air temperature by between 10,000 and 33,000 degrees Celsius, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). For comparison, the surface temperature of the Sun is only around 5,500 degrees Celsius.
The new image shows the characteristic zigzag shape of lightning strikes. Researchers still don't know exactly what causes this zigzag shape, but a 2022 study suggested it's the result of a highly conductive form of oxygen accumulating unusually when lightning strikes the ground.
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