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Before I headed out for the night I put a camera in the window and let it record the storm that was going on. Came home and skimmed the hour long tape for the significant strikes and edited them together.

Tunes by American Football - Stay Home

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Thommy Browne 6 months ago

Very cool
Kent McDonald 6 months ago

I read somewhere that it takes 100,000 volts of electricity to make lightning strike a one foot arc. The amount of power you just captured is truly awesome!
Adam C. 6 months ago

this is really awesome! i grew up in and around chicago and i miss the stormy weather. i live in oregon now and although it rains, there is rarely any thunder or lightning.
w.pasman 6 months ago

Cool, looks like they can run the building on the electricity from the lighting strikes
nshack 6 months ago

Wow, really nice. That storm passed over my house an hour or two earlier, I'd guess. Nice view!
Michael Brodner AKA Bones 6 months ago

Damn dude it got hit like 20 times. Unbelievable.
Jeff Rabinak 6 months ago

That storm was great last night. It was a good send off before I head back to NY.
Perez 6 months ago

great!!
Jean-Pierre 6 months ago

Nifty !
Sara Bee 6 months ago

yay for Chicago! The weather's been so crazy
Lucasberg 6 months ago

That was sweet.

I had an awesome storm this past summer that had so many strikes but I took pictures mostly and only a couple of minutes of video and later I was kicking myself.
Here is a pic
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Craig Shimala 6 months ago

Sweet photo!
Lance 6 months ago

really cool idea.... would have been nice to see you cut each lightning strike in conjunction with specific beats or patterns in the song (or maybe even some slow motion). though i suppose you still could re-edit the video if you wanted to; it's still really cool.
Craig Shimala 6 months ago

The next storm I film I will do some beat matching. I just didn't have the time to really get into this one.
Intercont 6 months ago

wowow, dangerous place is the last floor from that building
If they could store that electricity somewhere, they should have power for the rest of the year by now.
Very cool, never saw anything like that before
VendelasCity 6 months ago

I love our city! Well done!
VendelasCity 6 months ago

P.S. Don't change a thing about it! No re-editing is necessary.
Paul Birhanu 6 months ago

i live out in naperville, it was crazy there too.
D Burns 6 months ago

Coolness...
Marissa Siraisi 6 months ago

Whoa, that's awesome! I feel the hairs on my arms standing up...
eric cwiertny 6 months ago

Great idea to set your camera to capture that!

So very cool!
Mark 6 months ago

super cool and amazing how many times it struck. I am assuming all were unique.
CTD3 6 months ago

Great captures! this is very cool.
charliesteadman 6 months ago

Shocking!!! (had to say it)
Great clip. I can never see too many lightning shots.
Linda McClure 6 months ago

Awesome!
Juz 6 months ago

Chill!
Bob 6 months ago

The power of nature. Always like these video's! Nice job.
Mark Jensen 6 months ago

excellent! i'm going to recommend this to the weather chnanel guys... it should be added there as well.
Gianny L 6 months ago

wooow awesome!
Brad Ruggles 6 months ago

Dude...great video!
Roman 6 months ago

I like how some of the lightning illuminates the foreground and some the background. Really gives a sense of depth.
amandalynferri 6 months ago

wow this rules.
dalas verdugo 6 months ago

Amazing.
Yorick 6 months ago

Impressing. We should find a way to capture all this electricity and get rid of oil...
hubs 6 months ago

Nice use of American Football too.
Dorowski 6 months ago

Amazing. Makes me ponder about physics and architecture.
Adrian Radic 6 months ago

wow! thanks for sharing
BrandonBrandon 6 months ago

I miss those awesome storms that would sweep in off the lake, and rub the sky against all that concrete and steel.
Andleo Lumino 6 months ago

Thank you for posting this amazing video!!!
I think lightning is one of the best ways that nature show us her beauty.
Norman Kosmal 6 months ago

very nice
Johann Burkard 6 months ago

Awesome video. Only that building got struck, right?
Craig Shimala 6 months ago

I haven't seen any of the other buildings get struck besides this and the Sears Tower
Heather R. 6 months ago

nice. american football has a special place in my heart, so that was lovely, too.
reflekt 6 months ago

astonishing!
The National Macho Society 6 months ago

superduper
John Starrs 6 months ago

Nice Work. Thanks for sharing.
eszter 6 months ago

Nice, and yes, it is a beautiful city.:)
jsalinas 6 months ago

A lot of spiritual concepts are coming to my mind when I watch this amazing video.
rico 6 months ago

electric!
Lisa M 6 months ago

Very cool.
weatherhead 5 months ago

Great clip! What model camera did you record this with?
Craig Shimala 4 months ago

Sony HDR-HC7
Greg 5 months ago

That's pretty neat. Did you adjust your shutter at all for this?
Craig Shimala 4 months ago

nope, I didn't adjust anything
brightness 5 months ago

incredible - great idea and execution
ataricharm 5 months ago

Beautiful!
sunseasurf 4 months ago

very nice.
Jordan Beck 4 months ago

Wow.
mikehedge 4 months ago

great idea
Alex Barker 3 months ago

Very striking....literally.
Ivan Ciego 3 months ago

wow
Matthew Augustyn 2 months ago

Nice idea. I like it.
KIFO 3 days ago

Istanbul!

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