08
03/09
18:24
It’s in Japanese. Explains what makes lightnings tick, just like a documentary. Even if you don’t understand, the videos are strikingly amazing! Some trivia from the video. Every second, there’s about 50-100 lightning occurrences around the world. Particularly in Central Africa, the Himalayas and South America. Stay indoors whenever there’s a lightning storm outside.
29
08/08
16:58
We are experiencing a bit of heavy downpour over here in Tokyo. Lots of rain, lightning and thunder. It’s not just Tokyo, but cities in other prefectures too. Some have to deal with knee high floods. The rescue teams are all out and about. There have been some casualties. I hope the number doesn’t increase. Trains have been temporarily stopped along certain lines. Quite the inconvenience this downpour is causing.
On a different note, it’s only using storms like these that I might get to see lightning. I took out my camera, took in the rain with an umbrella and my gorillapod. Took some photos… decided “nah, I don’t have to proper gear to be out in this downpour waiting for lightning”, so I went back in and just sat in the comfort of my balcony waiting for lightning to strike! It was a pretty long wait since I only had my camera pointing in one direction. When I thought I had enough of taking shots and was just about to pack up, a big one appeared. Murphy’s law strikes again. I sat till my camera ran out of juice (haven’t charged it for a while. only 2 bars left on a D80). I’ve only got 5 shots though. Anyone with experience taking lightning shots?
