Huge positive lightning bolt almost zaps a photographer

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The above photo is courtesy of Kane Quinnell from Australia. It was almost his last. The above lightning stroke was almost certainly a "bolt from the blue" - a relatively rare positive lightning bolt that originates from the top of a distant storm cloud rather than from the negatively charged cloud base. These massive discharges can travel horizontally for 10 miles or more from the top of the main storm. Positive lightning bolts can pack peak currents of up to 340,000 amperes, and they last for tens, or even hundreds, of milliseconds. This is about ten times more current and ten times longer than regular (negative) lightning. As a result, positive lightning is extremely hot, and it does considerable damage to whatever it hits. If you happen to be unlucky enough to be the target of one of these monster bolts, you DO NOT survive.
 
^ nope, check the details on the original site and also remember this is something called positive lightning bolt.

a relatively rare positive lightning bolt that originates from the top of a distant storm cloud rather than from the negatively charged cloud base. These massive discharges can travel horizontally for 10 miles or more from the top of the main storm. Positive lightning bolts can pack peak currents of up to 340,000 amperes, and they last for tens, or even hundreds, of milliseconds. This is about ten times more current and ten times longer than regular (negative) lightning.
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If you have any other proof or detail to dispute this and please feel free to share it with us :D
 
Any official news on the LightBolt?

If not, then its surely Photoshoped.

It looked a bit artificial to me anyways.
 
The shot is real, I agree with Dip. There's even purple fringing around the high contrast areas, like the smaller lightning bolts for instance.
 
tracerbullet said:
The shot is real, I agree with Dip. There's even purple fringing around the high contrast areas, like the smaller lightning bolts for instance.
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Yah sure tht image is real, but those purple fringes can easily be fabricated in photoshop...

Psst: 1.On a new layer, you can add that central thunderbolt with brush(white color),increase the contrast, add dodge tool for further glow around it..

2.work on diff. layers with outer glow(choose a purplish shade) in blending properties for the purple haze around the thunderbolt..decrease the opacity a little bit..

3.add wind filter for fringes or you can do it manually with smudge tool on a different layer

4. add lighting effects in filters for the surrounding lights.. ;)

with little practise, you shud be able to fake it...i've been working on photoshop for a long time now...its quiet achievable...

But there's no doubt, tht it is a real image...:)
 
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