freeze frame of lightning

i noticed this a couple of days ago in usa today. it was only a matter of time before someone pointed the lens of the new high shutter speed cameras at lightning. the results are pretty fantastic, literally capturing the speed of light.

so while searching for the what types of cameras were used, i came across a couple of sites that were really cool. ztresearch has some pretty cool videos of actual lightning, while vision research has a great video gallery with work they have done with the Phantom HD camera. enjoy and i’ll see if i can dig up some more.