A video of a lightning bolt, which reportedly was 10 miles long, captured by a former firefighter, has surfaced on social media. Recorded over Long Island in New York, United States, the video shows the bolt illuminating the night sky.
Retired FDNY fireman Kenny Gunther shared the video with Islandwide Weather’s Facebook page. “ONE OF THE SICKEST BOLTS OF LIGHTNING I'VE EVER SEEN ON LONG ISLAND!!!!!!! Just south of Bayport, NY,” the page wrote.
According to a report by the New York Post, Gunther was at his home when he felt the floor under his feet shaking. He then saw a flash outside his window.
“I just grabbed my iPhone and I just stick it on the windowsill in my bedroom facing south with their widest angle, and I just had it record,” he said.
He added, “I turn all the lights off and I’m just sitting there quiet. And then all of a sudden I saw that lightning and I said, ‘Oh my God, I think I just got that!’ And I went back and watched it and I said, ‘Holy cow, that is freaking amazing.'”
Gunther said that the lightning was so long that he couldn’t record it for its entire length. “It actually went out of frame. That thing had to be 10 miles wide,” he said.
Courtesy: Hindustan Times
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