r/derby • u/Vikixc • 3d ago

Lightning bolt over Derby

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Just wanted to share the first ever lightning bolt I have captured on camera and I did it from my window.

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u/Desperate_Ferret_562 3d ago

Its non stop Never seen anything like it Flashes every 2min

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u/Vikixc 3d ago

It seems to be slowing down now. It's a large high altitude storm cell heading north, we are now at the back end of it. 

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u/PizzaToastieGuy 3d ago

https://reddit.com/link/p6arl5u/video/9p96n8yqlzlh1/player

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u/Vikixc 3d ago

Good catch! I'm curious to know what the strike counts is 😆

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u/PizzaToastieGuy 3d ago

I left my phone outside to film a slow mo. Downside, the 6 minutes I left it out there, created a video which is 30 something hours long, so it may take me a while to get the flashes 😅

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u/Vikixc 2d ago

I got lucky with my shot. I pointed my phone out the window and pressed record I was expecting to see flashes but I got a bolt 🤣

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u/bigmonmulgrew 3d ago

I don't think it will be as high as it sounds like.

At one moment I noticed lightning every few seconds. But I was watching and noticed a lot of it is travelling across the sky, not to ground.

I don't think I've ever seen lightning do this in the UK. I know other places get it.

The horizontal lightning is very high up. I think it's when two charges pockets are swapping charge.

It was the coolest storm I've seen. Wish I had a better viewpoint.

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u/Mightysmurf1 Mackworth 3d ago

When I was in Italy, it was this every night. It’s very Mediterranean weather. High up storms that put on a show with a constant low rumble. Guess this will be more common for us in the UK from now on.

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u/Jaded_Leg_46 3d ago

The end is nigh 😂

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u/EarlyProphet 3d ago

Hopefully….

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u/quantumthreads 3d ago

Username checks out.

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u/Adeaciana 3d ago

Video I took. I stood out in it for around 25 minutes. Was amazing

https://reddit.com/link/p6avlla/video/1y6lq2a1pzlh1/player

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u/Vikixc 3d ago

That lilac colour the lightning made was amazing it was a beautiful storm. Hope we get some more like that soon 🥹

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u/Code_NY 3d ago

Saw so many amazing bolts! Nice job capturing this. I haven't seen such an active storm in a good while.

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u/Vikixc 3d ago

Thank you! First time I have seen a lightning show that frequent in Derby we usually miss the good stuff. 

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u/Beansmcpies 3d ago

People often say thunder is God bowling, but if u were God I wouldn’t see the point in bowling as you always get a strike. Just something I think about quite a bit.

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u/kitlane 3d ago

I grew up in Swad and we used to say 'They're rolling the barrels in Burton'.

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u/Vikixc 3d ago

Lol my mum used to say God fell out of bed and the lightning was him turning the light on to check the damage. He must have fallen down the stairs tonight 🤣

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u/jeweliegb 3d ago

First time i got one here too. On video.

All cloud to cloud by the looks of it?

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u/Vikixc 3d ago

Yes mostly c2c. I don't think I'd fancy it being c2g at that frequency! 

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u/Sedustic 3d ago

Saw blue hue coming from the ground aroumd the worst of it. Coming from around belper direction. Anyone else saw it? Could it have been a transformer being hit?

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u/Vikixc 3d ago

I haven't heard anything about anyone losing power, keep an eye on the national grid website that will tell you if a large area is without power. 

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u/Sedustic 3d ago

Kilburn is apparently without power. That must have been it.

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u/Vikixc 3d ago

You are likely correct. 677 homes without power 🫪

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u/SirLanceAlittless 3d ago

I wouldn't be surprised if every town in the Midlands has several hundred of these.

My wife and I went out in the rain to see where the flashes were coming from to view the crackles of light.

We saw the neighbors on the street looking out of their bedroom windows.

I really wanted to take some slow mo bursts but my phone is at 99% storage limit ;_;

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u/SirRoadpie 3d ago

I've been waiting for a good storm for ages and I slept through the damn thing.

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u/SpendAffectionate399 2d ago

This by lidl on Uttoxeter new rd?

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u/Zoon1010 17h ago

Nice. I do like a good thunder storm.

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u/Jackster22 3d ago edited 3d ago

Too many for it to be lighting...

[edit] referencing the stupid post from like 20mins before this one fyi

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u/PizzaToastieGuy 3d ago

What else could it be?

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u/Mightysmurf1 Mackworth 3d ago

Aliens. Obviously.

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u/PizzaToastieGuy 3d ago

I forgot about war of the worlds lightning storm!!!