The camera flashes at a speed of 10 million frames per second

A lightning bolt image with a speed of 10 million frames per second helps scientists further study lightning.

Students at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne just took a lightning bolt photo for the first time at 10 million frames per second, proving previous hypotheses that lightning emits radiation and most This radiation is located at the tip of the lightning bolt.

This camera is shielded by a lead layer and weighs 6,825 kg (1,500 pounds), captures 10 million hexagons per second, 30 images per image. Although the image is not very high resolution, it can support the study of lightning radiation.

To make sure the lightning bolts hit the camera's viewfinder, the team fired missiles into the rain clouds with built-in zippers back to the metal structure placed within the viewfinder of the camera. Although this is an artificial lightning rod, Professor Joseph Dwyer, a researcher at the academy and a leading researcher in the field, said that the results would be similar when performed in natural conditions. .