Lightning and a body of water

cabaiguan juan

cabaiguan juan

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I have always been puzzled by this question and as I’m grilling dinner while watching a thunderstorm make it’s way over the Chesapeake bay, it seams appropriate to ask this question:

when lightning strikes a lake or a bay/ocean, how far of a radius does it electrocute the water around where it strikes? For hypothetical instance, if I am floating in the water a 100 yards away from where lightning strikes the water, would I be shocked by the lightning or not? Can anyone answer or direct me to the answer?
 
cabaiguan juan said:
I have always been puzzled by this question and as I’m grilling dinner while watching a thunderstorm make it’s way over the Chesapeake bay, it seams appropriate to ask this question:

when lightning strikes a lake or a bay/ocean, how far of a radius does it electrocute the water around where it strikes? For hypothetical instance, if I am floating in the water a 100 yards away from where lightning strikes the water, would I be shocked by the lightning or not? Can anyone answer or direct me to the answer?
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if you hop in the water right before the lightning strikes then you won't have to ask. 😅

and besides that point, search is your friend, as I have often read here.
 
TexasTraveler said:
Got this one from my balcony a few minutes ago.
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That is a nice one & always fun stuff to photograph lightning.

Many years ago I had a hobby within a hobby of photographing lightning. I used my old Nikon 35 mm film camera, and with no additional lens.
My favorite lightning shot was from August, 1997; I was on Santa Rosa Island/Pensacola, FL. It was about 00:30 and I captured some very excellent CC lightning, with a 15 second shutter time. Color film, of course but at 00:30 it sure looks B&W. The shot captured the sugar white Appalachian granite beach, the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the clouds, and of course the CC lightning. Fantastic shot. Fun stuff .......
 
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