yes the actual SOUND visualized..

The saw the actual clap that happens around the strike for the first time.  At first glance it may seem as if this is older news, however, there is only a brief period of time to snap a shot of the sound portion.  Here is a description of how they did this:

For the first time, scientists have precisely captured a map of the boisterous bang radiating from a lightning strike. Scientists shot a long copper wire into a lightning-prone cloud using a small rocket. The generated lightning followed the wire down to the ground, allowing the researchers to record the sound waves of the resulting thunder. The green flashes are caused by the intense heating of the copper wire.

NOTE: DO NOT TRY THIS WITHOUT THE SUPERVISION OF A PROFESSIONAL:

Let’s watch this very cool effect in the video on page 2

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