They Took a Picture of "Thunder" for the First Time EVER

you read that correctly…

There are awesome pics of lightning but finally they took a picture of thunder?! The actual waves and properties of physics that happen around the visual light part that we associate with lightning was seen on camera. Here is an excerpt from the report:

For the first time, scientists have precisely captured a map of the boisterous bang radiating from a lightning strike. The work could reveal the energies involved in powering some of nature’s flashiest light shows.

As electric current rapidly flows from a negatively charged cloud to the ground below, the lightning rapidly heats and expands the surrounding air, generating sonic shock waves. While scientists have a basic understanding of thunder’s origins, they lack a detailed picture of the physics powering the crashes and rumbles.

That’s pretty cool right? It is one of those things you may not have thought about until you realized that we only think about the typical visual portion.

Let’s read more on the next page as well as checking out this cool video!