Uploaded April 2016 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Orange skies under storm near Bennington, KS, and very active lightning storm south of Salina, KS
Orange skies under storm near Bennington, KS, and very active lightning storm south of Salina, KS
![Lightning that CRAWLS: Anvil Crawlers. SOT:[SHORTS] Slow Motion high altitude lightning displays](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XFRq2cP0eqY/mqdefault.jpg "Lightning that CRAWLS: Anvil Crawlers. SOT:[SHORTS] Slow Motion high altitude lightning displays
Shot with a Sony RX10 IV, at 240 fps, Canon 6D and even some with a Logitech 920c Webcam. Locations Featured: Chamberlain, South Dakota August 2019, Aurora, Nebraska June 2018. Tuscon Arizona and others.
Anvil Crawlers are a type of lightning that crawls the sky in the, you guessed it anvil of the thunderstorm. This is an area where upper level winds have sheered off the top of the Cumulo Nimbus cloud. They are full of tiny ice crystals moving at different speeds, creating static charge. The anvil of a storm covers hundreds of square MILES and is usually around 40 to 50 THOUSAND feet above ground. When this static builds up, it is released over a massive area of the sky, filling even the widest angle lenses with incredible lightning displays for your camera to enjoy. Even better at high speed!
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