r/Purdue • u/Redcole111 • 26d ago

Campus Photography💚 The lightning over Purdue just now.

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u/Decrypted13 Ph.D. Student, Mathematics 26d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/zJ8JAzvQLtNJTkkSq3

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u/Specialist_Mail_2036 Daddy Daniels 26d ago

this made my night thank you

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u/andrewlpierce 26d ago

I’m old and this was the wildest lightening I’ve seen. It was so odd, just sitting stationary and flashing like you were inside a plasma ball.

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u/Redcole111 26d ago

I said it was like a Tesla coil in the sky!

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u/Best-Dimension4144 26d ago

knew I was getting old when I was straight lighting watching for two hours

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u/Redcole111 26d ago

Man, I'd have done that as a kid, too. Lightning is sick.

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u/Classic-League6609 26d ago

beautiful!! i love taking videos/pictures of lightning

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u/Lapis_Lizzuli 26d ago

dangg what cardinal direction were you facing?

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u/Redcole111 26d ago

North! This was taken from the top floor of the ABE building!

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u/Wide-Influence5451 26d ago

Seems like Zeus got beef with Purdue!!!

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u/dvno1988 26d ago

No class tomorrow (jk)

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u/-SpamCauldron- 26d ago

Lighting for 2 hours and then torrential downpour when u least expect it 💔

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u/Head_Elderberry3852 26d ago

Looking at the Lafayette feed from VRF (Virtual Rail Fan) on YouTube, and it looks like it's still going an hour later.

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u/SPTN2Tanner 25d ago

Good reference video