kim_harding ✅⚡️Incredible footage of a lightning bolt hitting and decimating a large tree in Augé, western France earlier today. Credit：Benjamin Estrade
scy@kim_harding Holy shit. That tree has been deleted.
@scy The power of the thunderbolt
MMR Nmd@kim_harding wtf, lucky footage. 👏
oli_34160@kim_harding Incredible !
ErosBlog Bacchus has moved!
ChristerMinecraft irl
Lord Caramac the Clueless, KSC
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MikeHuckebein ☮️
PP44@kim_harding this is litteraly incredible 🤯
SpaceLifeFormThat was a huge bolt to explode the entire tree. Usually, when trees are hit by lightning, it results in bark being blown off.
In this case, it was the tallest point, which did not help.
ubrummack
Ian@kim_harding decimating (traditionally) meant destroying 10%. That tree looks like it was centimated! 😅
poleguy looking for lost tools@soviut @kim_harding centimated would be only 1%. That tree was mated.
Laura 🏴☠️🏳️🌈@soviut @kim_harding @poleguy I've heard of animals that die after mating – who knew that the same could happen to trees!
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Dr Daniel, Photon Shepherd🇸🇪🇦🇺
CavyherdI think "decimating" grossly understates the results. More like "disassembling with extreme prejudice."
disky@kim_harding I'm not trying to say this is suspect or anything so please don't take it that way, but I'm curious...why was this particular tree being filmed like this when it happened? Was this just a zoom cut of a larger scene?
Greg Newton
clearwater53@kim_harding This does not look real.
Andrew Wooldridge ⛰️@kim_harding I guess when it's your time to go, the universe will let you know
toufy@kim_harding fuck me.
just think about how those things hit approximately 240,000 people annually.
just think about how those things hit approximately 240,000 people annually.
Daniele10@kim_harding A good reason not to shelter under a tree!
mirabilos@daniele_Hesse @kim_harding probably less unsafe than 5 m off or so, where that branch struck down…
Zeke 🇨🇦@daniele_Hesse @kim_harding So I’ve been told. 😳
skry
tsld@kim_harding
Very very frightening
Very very frightening
Eddie Landeros@kim_harding that's scary 😮
Florian Wesch@kim_harding that should be reason enough for birds to invade some country.
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Helge🐧🔸@kim_harding
Incredible! It's almost hard to believe that this is even real. And the fact that a boost from @sybren (Blender #b3d developer (animation & rigging)) brought me here makes it even harder. ;-)
Incredible! It's almost hard to believe that this is even real. And the fact that a boost from @sybren (Blender #b3d developer (animation & rigging)) brought me here makes it even harder. ;-)
Sybren Stüvel 🧡🤍@kim_harding oh fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
so this is why they say to stay indoors during a thunderstorm…
Mike Taylor 🦕@kim_harding The most frightening thing about this is that whoever was filming was at a vantage point HIGHER than the top of the tree!
@mike It was filmed from a webcam on a building further up the valley
EdgeMy gods, I hope everyone nearby was alright.
We had a large oak hit when we lived in Florida. It was about 20' from our home, and it blasted sod up 15' into the air. Killed the tree, but luckily not too much other damage, and nothing so dramatic.
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸@kim_harding @danneau Memories of another tree in Toulouse!