The lighting discharge happens very quickly (a few microseconds [1]) so it's unlikely you'll get the same shifting you see in that video. The exposure time of

The lighting discharge happens very quickly (a few microseconds [1]) so it's unlikely you'll get the same shifting you see in that video. The exposure time of the camera in that dim light was probably much longer than the time of the lightning discharge. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning#Downward_leader_formation_for_negative_CG_lightning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning#Downward_leader_forma...