⚡ 1000mW blue laser beam vs. lightning bolt storm! 

Making a beam of ionized gas skyward during a lightning storm is an AWESOME idea.

I always wondered if a high powered blue or UV laser could ionize the air enough to make an electric discharge follow it. Well, you pointed one into a lightning storm without getting zapped, so I guess it doesn't. I'm glad there was someone else to try that experiment first, so I don't have to.

I just figured this out last night. Sitting on my roof. Watching the storm passed by my town last night. Noticed after I shot my laser in the sky ,lightning bolts came a few seconds later. Thought it was crazy repeated it about 10 times same reaction. Cool stuff

Can it create an ion channel and drain thunderbolt potential straight to your arms frying them with 5 billion joules of pure energy?

A number of pilots were blinded by a blue laser during a lightning storm this summer. They are still looking for the person responsible.

I nearly shat myself laughing cause of this

what is it with the laser videos and the balanced feedback bars ?

Now to get a hand held lightning pointer :-) Nice vid

2957/2957 I don't understand how this user get so many dislikes

HAHA I PLUNGE THIS VIDEO INTO CHAOS

Some high power laser are capable of creating what is known as a "laser induced plasma channel" or LIPC. It is used as a method of directing electrical arcs in “lightning weapons” that are currently in development.

An electro-laser works very similarly to how lightning works, with the added twist of the blooming from a laser causing the plasma channel instead of the forces of nature. Lightning doesn't just strike anything. It strikes whatever creates or has the best conditions for allowing the over-charged cloud to create an ion path to. That path is then used to discharge the excess static electricity the cloud has been storing. Like I said, I don't think what he is doing is a good idea.

Hey, thanks! Your's isn't too shabby looking either. Good to see there are others out there with similar tastes in reality:)

where do you get the laser

Doing my part in balancing the bar!

Kid : Is it lightning out side? Mom : Nahh, it's only our neighbour playing with his lazer again.

its so wierd rthat the lighting was dodging the laser...what cuold have caused it? was it the fluxuation of energy between the lighting and the laser then they conflicted?

is this a pulsed wave laser?

I also always shine around with my lazer in a thunderstorm

Wher Could i Get One Of These Lasers

I've seen that on like 3 of his videos... there must be something his viewers like doing. :D It's kewl.

could not resist my self bringing the balanse.

You are once again in balance!

so im thinking about getting this laser. what do you think of it. do you always have to wear the glasses when using it. what about outside in the dark

i have a 532nm green laser how far does that go plz answer me

I liked it to keep up with the evenness

Where is this?

ok, so did the lightning just shoot around the lase ror something. What exactly happened here?

He stabbed the weather with his lightsaber

Where do i get obe of those

lovely weather :)

r u inducing lightning by charging the clouds wit teh lasor???

omg looks so cool can't wait till another storm come's in :)

Where can i buy theese?

where did you get this and how much

Where do I get a laser like that?

Is this one from wicked lasers?

IF an airplane was flying throught that storm, I'm shocked, since they cancel flights for way less of a storm, and that was certainly a gnarly looking thunderstorm

shining a laser into the sky is not only illegal but will land you in a federal prison

Basically laser beam vs hotter laser beam

Try holding it still, I did it with a green one and well.. I can't say _nothing_ happened, I was quite freaked out when the largest ball of lighting bolts lit up in the direct degree and azimuth I had the laser aimed. It was close and it freaked me the feck out. I did it when it was just dry and still, there was little wind and no rain. I wanna try it again but i dont feel like becoming a lightning rod... There is definitely something to this. If there is enough ionization potential in the air all it needs is a little *_push.._*

hi i have the 100mw and i wana make it very bright cod you plase make a vid abot it

I only liked to balance the numbers.

where do you get these at? o:

@WorldScott Very cool device, I may purchase one? Do you have the accessories kit and if you do, are they worth buying?

so thats a laser pointer? And that thing can light up a match :D? Cooool!

Awesome :)

That's probably as much power as the lightning strike itself. I guess I am not surprised that someone has done research on it.

Blooming. Look it up.

He wasn't implying that he was making the lightning he was just demonstrating the brightness of the laser compared to lightning.

The balance is restored!

have you ever had a laser in your eye unexpectedly? you flinch...allot, especially if it is 1000mW

The blooming that is caused when the photons hit atmospheric particles creates an ionized plasma channel. If this plasma channel is formed well enough, you can send an electrical current down it. I can't say whether these pen lasers are strong enough to pull it off, but the principle of how electro-lasers work suggests that there is a chance that they are.

thank you for a valid argument :) which i...kinda agree with...lol

hes shaking it 'cuz' he afraid to get hit by lightning LMAO :D

I helped! :)

looks like the real vid is in the red and green lasers xD

OMFG HOW IS THIS STILL EVEN? XD

I wanted to like but it was at 994-994. Epic!

Don't signal the aliens man !

you've started a trend

raindrops look nice though

look like its space

WAIT, doesn't a powerful LASER ionize the gasses in the photon bean, thus making it more conductive to electricity or something?

It's okay, it's even again. XD

Someone (I think top coment) explained it fairly well. Essentially, the wierd visual artifacts were caused by electricity and plasma from the lightning travelling through the laser.

Why the 90%~ duty cycle

Disliked the video to balance bar but really liked it!

lol exactly! ^^ That's even a full 1.000.000.000 nW man, get this Death Star!

lets keep it that way lol

Keeping the love hate balance, nice laser ;)

where can i bought a laser like that...is pretty amazing o.o

Did you make the bolt come down by pointing the laser? O_o

The bar is balanced again! NOW, THE FATE OF THIS VIDEO LIES IN MY HANDS.

Hello police? I just saw a U.F O. out of my front window? My husband said,"It had blue lights flickering and all of a sudden it took off like a laser? What do you mean, what have I been drinking?

aaah ii love lasers while its raining!

the bar is again...... balanced

once again i have made them even

ppl might think itsa UFO if u spin it like that =P

Gonna make it balanced again >;D

isnt it illegal to point those in the sky?

the like and dislike bar created a double light saber

Now i will brink the bar again to a perfect balance . hmmm. equilibrium

Uh... Bit of a mindfuck right when you started that laser up.

epic thunderstorm

i love your laser!! where did you bought this ? sorry for my poor english i'm french ^^

XD Now it's 2071 and 2071.

1,489 likes 1,489 dislikes. making yet another ultimate choice

The bar is balanced. THE FATE OF THIS VIDEO IS IN MY HANDS..

thn paizeis???

I wanted to like it but was too scared O.o

Can you ask someone to film this from far away, while you work your magic on the clouds ? Would it be noticeable ?

MUAHUAHUAHAUAHUA at last i get to unbalance a perfectly balanced bar :D

ooops accidently hit the like button causing the bar to be out of balance! :O haha

ikr

Did it ever occur to you that scientist use laser to induce lightning strikes?

Balanced. :)

That makes no sense how you can relate to that. xD!!!!!

looks like the universe... or i might be a weird person, i really don't know which one. i see the universe on dust as well when the sunlight's on it. lol

Could lightning run down a laser beam like a lightning rod?