{"id":6116,"date":"2010-06-29T07:47:18","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T12:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2010\/06\/28\/"},"modified":"2021-10-11T12:08:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T17:08:12","slug":"daily-diversion-chicago-lightning-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2010\/06\/29\/daily-diversion-chicago-lightning-storms\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Diversion: Chicago lightning storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"720\" height=\"320\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12816548&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Flying into Chicago two weeks ago, I encountered a crazy thunder storm that stranded my plane on the tarmac of O&#8217;Hare International Airport. Turns out, more storms pounded the city the week after I left, and the light show was captured by amazing videos and photographs.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2017\/05\/02\/review-why-my-sigma-17-70mm-dc-macro-lens-is-always-on-my-camera\/\" target=_blank\"> A review of the Sigma 17-70mm lens for shooting video<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Daily-Diversion-Chicago-lightning-storms-John-Tedesco.png\" alt=\"Daily Diversion  Chicago lightning storms   John Tedesco\" width=\"250\" height=\"137\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11260\" \/>This is a <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/12816548\">cool time lapse video<\/a> of lightning hitting the three tallest buildings in Chicago. A photographer for the Chicago Tribune captured the moment of lightning striking two buildings, which sparked an <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170422212910\/http:\/\/featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com\/theskyline\/2010\/06\/sometimes-a-photographer-goes-out-in-search-of-a-good-photo--and-because-of-unforseen-circumstances-comes-back-with-a-gre.html\">online debate<\/a> about whether the photo was doctored. Kelly McBride at Poynter <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100704012711\/https:\/\/www.poynter.org\/column.asp?id=67&#038;aid=185894\">discussed how the photo was verified by crowdsourcing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Long story short: Lightning is cool, kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cool time lapse video of lightning hitting the three tallest buildings in 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