Some cool video footage of lighting over Greers Ferry Lake was captured Sunday night.
Photos show lighting appearing over the Greers Ferry Lake area on Sunday evening. The lighting appears without accompanying sound. The light was reportedly lighting up the Greers Ferry area. You can watch the video below.
Lighting Without Thunder Spotted Over Greers Ferry Lake
You can watch the footage captured of the event with sound included:
Here’s a brightened image of the lighting captured in the video.
Why Was There No Thunder?
This is typically what many people would call “heat lighting.” But that term can be misleading.
According to National Weather Service “heat lighting” is where:
“Often, mountains, hills, trees or just the curvature of the earth prevent the observer from seeing the actual lightning flash. Instead, the faint flash seen by the observer is light being reflected off higher-level clouds. Also, the sound of thunder can only be heard for about 10 miles from a flash.”
In the end, it’s just far away lighting that’s causing the sky to flash. But the lighting is too far away for observers to hear thunder.
