Lightning Captured at 7207 Images per Second . ... Credit Copyright: Tom A. Warner , ZTResearch , www.weathervideoHD.TV Explanation: How fast is lightning? ... The above lightning stroke did not move too fast, however, for this extremely high time resolution video to resolve. ... The above lightning bolt starts with many simultaneously creating ionized channels branching out from an negatively charged pool of electrons and ions that has somehow been created by drafts and collisions in a rain cloud . ...