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CAPE TOWN ELECTRIC STORM (VIDEO)

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That famous photo of the thunder storm from the other night has come to life with this time lapse video of it. Shot by the same photographer, this 34-second video displays the raw power of an electric storm rolling in off the coast, made seamless by Brendon Wainwright.

 

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  • JP Basson
    JP Basson
    August 25, 2015 at 7:58 am

    Elsabe Basson

  • Donna Leigh Mohamed
    Donna Leigh Mohamed
    August 25, 2015 at 8:01 am

    Chelene Ganz

  • Chelene Ganz
    Chelene Ganz
    August 25, 2015 at 8:06 am

    Donna Leigh Mohamed U0001f631U0001f631U0001f631 that makes me so excited

  • Glenda Payne
    Glenda Payne
    August 25, 2015 at 8:11 am

    Spectacular.

  • gracecharlottee
    gracecharlottee
    August 25, 2015 at 8:13 am

    CapeTownEtc TegzPhotography SchWeet_photo totally incredible.

  • Dzivhani Tshilisanani
    Dzivhani Tshilisanani
    August 25, 2015 at 8:15 am

    Nkulu Lambani

  • Nastassia Redelinghuys
    Nastassia Redelinghuys
    August 25, 2015 at 8:18 am

    Riaan Redelinghuys

  • Tania Dirkse Van Schalkwyk
    Tania Dirkse Van Schalkwyk
    August 25, 2015 at 8:21 am

    Cameron Duncan

  • Hannah-Jean Humphreys
    Hannah-Jean Humphreys
    August 25, 2015 at 8:22 am

    Ryan Byrne

  • Anje Truter
    Anje Truter
    August 25, 2015 at 8:27 am

    Jean-Pierre Du Preez

  • Nicole Withers
    Nicole Withers
    August 25, 2015 at 8:27 am

    Beautiful

  • Reagan Kiewit
    Reagan Kiewit
    August 25, 2015 at 8:29 am

    i jis

  • Ruhjaan Cupido
    Ruhjaan Cupido
    August 25, 2015 at 8:30 am

    Sharn Prins Know you would love this babe!!

  • John Cameron
    John Cameron
    August 25, 2015 at 8:34 am

    Fantastic photos.

  • Alex Theodore Johl
    Alex Theodore Johl
    August 25, 2015 at 8:44 am

    Lorien Cher Jarzebowski

  • Lorien Cher Jarzebowski
    Lorien Cher Jarzebowski
    August 25, 2015 at 8:45 am

    Stunning 🙂

  • Lorien Cher Jarzebowski
    Lorien Cher Jarzebowski
    August 25, 2015 at 8:45 am

    Kris Jarzebowski Za Jarzebowski Jamie Greg Jarzebowski

  • Masshuddu PM
    Masshuddu PM
    August 25, 2015 at 8:54 am

    Gloria Mendy Mathoho

  • Gloria Mendy Mathoho
    Gloria Mendy Mathoho
    August 25, 2015 at 8:57 am

    very beautiful

  • UrbanBrandy
    UrbanBrandy
    August 25, 2015 at 9:01 am

    CapeTownEtc SchWeet_photo Stunning!

  • Masshuddu PM
    Masshuddu PM
    August 25, 2015 at 9:03 am

    very much.

  • Gloria Mendy Mathoho
    Gloria Mendy Mathoho
    August 25, 2015 at 9:06 am

    witchcraft :v kidding

  • Marc Williams
    Marc Williams
    August 25, 2015 at 9:18 am

    stunning

  • Masshuddu PM
    Masshuddu PM
    August 25, 2015 at 9:26 am

    lol that’s modjadji swag vibe :v

  • Ingrid Kok
    Ingrid Kok
    August 25, 2015 at 9:28 am

    Carel-Bart Viljoen Seker bietjie mooier as die skewe view van my kamervenster

  • Imran Khakoo
    Imran Khakoo
    August 25, 2015 at 9:28 am

    Brendon Wainwright

  • Jessica Gower
    Jessica Gower
    August 25, 2015 at 9:32 am

    Stephan J. Dykema

  • Wilma Murray
    Wilma Murray
    August 25, 2015 at 9:40 am

    It was amazing 🙂

  • Meagan Hendricks
    Meagan Hendricks
    August 25, 2015 at 9:55 am

    Scary

  • Stu Miller
    Stu Miller
    August 25, 2015 at 9:58 am

    Sasha-Ann Turner

  • Selina Roman
    Selina Roman
    August 25, 2015 at 9:59 am

    It look beautiful

  • aFREAKaSA
    aFREAKaSA
    August 25, 2015 at 10:21 am

    CapeTownEtc nurchotia SchWeet_photo Wow guys this is stunning. #aFREAKaSA

  • Susanne Diem
    Susanne Diem
    August 25, 2015 at 10:23 am

    So a beautifull Town

  • Taz Wagner
    Taz Wagner
    August 25, 2015 at 10:23 am

    It felt scary at that time but looks amazing:-)

  • Tanya Wiersma
    Tanya Wiersma
    August 25, 2015 at 10:27 am

    Paul Wiersma

  • Andrew Wettergreen
    Andrew Wettergreen
    August 25, 2015 at 10:35 am

    The guys in the boat must of kukked themselves!

  • Cheryl Weir
    Cheryl Weir
    August 25, 2015 at 10:44 am

    Miss Jhb storms

  • Rohini Gaonkar
    Rohini Gaonkar
    August 25, 2015 at 10:59 am

    Rohidas

  • Daleine Seiler
    Daleine Seiler
    August 25, 2015 at 11:01 am

    Another fine production !! I dof my hat to CT etc.

  • Markusorilious
    Markusorilious
    August 25, 2015 at 11:06 am

    CapeTownEtc Stunning!

  • Nazeem Hartley Jumbo
    Nazeem Hartley Jumbo
    August 25, 2015 at 11:09 am

    just shows you that we do have enough electricity !!!!

  • Theodora Michaletos
    Theodora Michaletos
    August 25, 2015 at 11:13 am

    Matthew Godrich

  • rosesmall030
    rosesmall030
    August 25, 2015 at 11:44 am

    CapeTownEtc SchWeet_photo Stunning work!!! 🙂

  • Cape Town Etc
    Cape Town Etc
    August 25, 2015 at 12:13 pm

    Thank you Daleine! 🙂

  • Brenda Hoskison
    Brenda Hoskison
    August 25, 2015 at 12:18 pm

    wow who takes these amazing pics

  • Julia Hampton
    Julia Hampton
    August 25, 2015 at 12:24 pm

    Andrew Earl

  • Felicity Wewege
    Felicity Wewege
    August 25, 2015 at 12:46 pm

    Love a storm!

  • Cassandra Pedersen
    Cassandra Pedersen
    August 25, 2015 at 1:02 pm

    Breathtaking!

  • Helen Conrathe
    Helen Conrathe
    August 25, 2015 at 1:22 pm

    It sounded though it was nearby in Gordon’s Bay

  • Vanessa Munro
    Vanessa Munro
    August 25, 2015 at 1:28 pm

    Cape of Storms is the BEST … so long as you have a safe roof overhead!

  • Erica Bartnick
    Erica Bartnick
    August 25, 2015 at 1:34 pm

    This was quite scary

  • Marietjie Louw
    Marietjie Louw
    August 25, 2015 at 1:46 pm

    Genade!

  • Inshaaf Waggie
    Inshaaf Waggie
    August 25, 2015 at 1:51 pm

    Kauthar Waggie

  • Jessica Jones
    Jessica Jones
    August 25, 2015 at 2:16 pm

    Looks beautiful as a photo, but I am TERRIFIED of electrical storms.My cat and I look for the closest room to hide in LOL….

  • Stormy Cousins
    Stormy Cousins
    August 25, 2015 at 2:35 pm

    Nicky Robinson

  • Sam Welch
    Sam Welch
    August 25, 2015 at 2:47 pm

    Nick Fynn

  • Matthew Trusler
    Matthew Trusler
    August 25, 2015 at 2:52 pm

    Shannon Debbie Thomson

  • Jeanne Koutandos
    Jeanne Koutandos
    August 25, 2015 at 2:53 pm

    Cindy Nolan, Gavin Gouws, Demitrie Koutandos

  • Gamida Soeker
    Gamida Soeker
    August 25, 2015 at 2:59 pm

    Awesome!!!

  • Elna de Beer
    Elna de Beer
    August 25, 2015 at 3:07 pm

    Powerful!

  • Beatrix Rode
    Beatrix Rode
    August 25, 2015 at 3:15 pm

    Totally agree – it reminds me of the highveld storms – One of the reasons why I love Gauteng in summer time – the amazing thunder storms!!

  • Shannon Debbie Thomson
    Shannon Debbie Thomson
    August 25, 2015 at 3:26 pm

    WowU0001f60d

  • Luvuyo Luvo Vuyo Ngwayishe
    Luvuyo Luvo Vuyo Ngwayishe
    August 25, 2015 at 3:32 pm

    Awesome….but you wouldn’t dare capturing a video like this one in the eastern cape

  • Johanna Rabe Landers
    Johanna Rabe Landers
    August 25, 2015 at 3:40 pm

    It was quite something !!!

  • Judy Fredericks
    Judy Fredericks
    August 25, 2015 at 3:48 pm

    Awesome

  • Solveig McCormick
    Solveig McCormick
    August 25, 2015 at 3:54 pm

    It was spectacular here up against the mountain. Bright flashes of lightening and rolling thunder shaking the building.

  • Kirstie Duncan
    Kirstie Duncan
    August 25, 2015 at 3:55 pm

    Kyle Martch Blaine Martch

  • Neil Burger
    Neil Burger
    August 25, 2015 at 4:15 pm

    Elzeri Brits

  • Lisle Carolissen
    Lisle Carolissen
    August 25, 2015 at 4:21 pm

    That was awesome!

  • Thristan Valentyn
    Thristan Valentyn
    August 25, 2015 at 4:35 pm

    Mikayla Angel Jordan Campbell Robert Parham Chrishele Marshall Tony Marshall Jacob Watson Pamela Watson In our city

  • Elbie Strauss Dorman
    Elbie Strauss Dorman
    August 25, 2015 at 4:42 pm

    Cape Town even rocks when it storms!!!

  • Eugene Pretorius
    Eugene Pretorius
    August 25, 2015 at 5:04 pm

    amazing photo

  • Crystal Lynn Pretorius
    Crystal Lynn Pretorius
    August 25, 2015 at 5:10 pm

    LuWayne Wonder

  • Carlo Burrows
    Carlo Burrows
    August 25, 2015 at 5:11 pm

    Wow

  • Toriq Stemmet
    Toriq Stemmet
    August 25, 2015 at 5:12 pm

    That’s one beautiful site

  • Celia Smit
    Celia Smit
    August 25, 2015 at 5:19 pm

    Beautiful display of nature’s power !

  • Fosia Goodenough
    Fosia Goodenough
    August 25, 2015 at 5:25 pm

    Magik as always!!??✌

  • Taryn August
    Taryn August
    August 25, 2015 at 5:56 pm

    Tht is y she is called the mother city

  • Isa Isaacs
    Isa Isaacs
    August 25, 2015 at 5:57 pm

    This just shows what a beautiful city we live in

  • Cheryl Booyse
    Cheryl Booyse
    August 25, 2015 at 6:16 pm

    What a storm indeed. I am an adult still fearing thunder and lighting. Ask anyone who knows me. My husband will tell you. Lol!!!! Sounds silly but the truth.

  • Linda Paluzzi Le Roux
    Linda Paluzzi Le Roux
    August 25, 2015 at 6:19 pm

    The only thing i miss about Jhb is the thunder

  • Zènab Larney
    Zènab Larney
    August 25, 2015 at 6:28 pm

    Me too hehehe!

  • Sejal Pramlall
    Sejal Pramlall
    August 25, 2015 at 6:33 pm

    Dean de Haast

  • Warren Bartram
    Warren Bartram
    August 25, 2015 at 6:51 pm

    John Wainwright, you boy is talented!

  • Adrian Buble
    Adrian Buble
    August 25, 2015 at 6:59 pm

    Luqmán Davids Michael Carelse

  • Ursula Barnard
    Ursula Barnard
    August 25, 2015 at 7:43 pm

    Wow. That’s amazing!

  • Marilyn January
    Marilyn January
    August 25, 2015 at 7:51 pm

    God is with south Africa

  • Jessie Hayes
    Jessie Hayes
    August 25, 2015 at 8:12 pm

    Nicholas-John Maree

  • Kimo Deutschman
    Kimo Deutschman
    August 25, 2015 at 8:13 pm

    should send some of the electricity to Eskom..!!

  • Emma Du Plessis
    Emma Du Plessis
    August 25, 2015 at 8:18 pm

    Thuthu Ndlovu

  • Magali Vrede
    Magali Vrede
    August 25, 2015 at 8:30 pm

    Bruce Ian Vrede

  • Emma Thomson
    Emma Thomson
    August 25, 2015 at 8:43 pm

    Anne Thomson

  • John Wainwright
    John Wainwright
    August 25, 2015 at 8:49 pm

    The photographer is Brendon Wainwright

  • Ali Bensch
    Ali Bensch
    August 25, 2015 at 8:53 pm

    Deborah Longworth-Bensch

  • Brenda Hoskison
    Brenda Hoskison
    August 25, 2015 at 8:53 pm

    he is fantastic his pics r lovely x

  • Debbie Bezuidenhout
    Debbie Bezuidenhout
    August 25, 2015 at 9:19 pm

    Wow ! beautiful

  • Ryan Brennan
    Ryan Brennan
    August 25, 2015 at 9:30 pm

    seemed eskom got a little more power from the sunday night electric storm

  • Marvin Kernelle
    Marvin Kernelle
    August 25, 2015 at 9:32 pm

    Amazing

  • Farieda Manuel
    Farieda Manuel
    August 25, 2015 at 9:39 pm

    Awesome

  • Inger Palm Andersen
    Inger Palm Andersen
    August 25, 2015 at 9:48 pm

    spectacular, amazing nature and scaryU0001f60d

  • Gary Vanto
    Gary Vanto
    August 25, 2015 at 9:53 pm

    I was wondering what was going on

  • Roxanne Rintoul
    Roxanne Rintoul
    August 25, 2015 at 9:53 pm

    Nicole Rintoul

  • Josh Fillmore
    Josh Fillmore
    August 25, 2015 at 9:57 pm

    Brandon Fillmore

  • Natalie Osoro
    Natalie Osoro
    August 25, 2015 at 10:05 pm

    Imogene Osoro

  • Emilia Iossifova
    Emilia Iossifova
    August 25, 2015 at 10:07 pm

    Върховно е!!!

  • Cecilia Van Heerden
    Cecilia Van Heerden
    August 25, 2015 at 10:08 pm

    Ini somer elke middag 3 uur het die donderweer en weerlig geblits, ek is mal daaroor, dit se di wolke bring reen

  • Louis Joshua
    Louis Joshua
    August 25, 2015 at 10:17 pm

    die mooiste weer altyd…

  • Derwyn Oxley
    Derwyn Oxley
    August 25, 2015 at 10:31 pm

    Who said we don’t have electricity!!!!

  • Justin Govender
    Justin Govender
    August 25, 2015 at 10:36 pm

    Saul Pires pretty cool hey!?

  • Saul Pires
    Saul Pires
    August 25, 2015 at 10:37 pm

    Amazing!! Saw from the window!

  • Nhlahla YamaNdonga Shamase
    Nhlahla YamaNdonga Shamase
    August 25, 2015 at 11:09 pm

    Only in Cape Town people take videos/photos when there’s storm, try that in KZN and u’ll be shush to sit down and hide that shiny thing #beautifulSouthAfrica #mydiversecountry amazing piece of Art this is though

  • Sarah Faith Millward
    Sarah Faith Millward
    August 25, 2015 at 11:12 pm

    Emma Smith thought you’d appreciate

  • Charlene Connor
    Charlene Connor
    August 25, 2015 at 11:37 pm

    Thinus Kruger… buite in die reen het ons dit gekyk…

  • Hans Edward King
    Hans Edward King
    August 25, 2015 at 11:48 pm

    Awesome Jo U0001f44dU0001f3fcU0001f44dU0001f3fcU0001f44dU0001f3fc

  • Terry Bagley
    Terry Bagley
    August 25, 2015 at 11:57 pm

    I can honestly say I could count the number of lightening storms on one hand that I saw growing up in the Cape. Especially ones like this.

  • Bronwyn Jean Chetty
    Bronwyn Jean Chetty
    August 26, 2015 at 12:25 am

    Jared Singh there you go, safe and you see all the action

  • Sarah Haylock
    Sarah Haylock
    August 26, 2015 at 5:46 am

    Maxine Smith; Keown Smith

  • Babette Vermaak
    Babette Vermaak
    August 26, 2015 at 6:20 am

    Beautiful but scary great photography.

  • Donald Page
    Donald Page
    August 26, 2015 at 6:23 am

    Mother City,s technology at its electrifying best

  • Cheryl Booyse
    Cheryl Booyse
    August 26, 2015 at 7:09 am

    Dont worry. We share the same fear. Lol!!!!

  • Zènab Larney
    Zènab Larney
    August 26, 2015 at 7:11 am

    I’m a bangbroek when it comes to thunder and lighting and have been since I was a child lol

  • Mogammad Nur Benjamin
    Mogammad Nur Benjamin
    August 26, 2015 at 9:05 am

    Joshua Rubin

  • Пенка Стойчева
    Пенка Стойчева
    August 26, 2015 at 10:09 am

    Сигурно ти липсва! Много е красиво! Поздрави и целувки!

  • Rico Miron
    Rico Miron
    August 26, 2015 at 10:46 am

    Alex Nkashama

  • Courts Grace Barends
    Courts Grace Barends
    August 26, 2015 at 11:39 am

    Jason Richard Hammond

  • Nicole Keyser
    Nicole Keyser
    August 26, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    Andrew Savage This is awesome.

  • Jump Around South Africa
    Jump Around South Africa
    August 26, 2015 at 6:15 pm

    so cool

  • BibiKritzinger
    BibiKritzinger
    August 26, 2015 at 11:16 pm

    **TOOOOOOTALLY**AAAAAWESOME**!!!!  This is just another REMINDER or rather,
    a CONFIRMATION.., why I loooove Cape Town& Surroundings!!

  • Marianne McDonald
    Marianne McDonald
    August 27, 2015 at 5:27 pm

    Helen McDonald

  • Helen McDonald
    Helen McDonald
    August 27, 2015 at 6:28 pm

    Wow that is quite amazing!

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