Is this for real?

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Very long shutter speed. You can tell by the ground lights "blooming".



And photoshop.
 

Nitro

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I'd say multiple long exposure shots superimposed together. No way could you capture that many strikes in a few minutes time. Anything longer then a few minutes, even at night, would overexpose even the dim lights. They could have used filters to get the multiple colors.
 

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Yes, most likely they used software to combine the shots, and could have adjust the colors also.
 

gromit

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It looks like a astronomy site. The options to do this are:
Several pictures overlaid using photoshop, using special color filters. Exposures up to 60 minutes per color are not unusual for astro photos.
Most likely a long exposure, or several short and each stike colored in photoshop.
 

Zelandeth

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I actually did something pretty similar a while back, though less complex. Took multiple shots with filters on, then superimposed each image on the other in software. Result was much like that.
 

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gromit said:
It looks like a astronomy site. The options to do this are:
Several pictures overlaid using photoshop, using special color filters. Exposures up to 60 minutes per color are not unusual for astro photos.
Most likely a long exposure, or several short and each stike colored in photoshop.

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I say several shots combined together. A 60 minute exposure would over expose the picture with the lights. Astronomical photos are taken in space, which is a lot darker then terrestrial shots.
 
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