Stunning Slow Motion Footage of a Watermelon Being Zapped With Lightning Currents

Lori Dorn
June 20, 2025

Electrical engineer Greg Leyh of Lightning On Demand, who is a longtime member of Survival Research Labs and is known for his incredible giant Tesla Coils zapped a watermelon with varying degrees of powerful lightning currents to test out a piece of machinery and captured it all in wonderful slow motion.

Applying actual lightning currents [25,000 to 100,000 amps] to a watermelon, in order to test a 40 kilojoule high voltage capacitor bank.

Zapping Watermelon With Lightning — screenshot via Greg Leyh

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Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.