An Incredible Photo of Lightning Striking the Spire of One World Trade Center in New York City

A post shared by WeatherGoingWILD (@weathergoingwild) on Jul 17, 2018 at 4:32pm PDT

Storm chaser Michael Koch of Weather Going Wild shot an incredible photo of lightning striking the spire of One World Trade Center during a recent storm in NYC. He also captured slow motion video of the strike.

A post shared by WeatherGoingWILD (@weathergoingwild) on Jul 17, 2018 at 4:08pm PDT

– A weather photo that had eluded me for far too long! #Lightning striking the #FreedomTower in #NYC earlier today… #manhattan pic.twitter.com/cclmaZgyYM

— WeatherGoingWILD (@WeatherGoinWILD) July 17, 2018