Photos capture stunning lightning strike of WTC spiral
The storms that swept up the Atlantic coast on Tuesday produced some wild weather along the I-95 corridor — and some dramatic images of lightning striking the World Trade Center spiral. And, like photos of any storm worth its salt in the social media age, those images spread quickly on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
The photo above, taken by Marco Menendez, was captured from Brooklyn Bridge Park.
"I found myself ducking and walking very fast past trees and metal poles while doing this," Menendez wrote.
Max Guliani, who was in lower Manhattan, caught the bolt from several closer angles:
WTC Lightning Strike @NY1weather @NYC @NYCityAlerts @EverythingNYC @weatherchannel pic.twitter.com/8QL1yrkA3D
— Max Guliani (@maximusupinNYc) July 16, 2014
Lower Manhattan Lightning @EverythingNYC pic.twitter.com/phf8UODhGv
— Max Guliani (@maximusupinNYc) July 16, 2014
Tonight's WTC Lightning #NYC @NBCNewYork @CNNweather @TWCBreaking @NYDailyNews @ABC7NY pic.twitter.com/RBwm6pTqt5
— Max Guliani (@maximusupinNYc) July 16, 2014
WTC Lightning Strike @NY1weather @NYC @NYCityAlerts @EverythingNYC @weatherchannel pic.twitter.com/8QL1yrkA3D
— Max Guliani (@maximusupinNYc) July 16, 2014
Lightning strikes the spire of One World Trade Center during tonight's storm.Photo: @maximusupinNYc pic.twitter.com/f1bSGwhbJx
— EverythingNYC (@EverythingNYC) July 16, 2014
Photographer Tyler Sparks captured it from yet another angle:
World Trade Center Hit By Lightning #lightning #wtc #nyc #flickr #photo https://t.co/TsHnMvaXSy
— Tyler Sparks (@Sparks_Photo) July 16, 2014
If those images look familiar, it's because the same thing happened earlier this month.
One World Trade Center gets hit by lightning during a storm tonight. #newyork #newyorkcity @nyc @newyork #lightning pic.twitter.com/qGPyBzKudp
— Gary Hershorn (@GaryHershorn) July 3, 2014
Tuesday's display came a day after a lightning bolt struck the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., narrowly missing the U.S. Capitol.
A lightning bolt strikes the Library of Congress dome, behind the US Capitol - via @ABC News DC: pic.twitter.com/Xj8bn4safa
— ABC News (@ABC) July 14, 2014