In case you missed it, the humid heatwave that's been smothering Edinburgh this week erupted into a full-on thunderbolts-and-lightning, very very frightening storm last night. Here's a round-up of the best images.
I took these in the last 30mins from my house looking over the Royal Infirmary #edinburgh #lightning pic.twitter.com/TwWEUiPUS5
— The Bow Bar (@bow_bar) July 2, 2015
This was Edinburgh last nite with the thunder storm ! ? pic.twitter.com/bDccUyWzOI
— Lorna Elvin (@ElvinLorna) July 2, 2015
Slightly higher res version of my Instagram post, #lightning storm in #edinburgh. pic.twitter.com/voASqt4zDZ
— karstenmoerman (@karstenmoerman) July 2, 2015
Worth staying up for! #Edinburgh #lightning @STVNews @BBCScotlandNews @edinspotlight @lostedinburgh pic.twitter.com/LT2ZhRvKPC
— Kit Carruthers (@MrKitCarruthers) July 2, 2015
Picture of the fierce lightning storm over Leith, Edinburgh, on the night of 01 July 2015... pic.twitter.com/UWRBCWH9yA
— Captain Fargon (@CaptainFargon) July 2, 2015