See awesome photos and video of lightning striking the Empire State Building

Last night’s thunderstorm in New York City was a pretty violent one. As the rain picked up and the wind whipped around buildings, lightning flashed in the sky, even hitting the Empire State Building!

As always, someone is out there watching with a camera on hand. 

The Empire State Building’s Instagram posted a video of the strike happening from different angles and it’s pretty freakin’ cool.

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Gary Hershorn took a mesmerizing photo of the strike here:

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As did this photographer.

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The ESB wasn’t the only tower to get struck, though. One World Trade was victim to the storm, too.

Photographer Johnny Angelillo captured that strike below:

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And Max Guliani caught it on video, too.

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