13 Incredible Photos Of London Being Lit Up By Lightning

Not many of us can resist the drama of a late night storm.

Really, who hasn’t spent at least one sleepless night sat on their windowsill watching the sky light up? Well, it turns out some very clever photographer types spent the evening doing just that, and they’ve taken some rather impressive pictures. So, we’ve put together a series of photos that captured Tuesday night’s dramatic crescendo above our beautiful city.

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A post shared by xpanoramas (@xpanoramas) on Jul 18, 2017 at 8:49pm PDT

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A post shared by ??Nige (London, UK) (@levanterman) on Jul 18, 2017 at 11:58pm PDT

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A post shared by Storeys (@storeys_oflondon) on Jul 18, 2017 at 11:52pm PDT

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A post shared by Vromad (@vromad) on Jul 19, 2017 at 6:25am PDT

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A post shared by The View from The Shard (@shardview) on Jul 19, 2017 at 3:22am PDT

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A post shared by Alex Floyd-Douglass (@_africanrosephotography) on Jul 18, 2017 at 7:32pm PDT

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A post shared by James Burns (@londonfromtherooftops) on Jul 19, 2017 at 11:23am PDT

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A post shared by Vromad (@vromad) on Jul 18, 2017 at 11:33pm PDT

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A post shared by Pritesh Kapadia | London ? (@priteshkapadia) on Jul 19, 2017 at 12:20pm PDT

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A post shared by James Burns (@londonfromtherooftops) on Jul 18, 2017 at 11:43pm PDT

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A post shared by TOBI (@tobjizzle) on Jul 19, 2017 at 12:02pm PDT

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A post shared by James Burns (@londonfromtherooftops) on Jul 19, 2017 at 11:23pm PDT

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A post shared by Van der Aston (@cristiandeaston) on Jul 18, 2017 at 7:14pm PDT

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