If you look carefully, you can just spot two people down on the beach wtaking a walk. After the lightning strikes they run like mad Lucky esacpe!

While filming out a window, a lightning bolt strikes a nearby tree. The slow motion reply shows the beauty of the lightning strike going through the tree. This is the reason why you shouldn't be caught under a tree during a storm. The researchers say that the safest place to be is...yes...your car! That's because you're in a Faraday cage!

These guys managed to capture a 2.2 million volt lightning strike using just a thick piece of Plexiglass. As the lightning strike travels through it, it melts the plastic, leaving an imprint of the strike, called a Lichtenberg figure. Pretty cool, isn't it?

As the title says, this video is a compilation of some of the coolest, and closest lighning stikes caught on camera. Some of them have been previously featured on this blog, but the compilation is definitely worth watching. Enjoy the light show!

I always wanted to see how lightning finds its path to the ground. Now I get to see it! It's as beautiful and as amazing as I thought! Enjoy!

Although it may seem dangerous, it's literally the safest place you can be during a storm. Because it acts as a Faraday cage, and because it grounds the lighting immediately, this woman and her family lived to tell the tale!

Here's an amazingly close lighting strike, filmed in Oklahoma City on 23rd march 2007. It's pretty scary to see it so close, and to realize the aftermath of the lighting on that poor tree. Take look. Spectacular!