Lightning fast

Thanks to EVG reader Kevin Scheld for sharing these photos of the fast-moving storm that blew on through around 8 p.m. ... the top photo is from Fourth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue looking toward the west ... while the shot below is looking toward Midtown...

Tuesday's parting shot

Thanks to James and Karla Murray for sharing this photo tonight... a lightning strike over the East Village...

Capturing lightning on a building

EVG reader Eben Hall shared this photo from last night ... a composite of the lightning strikes on One World Trade Center, as viewed from Avenue C. Captured between 11 p.m and midnight.

Capturing 2 lightning strikes early this morning at One World Trade Center

EVG reader Gregory Patrick had been wanting a shot of lightning striking the steel spire atop One World Trade Center.

He got his wish early this morning around 4 — twice.





"I go out for storms, and I’ve been watching radar looking for a storm to head downtown," said Patrick, who usually photographs circus performers for his entertainment company. "I've gotten shots of lightning hitting the tower from my roof in the East Village, but I wanted a shot from looking straight up."

Several photographers captured a lightning strike here last month. (The lightning rod atop the building reportedly measures 16 feet.)

While there isn't any documentation on the number of strikes at One World Trade Center, the Empire State Building is reportedly struck about 25 times per year.

Anyway...this seems necessary now...

[Updated] Zapped!

Via @greally — Lightning strikes concentrated around the East Village.

And here is one of the strikes captured by James and Karla Murray ...



Updated 10:11 p.m.

Two more strikes via James and Karla...





Updated 7:30 a.m.

And via EVG reader Andrew … using the iPhone's slo-mo cam...

Strike 1 …

Wow… a photo looking to the south in the East Village this evening via James and Karla Murray …

Tonight's thunderstorm in action

From tonight's storm... looking northeast toward the East Village and Brooklyn..

Via EVG reader Ariel E. ... Taken with 8-20 seconds exposure with Panasonic G3, through the closed window...

Zapped!

These photos from earlier this afternoon are by Gregory Patrick... looking downtown from Third Street and Avenue B...

Storm center

Using up all my storm headlines in one night... Anyway! Many thanks to James Maher for sharing these photos...

Find more of his work here.

Just after midnight, that crazy sky

Over the East Village last night. Shot by James and Karla Murray. See more here.

Gothamist notes that the Empire State Building was struck by lightning three times during the storm.

It's electric

Wow. The talented and amazing James and Karla Murray took this storm shot this evening over the East Village...