Man Captures Crazy Lightning Strike Photo From A Towboat On The Mississippi River

March 17, 2018

A man who works on towboats pushing barges on the Mississippi River captured an epic photo of a lightning strike during a thunderstorm.

man captures epic lightning photo on Mississippi river
Credit: captainford80

The photo was posted to Reddit by user captainford80 who wrote, "there was a storm with a lot of lightning so I stood on the deck and was using a burst shot didn't realize I even caught the picture till I went back and looked."

"It was at least a mile away but sounded like a bomb going off," he added.

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