London's Iconic 'Shard' Skyscraper Was Just Hit By Lightning And The Images Are Surreal

The Shard, a famous skyscraper in London, was hit by lightning on Thursday during a storm.

Weather Channel meteorologist Tim Ballisty and others have been tweeting out an intense-looking photo originally posted on the Twitter feed of London company AIA Worldwide.

Check it out:

Well that was very exciting; better get back to work now the storms passed pic.twitter.com/LKvMbPiC6U

- AIA Worldwide (@aiaworldwide) May 22, 2014

Here's another angle:

London. MT @spacepatrol: Oh yes! #lightning #Shard pic.twitter.com/JvIwdXEYiZ

- Tim Ballisty (@IrishEagle) May 22, 2014

There's also a YouTube video of the strike: