Amazing moment of lightning striking above famous monument captured on camera

By Ellie Forbes via SWNS

An amateur photographer captured this amazing shot of the moment a lightning strike hit above Scotland's Wallace Monument.

Thomas Lamont, 33, snapped the picture at 8:45 P.M. Sunday- August 14- night as the thunder and lightning began.

IT worker Thomas, from Falkirk, was standing in a field near the monument, in Stirling, hoping to capture drone footage of the storm.

He began to take the drone down as the storm approached - but luckily managed to capture the strike as it appeared above the monument.

Thomas said: “I love thunder and lightning storms so when I knew it was coming I planned to go out and checked it would be safe to take the drone.

“I was standing in a nearby field and took the shot about 8:45 P.M. just as the storm hit.

“You could see and hear the storm coming in the distance, it was really warm and muggy outside.

“I was bringing the drone down because I thought the storm was getting a bit close, and just as I did the lightning struck and I managed to capture it.

“It was just luck, I was there at the right time.”