You never know when something like this will happen, so having a camera trained even slightly in the right direction is a coup when lightning strikes. Here, just in the frame, the EQ Bank Tower on the east side of Downtown Toronto takes a bolt out of the blue. 

Lightning strikes the EQ Bank Tower on the east side of Downtown Toronto, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor mburrrrr

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