Awe at What Woman’s Camera Captures During Lightning Strike

A striking thunderstorm image that a woman captured from her bedroom window has gained viral attention on Reddit, with some viewers pointing to the unique picture being like lightning in a bottle.

The woman’s husband, who is known as u/mcfortune-cookie on the platform, had shared the image online on June 22. Viewers were able to see a pink sky, with a distinct strike of lightning loosely making a heart shape above a row of residential buildings. To date, the post has been upvoted more than 29,000 times.

Viewers are split over whether they believe the image to be real or AI-generated. The woman’s husband told Newsweek that the image is real and an independently used AI detector added that the image seems natural too.

“It happened on June 21, in the Scottish Borders during a lightning storm,” the man told Newsweek. “It was taken by MY wife with her iPhone, looking outside our bedroom window.”

The post, captioned “this ‘love heart’ shaped lightning bolt my wife photographed last night,” immediately sparked huge interest on the platform.

Several viewers debated how the image could have been captured during the fast-moving flash of lightning.

“The odds of not only that shape being made, but to catch it on camera,” one viewer said, expressing doubt.

“The odds of it not only happening, not only being captured, but being captured by two different people at two slightly different locations are absolutely unfathomable,” another added, referencing a similar AI-generated image that had been trending online in recent years.

The woman’s husband responded to the comment, reiterating that his wife’s image is real.

“I once took a video of some lightning on my phone, then took a single image out of it and told people I snapped a photo,” another viewer said.

Aside from the internet sleuths keen to fact-check the picture, many Reddit users have shared how much they like the image captured.

“Get her inside NOW, Zeus is making a move on yo gurl,” one viewer said jokingly.

“Oh my gosh! That is so cool,” another added. “I’ve never seen anything like that before.”

“That’s so much romantic as she captured it and showed it to you,” another viewer said.

“She was at the right place at the right time,” another commented. “The picture looks amazing.”

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