Lightning struck the mosque minaret! Terrifying moments captured on camera frame by frame

Lightning struck the mosque minaret! Terrifying moments captured on camera frame by frame

04.11.2026 10:52

In Istanbul’s Üsküdar, the moments when lightning struck a mosque minaret during adverse weather conditions were captured on the mobile phone camera of a nearby citizen.

During the severe downpour and storm that affected Istanbul generally, lightning struck the minaret of a mosque in Üsküdar. In footage that was accidentally captured by a citizen's mobile phone camera, the moments when the lightning struck the minaret were recorded second by second.

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