This Saturday a series of images that reflect the moment in which lightning struck the monument went viral Christ the Redeemer in Rio de JaneiroBrazil.
«Friday of divine light and electrifying antenna! Never give up. Many and many frustrated attempts to catch the lightning striking Christ. Lots of rain and days gone by. I took her close several times, but she never came to Christ. Now I have a very special photo, for me it was the Blessed Moon. Now that’s divine lightning!” he wrote. Fernando Bragathe author of the snapshots on his Instagram account, who reported that the event would have occurred on the night of Friday, February 10.
The graphic highlighted that he had to wait for at least three hours to capture the moment, for which he needed more than 500 long exposure photos.
«In many other (countless) days and moments I did the same thing and nothing. But that’s what it is. It’s part of it and we always have to keep going trying. It is like that in everything. Never give up”he added.
Although lightning struck the monument, the statue has a special protection with lightning rods distributed around the arms and headso it did not suffer damage, international media review.
