People in the Northwest Territories were surprised this week when a lightning storm lit up the skies over Yellowknife and surrounding areas. The photos are incredible.
Lightning in #Yellowknife
The mayor of Yellowknife, Mark Heyck, shared this video on Facebook showing just how wild the lightning storm was.
"Wow," Heyck wrote. "Lightning. In Yellowknife. In April."
The light show turned the dark night an eerie purple as the lightning danced across the sky.
#lightning #yellowknife #beautiful
The lightning provided this incredible backlighting for the United in Celebration sculpture, designed by Yellowknife artist Francois Thibault.
Crazy lighting storm over Yellowknife tonight! #photography #yzf #Lightning #stormiscoming
This is pretty scary, tbh.
An exceptionally rare Yellowknife storm last night c/o Denecho Morin #YZF
Breathtaking.
Another great shot of last nights storm in Yellowknife c/o Clayton Erickson #YZF