A police vehicle dash cam caught an amazing, once in a lifetime event. In this 10 second video, watch a bolt of lightning hit the ground mere feet from the camera in all its blinding glory.

For those not in the know, a car is actually a safe place to be during a thunderstorm. The police officers who witnessed this spectacle were thus unharmed.

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