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  1. Photograph: @ke11er
    Photograph: @ke11erLightning bolts ignite the Chicago skyline during the wild derecho storm of June 30, 2014.
  2. Photograph: @afowler2k
    Photograph: @afowler2kLightning bolts ignite the Chicago skyline during the wild derecho storm of June 30, 2014.
  3. Photograph: @barrybutler9
    Photograph: @barrybutler9Lightning bolts ignite the Chicago skyline during the wild derecho storm of June 30, 2014.
  4. Photograph: @toldsted
    Photograph: @toldstedLightning bolts ignite the Chicago skyline during the wild derecho storm of June 30, 2014.
  5. Photograph: weownthenight_chi
    Photograph: weownthenight_chiLightning bolts ignite the Chicago skyline during the wild derecho storm of June 30, 2014.
  6. Photograph: @bradgrock
    Photograph: @bradgrockLightning bolts ignite the Chicago skyline during the wild derecho storm of June 30, 2014.
  7. Photograph: @jkoziarz
    Photograph: @jkoziarzLightning bolts ignite the Chicago skyline during the wild derecho storm of June 30, 2014.
  8. Photograph: @_just_sam
    Photograph: @_just_samLightning bolts ignite the Chicago skyline during the wild derecho storm of June 30, 2014.
  9. Photograph: @purduetoobah
    Photograph: @purduetoobahLightning bolts ignite the Chicago skyline during the wild derecho storm of June 30, 2014.
  10. Photograph: @blackghoul1
    Photograph: @blackghoul1Lightning bolts ignite the Chicago skyline during the wild derecho storm of June 30, 2014.
  11. Photograph: @ellozuby
    Photograph: @ellozubyLightning bolts ignite the Chicago skyline during the wild derecho storm of June 30, 2014.
  12. Photograph: @glasscurtain
    Photograph: @glasscurtainLightning bolts ignite the Chicago skyline during the wild derecho storm of June 30, 2014.
  13. Photograph: @chitownclothing
    Photograph: @chitownclothingLightning bolts ignite the Chicago skyline during the wild derecho storm of June 30, 2014.
  14. Photograph: @cshimala
    Photograph: @cshimalaLightning bolts ignite the Chicago skyline during the wild derecho storm of June 30, 2014.

Wild photos from last night's derecho storm

Sideways lightning! The Chicago skyline is electric in these striking Instagram images

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Last night, as we were cowering with our pets, Tom Skilling was giddy as he got to drop metereological science like "derecho" and "bow echo." The storm was intense, similar to the freak deluge that shut down Lollapalooza in 2012.

It's been a wild week of weather in Chicago. Ok, year. Or more. These apocalyptic clouds follow the creeping fog of late last week. We again turned to Instagram to find gorgeous images of the dark, roiling clouds and lightning bolts—sideways lightning bolts. Frankly, it looks like an alien ship descending over the Loop in a Transformers movie, only it doesn't waste precious hours of your life.

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