Altona’s Chris Schlaghecke captured this photo of a lightning strike over Truganina swamp during Monday’s spectacular thunderstorm, which started about 2am. He described it as one of the best lightning shows he’s ever seen. “I wasn’t scared while taking the shots,
but as I realised the storm was getting closer I packed up my camera and watched the rest of the show from the relative safety of
my garage,” he said. … Goya Dmytryshchak