Stunning Photos Capture Monday Night's Lightning Above Chicago

By Rachel Cromidas in News on Apr 26, 2016 8:22PM

Before Monday's 80-degree evening gave way to this chilly Tuesday, lightning lit up the sky over Chicago. Several photographers captured the moment on Instagram, including Derek Georgevich and Instagram user Caltheme.

Some reddit users suggested that one photo, which shows the sky over Lake Michigan in shades of purple, was a sign that the singer Prince, who recently passed away, is watching over the Midwest—his home region. The second photo, taken by Georgevich at about 9:45 p.m. and also shared on Reddit, looks more "like a scene out of Ghostbusters," he wrote.

Electric feel ⚡#purplerain ▫ ▫ #vscocam #flippinchi #wu_chicago #artofchi #urbanromantix #moodygrams #createcommune #agameoftones #chitecture #streetshared #streetmobs #estheticlabel #choosechicago #symmetricalmonsters #way2ill #mychicagopix #fatalframes #aov #vsco #longexposure #likechicago #heatercentral #nightphotography

A photo posted by V. A. (@caltheme) on Apr 26, 2016 at 12:31pm PDT

The sky opened up last night. #chicago #searstower #chicagoskyline #willistower #lightning

A photo posted by Derek (@eightysixfilms) on Apr 26, 2016 at 8:35am PDT

Updated: Jeff Lewis, who goes by @ChicagoPhotoShop on Instagram, also shared a shot of the lightning with us:

First time I captured #lightning and clear skies in the same shot. Even got #Jupiter in there. #chicago #mychicagopix #chitecture #flippinchi #chigram #abc7chicago #ig_chicago

A photo posted by Jeff Lewis (@chicagophotoshop) on Apr 25, 2016 at 8:39pm PDT