Beautiful nature – Violent storms hit Paris this Thursday, including the Montparnasse cemetery where a tree was struck by lightning
The image is breathtaking. This Thursday, September 12, lightning struck a tree in the Montparnasse cemetery in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. A phenomenon that must have woken up the tenants of the place, among whom are Simone de Beauvoir, Serge Gainsbourg, Jean-Paul Sartre and the former President of the Republic, Jacques Chirac.
Above all, the image of the phenomenon was captured by the former journalist Pascal Guénée who was near the place at the time of the impact, sharing these impressive images on the social network X.
A tree targeted despite the proximity of the Montparnasse tower
In the published posts, we can see the lightning strike the tree which glows red under the force of the phenomenon. A surprise for many Internet users (and local residents) due to the proximity of the Montparnasse tower, a few dozen meters away.
“These electrical phenomena, which we call electric arcs, are triggered via sequences between the cloud and the ground. They use the easiest channel to propagate. This is often the point(…) - 20minutes
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