Lightning struck a few meters from the national symbol of the United States – the statue of Liberty. About it reported in a Wednesday newspaper New York Post.
According to her, the incident occurred at night during a severe thunderstorm in new York. He managed to capture on video. The video length is 21 seconds you can see how the lightning strikes near the pedestal of the statue.
The statue of Liberty (Statue of Liberty, the full name of "Liberty enlightening the world" Liberty Enlightening the World) is set on liberty island in Upper new York Bay to 3 km South-West of the island of Manhattan. The monument is a gift to the people of the United States from the people of France. Its Grand opening took place on 28 October 1885.
Originally the monument was used as a lighthouse: in "flame" the torch was equipped with electric lighting. However, the torch light was too weak. July 30, 1916, the Statue of Liberty, especially the torch, was severely damaged in the explosion by German saboteurs in military warehouses on the island of black Tom island. In 1986, the monument was restored.
In the world has installed about 500 statues, copying or resembling the Statue of Liberty.
Each year, the liberty island where the statue is visited by about 4.5 million tourists. On 16 March 2020, it was closed to visitors in connection with the pandemic coronavirus.
