Lightning strikes the Statue of Liberty photographer took this equivalent 40 years

Photographers have been waiting for this for more than 40 years. Fain captured this stunning image of lightning striking the Statue of Liberty, which he is believed to have waited more than 40 years to capture. Fein, 58, has been trying to photograph lightning striking the Statue of Liberty for more than 40 years, a passion that began when he was first introduced to photography as a teenager. In order to photograph the lightning striking the Statue of Liberty, Fein braved the storm in Battery Park City in Manhattan for nearly two hours, set up the camera to take more than 80 photos, and finally at 8:45 p.m. on September 22, waiting for the rare moment. Fein said: "I had been watching the weather forecast so I knew a storm was coming and I thought there might be a chance. When I got to the shooting location to get ready, there were 81 lightning flashes in the sky, and finally one lightning hit the Statue of Liberty. I was very shocked to see it behind the scenes, I can only say that I was lucky to get such a picture, this opportunity may only come once in a lifetime. This is the first picture I've ever seen of lightning striking the Statue of Liberty." The Statue of Liberty is a gift from France in 1876 to the 100th anniversary of the independence of the United States, built in 1886, the entire bronze statue with steel as the skeleton, copper sheet for the skin, a total weight of 225 tons, even the base is about 93 meters high. It is believed to receive about 600 lightning strikes a year. Song Shifeng (Editor: Zhou Jingshi)