Tim McDonald and friends were hanging out in Rutherford, New South Wales, on December 10, when a heavy storm hit, bringing hail and lightning. Tim says they were indoors but then his friend Jason Tait decided to move their cars to keep them safe from the hail. Tim filmed this and managed to capture an epic lightning strike on one of the vehicles while Jason was driving.

The lightning fires down on the truck and bounces back to an electrical pole. Jason had a lucky escape, and says he barely noticed the lightning. Credit: YouTube/Tim McDonald