Monday Aug. 12, 2013
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Jamaica's Usain Bolt wins the100 meter final at the 2013 IAAF World Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on Aug. 11, 2013, while a lightning strikes in the sky. (OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images)
French photographer Olivier Morin snapped a perfectly-timed photo at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow on Aug. 11, 2013. The image shows lightning striking over the Luzhniki stadium as Jamaica's Usain Bolt wins the 100 meter final.
Media outlets around the world shared the unforgettable photo almost immediately, making it an instantly iconic shot.
According to Morin, "the stormy sky had been rumbling for 20 minutes and all of us photographers were trying to capture a lightning bolt." In a post for AFP's Correspondant blog, he explains:
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Jamaica's Usain Bolt wins the100 meter final at the 2013 IAAF World Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on Aug. 11, 2013, while a lightning strikes in the sky. (OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images)
French photographer Olivier Morin snapped a perfectly-timed photo at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow on Aug. 11, 2013. The image shows lightning striking over the Luzhniki stadium as Jamaica's Usain Bolt wins the 100 meter final.
Media outlets around the world shared the unforgettable photo almost immediately, making it an instantly iconic shot.
According to Morin, "the stormy sky had been rumbling for 20 minutes and all of us photographers were trying to capture a lightning bolt." In a post for AFP's Correspondant blog, he explains:
PHOTOS ON SKYE: Lightning Strikes Across the WorldThis was, I think, a once-in-a-lifetime moment. In my 25 years as a photographer I've never had an uncontrollable external element make a photo like this, and I imagine if I tried again for a similar result for the next 50 years, it wouldn't happen again. So, I only really give myself credit for one percent of this picture!
