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A lightning strike near the summit trig of Ben Nevis on Monday appears to have obliterated a stone pillar ten metres from the summit trig point. Footage and photos show that the summit of Britain's highest mountain attracted multiple strikes.

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The 'structure' appears to be a view finder. Or was!

Amazing!!!  I watched the storm with my daughter from Banavie Hill and it was quite exciting.  The amount of rain in the Allt a' Mhuilinn was also pretty spectacular - there were great torrents of white water where I've never seen water before.  

The River Lochy was brown today and the sea lochs around Roshven were brilliant turquoise.

Shame about the destruction of the pillar but that is pretty cool. Next, nature takes revenge on summit cairns...

Dear lightning, please take aim at the cafe on Snowdon...

...and exactly where would people sh*t!

If the lightning struck when they were in it I think they'd use their own trousers. 

it'll be attracting multiple souvenir and fulgurite hunters after all this attention- wonder what it looks like now..