Catching lightning -- in a camera

By Globe Staff

When the storm hit this afternoon, Marissa Piette went to a window in her office in the Back Bay, pointed her camera at the Prudential Center, pushed the button on it halfway down -- and waited.

"I'm from the Midwest so I've seen my fair share of big storms. I've tried to catch lightning on film before, but I've never been able to," said the 21-year-old University of Nebraska student, who is interning at a public relations firm.

This time it worked. She said she thinks lightning hit the Prudential three times, and she caught it twice on her Olympus Stylus 710.

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