The Most Unsettling Historical Photos Taken Moments Before Disaster

Michael and Sean McQuilken Before the Lightning

This is a disquieting photograph of brothers Michael and Sean McQuilken, taken atop Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park in 1975. Their hair stands straight up, lifted by the static electricity of an intense thunderstorm gathering nearby. The brothers, mistaking the phenomenon for a funny anomaly, grinned and posed for the camera, utterly oblivious that they were minutes—or even seconds—away from being struck by lightning. Though they both survived the direct strike, the image remains a stark lesson on the deadly precursor signs of an electrical storm.

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