Lightning zapped four of Chicago’s tallest skyscrapers at once Monday. Here’s how.

For most residents of the Windy City, Monday night’s storms didn’t seem to be anything out of the ordinary. But for Chicago-based freelance videographer Craig Shimala, the storms that rolled through afforded the shot of a lifetime.

The video, shot from Shimala’s fifth-floor balcony, is electrifying. Not one, two or three — but four lightning bolts zap the city’s tallest buildings all at once in a dazzling display of electrical discharge.