A storm blew into Long Beach and Los Angeles County Monday afternoon, knocking out power in some parts of the city, closing beaches and even starting a tree fire in East Long Beach that was quickly extinguished

Despite all this, it’s safe to say most of Long Beach was in awe Monday evening with the lightning and thunder that lasted into the night. (We’re aware that we Southern Californians are not hard to entertain when it comes to weather.)

Capturing that perfect lightning shot is tough, so we wanted to highlight our readers’ coolest shots.