Lightning Destroys Tree at Colorado State University Flower Trial Garden

I saw the picture on the CSU Facebook page and I had to share it. It looks like a bomb went off, but it was awesome power of Mother Nature! A lightning bolt completely destroyed a 104-year-old honey locust tree near the Colorado State University Trial Garden in Fort Collins last Friday. Crews have already hauled off all the limbs.

Here is what it looked like before the lightning struck: