It rattled windows and kept people awake across the borough - and one photographer captured a stunning of it.
Emma Bridgeman snapped this spectacular lightning strike above Surbiton at about 3am last Friday.
Think your photo can top this? If so, email it with details of where you took it to jon.sharman@london.newsquest.co.uk.
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