A massive bolt of lightning strikes the 125-foot-tall Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil (again!)

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Lightning struck Brazil's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue this past Friday

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The 125-foot statue is almost visited by two million people by each year

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But unfortunately this was 3rd time in 15 years

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This time lightning strike to head of the religious statue on Feb 10

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Photographer Fernando Braga capturing both images as well as videos

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Now its going viral too fast on internet via social media

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last time it was hit nearly a decade ago in January 2014

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