Stunning photo of shooting star over Loch Ness

What a lucky shot.

A man happened to snap a picture at just the right time to capture a meteor streaking across the sky above the Loch Ness in Scotland.

John Macdonald, a tour guide who lives near the lake, says he caught the image on camera around 9 p.m. Sunday night.

"It was one of my last photos of the night, I was getting ready to leave when the thing exploded," Macdonald told Paste BN Network.

Macdonald says it was "pure dumb luck" that he captured the photo.

"It was like winning the lottery," Macdonald says.

Shooting stars or meteors are bits of rock that fall through the Earth's atmosphere, leaving a bright trail in their wake, according to NASA.

Macdonald said he was photographing the stars with a 30-second long exposure on a Sony RX100 camera when he spotted the streak across the sky.

Hoping he would get a few "hits" on Facebook, he posted the image to The Hebridean Explorer, his tour company's page. Macdonald says within 20 minutes he started gaining attention.

"I happened to be at the right place in the right time," Macdonald says.

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