The Venezuelan lake with killer lightning

Where the Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, lightning strikes up to 300 times a year for as many as 9 hours a night. 'Catatumbo Lightning,' also known as the Maracaibo Beacon, holds the Guinness World Record for the 'highest concentration of lightning,' and NASA has declared it the Lighting Capital of the World. — Read the rest
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