Lightning of Catatumbo - The world capital of lightning # 4

in #english6 years ago

The fascinating place of Venezuela that NASA declared as: "the world capital of lightning"

Catatumbo lightning is a meteorological phenomenon that occurs in the lake basin of Maracaibo in Venezuela, this phenomenon is characterized by the appearance of a series of lightning almost continuously and virtually silent for the large distances needed to observe the phenomenon, which occurs in clouds of great vertical development forming electric shocks between 1 and almost 4 kilometers in height.

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The eternal storm of Venezuela!

This enigmatic natural lighthouse holds the international recognition Guinness World Records since 2014, having the highest global average of lightning per square kilometer per year, with a capacity to produce 1 million 176 thousand beams per year.

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