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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 ...
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Why This ‘Perpetual’ Lightning Storm Mysteriously Vanished In 2010, Only To Reappear 160 Days Later
Deep within Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo basin, where the Catatumbo River meets the lake, intense thunderstorms light up the sky as often as 260 nights a year. To understand how something as ...