We think we have cool lightning storms here in Texas but Venezuela blows us away. They have what is called Catatumbo Lightning Shows every night for 160 nights a year.

This happens only at the mouth of the Catatumbo River where is flows into Lake Maracaibo. There seems to be a perfect atmospheric combination that allows this to happen over and over every night.

The perfect reaction is called a tropospheric ozone and it allows for lightning strikes to happen 10 hours a day, 280 times an hour for 140 - 160 days a year. That totals about 40,000 lightning strikes per night. The photos/videos, as you will see above, of this are amazing.

It has happened for centuries and is even used as a beacon to sailors, who nicknamed it, Lighthouse of Maracaibo. It can be seen for many, many miles.

Nature is a wonderful thing!

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