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Venezuela's Catatumbo Lightning Lights the Sky Nightly

Original: There's a spot on Earth where the sky never sleeps. Where Venezuela's Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo, lightning st

At the mouth of Venezuela's Catatumbo River where it meets Lake Maracaibo, nearly continuous lightning strikes up to 280 times per hour, lasting as long as ten hours a night and totaling over a million bolts a year. The phenomenon, known as Catatumbo lightning, has long fascinated observers: sailors reportedly used it as a navigational beacon from as far as 250 miles away, and it remains one of nature's most striking spectacles.

Why now: Curiosity about one of the world's most extraordinary natural phenomena keeps the story circulating.

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• There's a spot on Earth where the sky never sleeps. Where Venezuela's Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo, lightning strikes up to 280 times per hour, raging up to 10 hours a night — over a million bolts a year. Sailors steered by it from 250 miles away and called it the… · eatrics · 11

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