VENEZUELA'S CATATUMBO RIVER ⚡

The frequent flashes of lightening occurring 140 to 260 nights annually and up to hours per day makes the area where the Catatumbo River and Lake Maracaibo meet in northwestern Venezuela and the most electric place on Earth.

This atmospheric phenomenon in the state of Zulia occurs typically over the bog areas formed where the river flows into the lake and has been object of several studies made by climatologists.