The Mysterious Catatumbo Lightning
The Catatumbo Lightning (Relámpago del Catatumbo) is a fascinating natural phenomenon located on the mouth of the Catatumbo river in Venezuela. It is a cloud-to-cloud lightning that forms a voltage arc more than five kilometer high during 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours a night, and as many as 280 times an hour. With its cloud-to-cloud discharge intensity and great frequency, it is considered the greatest single generator of ozone in the planet and some local environmentalists hope to put the area under the protection of UNESCO.
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