At a lake in Venezuela, a nine-hour display of thousands of
flashes of lightning—averaging 28 strokes a minute—is the norm, with the
concentration hitting its peak in the October rainy season, reports the BBC.
And though the mountain village of Kifuka in DR Congo has long been hailed the
most electric place on Earth, Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela is living up to its
nicknames (including "everlasting storm") and folklore (colonial
sailors are said to have used the light displays, visible for as many as 250
miles, for navigation). In fact it's recently earned a spot in the Guinness
Book of World Records for being home to the "highest concentration of
lightning" on the planet, with lightning striking up to 300 days a year
and often thousands of times each of those days. In other places a high
frequency of lightning is more seasonal, reports Earth Sky. More… 
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Why a Venezuela Lake Is Home to Most Lightning on Earth
At a lake in Venezuela, a nine-hour display of thousands of
flashes of lightning—averaging 28 strokes a minute—is the norm, with the
concentration hitting its peak in the October rainy season, reports the BBC.
And though the mountain village of Kifuka in DR Congo has long been hailed the
most electric place on Earth, Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela is living up to its
nicknames (including "everlasting storm") and folklore (colonial
sailors are said to have used the light displays, visible for as many as 250
miles, for navigation). In fact it's recently earned a spot in the Guinness
Book of World Records for being home to the "highest concentration of
lightning" on the planet, with lightning striking up to 300 days a year
and often thousands of times each of those days. In other places a high
frequency of lightning is more seasonal, reports Earth Sky. More… 
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