Catatumbo Lightning truly amazing ....

Catatumbo Lightning 

South of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, a strange weather phenomenon occurs during more than 160 days a year. A huge thunderstorm, with lightning that distinguishes more than 400 miles away. Hundreds of simultaneous electric shocks, almost perpetual heaven will give the region a unique in the world. 
  
This phenomenon is characterized by almost continuous lightning, which occurs in clouds of large vertical electrical arcing between 2 and 10 km in height (or more), as trade winds penetrate the surface of the lake afternoon (when evaporation is greater) and are forced to climb the mountain system of Perija and the Cordillera de Merida. 


The average of this natural wonder is between 140 and 160 nights per year, lasting up to 10 hours per night, producing up to 280 downloads per hour. 


In addition, these thunderstorms produce a high percentage of all ozone generated worldwide as Catatumbo lightning can be seen as a major individual regenerative earth's ozone layer, producing approximately 1,176,000 of lightning strikes. 


Among the main historical sights is a legend about the intent of Francis Drake (Pirate enclaves) in 1595 to sack Maracaibo, which was thwarted by early warning to the garrison of the city, produced by the illumination of lightning. In addition, during the War of Independence, served as a lighthouse beam to the navy of Admiral Padilla, who managed to defeat the Spanish ships on July 24, 1823. 


It aims to catalog the Catatumbo lightning as a world heritage site if achieved would be the first weather phenomenon on the list of world wonders. Really amazing.