The Catatumbo Lightning is an atmospheric phenomenon in Venezuela. At the mouth of the Catatumbo River, there has been a consistent Lightning Storm since 1595. There has been an estimated 1,176,000 electrical discharges per year. The lightning is a cloud-to-cloud arc that forms for 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours a night, and as many as 280 times an hour for centuries.
