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Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, the place of highest lightning activity on Earth

Tuesday, May 3, 2016Friday, March 4, 2022

Researchers have utilized the observations from the Lightning Imaging Sensor onboard NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission to investigate which location has a maximum lightning activity on Earth. According to data analysis, Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela is…

Global lightning activity

Tuesday, March 31, 2015Friday, March 4, 2022

Lightning occurs more often over land than over the oceans and it seems to happen more often closer to the equator, according to satellite observations.The map below shows the average yearly counts of lightning flashes per square kilometer from 1995 to 2013. Areas with

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Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, the place of highest lightning activity on Earth

Global lightning activity

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