S2E1033 - The Lake Where Lightning Never Seems to Stop
Published: August 29, 2026
Duration: 48:47
Imagine looking across a lake at night and seeing lightning flash again and again across the same region of sky.
Not once.
Not for a few minutes.
But night after night, storm after storm.
Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela is famous for one of the most remarkable lightning phenomena on Earth: Catatumbo lightning.
The Lake Where Lightning Never Seems to Stop explores why this region can experience extraordinarily frequent thunderstorms and how geography, atmospheric moisture, and wind combine to create such a persistent natural spectacle.
The phenomenon is...