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The lightning is on the right top quarter. The phenomenon is depicted on the flag and coat of arms of the state of Zulia, which also contains Lake Maracaibo, and is mentioned in the state's anthem. The phenomenon has been known for centuries as the "Lighthouse of Maracaibo", since it is visible for miles around Lake Maracaibo. [24]
The "Relámpago del Catatumbo" or "Faros del Catatumbo" (Catatumbo lightning) is a phenomenon that occurs over the marshlands at the Lake Maracaibo mouth of the river, where lightning storms occur for about 10 hours a night, 140 to 160 nights a year, for a total of about 1.2 million lightning discharges per year.
Lake Maracaibo is rich in oil and gas resources and is known as the "oil lake". [6] The first Spaniards who arrived used tar seeping from the lake to fill ship cracks. [ 11 ] The Maracaibo oil field was discovered in 1914, [ 15 ] the first oil well was constructed in 1917, and large-scale exploitation began in 1922. [ 6 ]
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Lake Maracaibo, which once was at the heart of Venezuela's oil boom, has turned into a polluted wasteland, according to environmentalists. The pollution of the lake, located about 600 kilometers ...
Across the city, lightning and rain lit up the night sky and made quite a fuss for the athletes at the 2024 Paris Games. On Aug. 1, the official TODAY Instagram shared photos of the brilliant ...
Lightning rods have been installed to divert strikes that could damage the statue. In fact, lightning struck right before the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, damaging the statue’s head and a fingertip.
This gives Lake Maracaibo the highest number of lightning strikes per square kilometer in the world, at 250. [6] The region with the second-most is the village Kifuka , in the mountains of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , [ 7 ] where the elevation is around 1,700 metres (5,600 ft), receives 232 lightning strikes per square kilometer (600 ...