Thanks to its humidity, its elevation and the clash of winds from the mountains and the sea, the southwestern corner of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela has the world's highest frequency of lightning activity.
{"Image ImageWidth": "3872", "Image ImageLength": "2592", "Image BitsPerSample": "[8, 8, 8]", "Image PhotometricInterpretation": "2", "Image ImageDescription": "Image #: 22629283    ***EXCLUSIVE***  CATATUMBO DELTA, VENEZUELA - UNDATED: A lightning storm rages above the Cataumbo Delta, Venezuela.  A BLAST of lightning leaps from Venezuela's 'everlasting storm' - which has been raging for HUNDREDS of years. The atmospheric phenomenon generates an estimated 1.2m lightning strikes a year and is visible from almost 250 miles away. Storm clouds gather in the same spot five-miles above Lake Maracaibo on between 140 and 160 night per year, lasting for about 10 hours at a time. The lightning storm, which scientists consider the single biggest generator of ozone on the planet, was first documented in the 16th Century and was even witnessed by Sir Francis Drake as he attempted to attack a Spanish colony.      Alan Highton/Barcroft Media /Landov", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image SamplesPerPixel": "3", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)", "Image DateTime": "2014:01:13 12:34:46", "Image Artist": "ALAN HIGHTON / BARCROFT MEDIA", "Image Copyright": "Alan Highton / Barcroft Media", "Image ExifOffset": "1124", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "1276", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "4088", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "3872", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "2178"}