The Most Unexplainable Places on Earth

The Beacon Maracaibo

There is a lightning storm that almost never ends in Venezuela. On most nights, the storm starts at 7 p.m. and lasts for 10 hours over the Catatumbo River. On average, the storm rages on 260 nights a year.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.