Lightning (Photo : Jorge Silva / REUTERS)
A map was compiled by NASA based on a 20-year worth of measurements to show which of the places on earth does a lightning strikes most.
The land formations are more likely to be hit by lightning compared to the ocean. The equatorial region is also more susceptible to lightning strikes compare to other areas all over the globe.
A shot of lightning is a huge discharge of electricity with a brilliant flash of light with a crack of loud thunder most of the time. The lightning spark can reach as far as five miles and raise the temperature of the air as much as 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit or 27,700 degrees Celsius, and comprise a hundred million electrical volts, ZME Science reported.
The map shows where are the most places that lightning and such phenomenons are to happen.
The Lake Maracaibo in Northwestern Venezuela and the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has the most lightning phenomenon. Both locations have a lot of rainfall and the humidity is ideal for lightning to strike and its atmospheric state is perfect for thunderstorms to form, explained by the NASA Earth Observatory, according to Newsweek.
Based on the map, the lightning are more possible to strike on land than water. It is also more common to happen in tropical areas where the place is hotter and has more energy to produce storms.
Areas that are much brighter are more susceptible in lightning. Some places have as much as 150 lightning strikes per square kilometer each year where one square kilometer is around one-third the size of New York's Central Park.
