Today is Teachers’ Day and we all know that the role of teachers is the most important in the world. Whatever field we are working in at the moment, the hard work of our teachers is hidden behind it. When we were small children, we used to think that our teachers know everything about the world, but some such incidents happen in the country and the world, where even the best maths and science teachers hold their heads.
Today we are going to tell you about a country where every rule of science and maths fails, because lightning strikes the river here repeatedly and till date no scholar of science and maths has been able to find out the real reason for this. Let’s know about this.

Natural phenomena that occur in Venezuela

Teachers present in the maths lab and science lab know what to explain to the children and how to answer their questions, but it is not so easy to answer the questions of the events happening in the labs of the world. Let us tell you, the natural events happening in Venezuela, a country located in South America, also fail all the rules of science and maths. Along with the teachers, scientists from all over the world are also looking for answers to the occurrence of these events.

Learn about natural phenomena in Venezuela

Although many natural events occur in the country and the world, but these events occurring in Venezuela are different from other countries. Let us tell you, lightning keeps striking in this country all the time. According to reports, Venezuela has a Catatumbo River which is about 340 kilometers (210 miles) long. There is a Maracaibo Lake near this river, over which lightning keeps striking all the time.

About Lake Maracaibo

Lake Maracaibo is the largest lake in America. The extraordinary incident of lightning striking this lake which is extremely beautiful has made it the place on earth where lightning strikes the most. People of the world are still surprised by this natural phenomenon. Educated people of the country and the world are trying to find the answer to why lightning strikes here repeatedly? According to a report, NASA scientists have named this phenomenon ‘The Maracaibo Beacon’.

Fishermen are getting struck by lightning

Just after dusk, Lake Maracaibo is struck by lightning 28 times a minute for up to 9 hours, according to physicist and researcher at the Centro de Modelado Científico at the Universidad del Zulia in Venezuela. Today, the lake supports 20,000 fishermen, many of whom live in one-room, tin huts. Lightning strikes are common.

Lightning strikes for more than 300 days per year

It is said that lightning strikes Lake Maracaibo for more than 300 days every year. Videos and photos of this place have gone viral on social media many times. At the same time, the American Meteorological Society found in a study in November 2016 that lightning strikes about 25 to 40 times every minute continuously for about 297 days in a year in this lake. However, research is still being done on this even today.

What is the science behind lightning in Maracaibo Lake?

It is believed that the lightning that falls over Lake Maracaibo is caused by the imbalance of electrical charge between the cloud and the surrounding atmosphere. However, till now science and maths scholars have not been able to find out properly why such incidents are happening only over this lake in the whole world. These natural incidents are still an unsolved mystery for scientists.

Your Science-Math teacher will fail here, they will not be able to tell why lightning strikes this country