Lightning strikes are one of those dangerous natural occurrences that happen all over the world, spawning myths and adding a bit of atmospheric flair to movies and ghost stories.
But there are definitely some places where lightning strikes more often than others. The map above was created using nearly 20 years of data from two satellites, which recorded lightning flashes from 1995 to 2013. The map looks at the average number of strikes per square kilometer. Areas with low amounts of lightning are colored purple and areas with higher amounts are in pink.
The countries with the most…
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