马拉开波湖

Photograph:AlasdairBaverstock摄影：阿拉斯代尔巴夫斯托克四月到十一月之间，任选一个夜晚到马拉开波湖——一个与委内瑞拉海湾相连的咸水湾——闪电每分钟出现200多次，划破天空，照亮黑夜。

Between April and November , on any given night at Lake Maracaibo - a large brackish bay connected to the Gulf of Venezuela - lightning bolts , appearing 200 to a minute , draw great cracks across the sky illuminating the night .

马拉开波湖西南角附近有着一种奇怪的现象：永不停息的夜间雷暴。

Near the southwestern edge of Lake Maracaibo , there 's a strange phenomenon : perpetual nighttime thunderstorms .

原为梅里达山区的咖啡输出港，1918年随马拉开波湖石油的开发而大力发展起来。

Merida mountain was the coffee output in Hong Kong , 1918 with the Lake Maracaibo oil development and vigorously develop .

法例，以管制使用及排放的剪报，并用流体在马拉开波湖地区正变得更加严格。

Legislation to control the use and discharge of cuttings and spent fluid in Lake Maracaibo area is becoming more stringent .

这些雷暴每2秒钟就能产生一道闪电，使得马拉开波湖成了世界闪电之都。

These storms can generate a flash of lightning every two seconds , making Lake Maracaibo the lightning capital of the world .