Hard to tell in the various shots how much eruption has already taken place, but at least some of the lightning might be generated by the volcano itself. Static electricity from the erupting particles causes lightning, which is known as volcanic lightning or a dirty thunderstorm.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_lightning?useskin=vector
I’m sorry but “Mount Fuego”. Pretty low-effort name. Do they also have a Lago de Agua? Just sayin.
New York, New Hampshire…
Creativity in names has never been a strong point
And religion was born
Right?
How could primitive humans draw any other conclusion than God from that kind of spectacle!?
We have come so far.
Yeah and if they saw that, they’d immediately think “the gods are pissed, we must have angered them by something we did.”
That is pretty common. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_lightning
Imagine seeing this in ancient times. I’d think the world is ending.
Ancient times? If I had stepped out and seen that this morning shit would be shat.
I mean, someone has to be the first person to watch the beginning of the end of the world, right? My lizard brain would have instantly decided I was the lucky person.
Me too, but mainly because there’s no active volcanoes near me
We did have a massive dry-season lighting storm out of nowhere once which sparked a wall of fire surrounding my city, burning over 8000 square km and blotting out the sun.
In 2020.
Definitely felt like the end of the world.
Also set up one of the greatest reddit exchanges I’ve ever seen
Commenter 1: these fires were sparked by 10,000 lightning strikes over the course of a day during hot, dry weather
Commenter 2: PG&E [our electric utility, known for both high prices and sparking wildfires] execs breathing a sigh of relief for this one
Commenter 3: I dunno, pretty suspicious. Has anyone ever seen PG&E execs and 10,000 lightning strikes in the same room?
Commenter 4: one can dream