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Upward lightning on Guatemala mountain captured in striking video

The storm at Volcan de Agua was shot by Alyssa Barrundia.

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Upward lightning shooting from the top of a mountain has been captured on camera by an amateur photographer.

Alyssa Barrundia, a missionary living in Guatemala, captured the spectacle at Volcan de Agua in the south of the Central American country on Friday.

“It was quite spectacular,” she told PA.

The upward lightning was spotted at Guatemala's Volcan de Agua
The upward lightning was spotted at Guatemala’s Volcan de Agua (Alyssa Barrundia)

It is often triggered by a nearby cloud-to-ground lightning strike boosting the electrical field in the area.

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