Short Stuff: Catatumbo Lightning

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The podcast opens with a symphony of distant thunder, rumbling and rolling across the vast expanses of a nocturnal panorama. These soundscapes paint aural pictures of churning clouds, illuminated by the ethereal dance of lightning across the twilight canvas.

There's a cleansing sound to the way rain falls, the thunder disrupts, and the lightning surprises. 

Mighty, rolling thunder drums in the sky, as rain patters outside.

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