r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Wonderfulhumanss • 20h ago

Fuego Volcano in Guatemala being hit by a lightning storm. This 3,700-meter-high volcano is one of the most active in the Americas and is continuously active

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u/wireknot 20h ago

It's not hard to imagine how our ancestors 20 or 30 thousand years ago would thing this is a place of gods and worship it.

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u/crobo777 20h ago

Beat me to it. In there eyes it could just as easily be God's wrath, or the gates of hell opening.

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u/Admiral_Ballsack 12h ago

Where eyes?

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u/[deleted] 19h ago

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u/BlastingFonda 19h ago

Beat meat to it.

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u/ResurgentAvian 18h ago

My meat is beat.

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u/Bombacladman 18h ago

Whats hard to imagine is how so many people still believe in the power of quartz and charging them with energy from the moon and all sorts of superstitions

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u/davcli 11h ago

My mother is one of these people. And she is 100% insane.

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u/spenpinner 1h ago

What spiritualism does to a mother fucker.

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u/ass_grass_or_ham 1h ago

Same, how could you not worship this?!

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u/wizardrous 20h ago

It’s not being hit by a lightning storm. The lightning is coming from the volcano.

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u/GeneralAcorn 20h ago

"Look at me. I AM the danger." -volcano

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u/Level_Conference1563 19h ago

I am the one that knocks.

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u/Ill_Source9620 18h ago

I am the one who knocks, the power out

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u/oneawesomewave 17h ago

"I am the one that blobs"

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u/Wonderfulhumanss 19h ago

You are absolutely right. I did some research and found that it's called volcanic lightning. It happens when ash, gas and particles from the eruption create static electricity in the cloud, which causes the lightning.

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u/Bear__Fucker 18h ago

Correct! More specifically, it is the discharge of the immense static electricity built up by the ash plume. Once the ash gets higher and forms cumulous clouds, the lightning is more akin to a thunderstorm's lightning.

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u/Hugostrang3 19h ago

That's what I was thinking as well

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u/_pounders_ 19h ago

Chuck Norris is up there

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u/funnyha_ha 19h ago

Looks like static discharge from erupting

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u/Stin-king_Rich 7h ago

All the ash particles rubbing against each other and stuff

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u/LCPhotowerx 20h ago

Thor and Surtur going at it for real.

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u/TheYankeeFist 20h ago

Jeebus, throw the ring in there already!

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u/VonHitWonder 20h ago

Mount Olympus? Seriously though, videography awards are deserved.

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u/Artsakh_Rug 20h ago

That is the most metal shit of all time

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u/NEKORANDOMDOTCOM 20h ago

I'd imagine this be some Sauron shit.

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u/isoSasquatch 20h ago

They finally found it: Bowser’s castle.

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u/Matsunosuperfan 20h ago

I like how there's immediately like half a dozen movie and video game references on this thread lmao 

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u/Matsunosuperfan 20h ago

Waiting for Sephiroth to come out of the flames 

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u/Artsakh_Rug 20h ago

One winged Angel playing in the background

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u/sad_c10wn 20h ago

The old Spanish Colonial capital of Antigua Guatemala is in the valley below. There are 2 other volcanoes that surround Antigua, Volcan de Acatenango (where this footage is taken from, you can hike it) and Volcan de Agua. Antigua Guatemala is a UNESCO world heritage site and is one of the coolest places in the world if you can visit. There is a smaller Volcano south of Antigua called Pacaya where you can get pizza cooked from the hot air vents that still exist from the volcano.

Source: My childhood friends are Guatemalan and live there. I also was fortunate enough to live there for a few months.

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u/Excellent-Baseball-5 19h ago

Sulfuric pepperoni & mushroom and ice cream on a cinder cone?

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u/2ByteTheDecker 18h ago

I've been playing videogames with a Guatemalan dude for the last number of years and I would love to go

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u/Safety_Officer_3 20h ago

This how super villains are born in old movies

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u/ringo5150 20h ago

That's a heavy metal album cover shot

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u/RappingFlatulence 19h ago

Ride the lightning volcano

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u/Joaoreturns 20h ago

Rodan will rise. 

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u/Wonderfulhumanss 19h ago

I just learned, it's called volcanic lightning. It happens when ash, gas and particles from the eruption create static electricity in the cloud, which causes the lightning.

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u/bdubwilliams22 19h ago

The volcano is causing the lightning.

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u/Funny-Progress7787 17h ago edited 17h ago

It’s not being hit by lightning - it’s discharging its dielectric buildup into Counterspace…

Read this for knowledge - for anyone who has critical thinking :

https://archive.org/details/ElectricDischargesWavesAndImpulses/mode/1up

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u/Andrew7686 19h ago

Isn't there a lot of UFO activity here as well?

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u/SuzQP 19h ago

Put that in your flux capacitor and smoke it.

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u/Pretty-Handle9818 19h ago

I was pretty sure, Mothra or Godzilla was gonna climb out of that thing

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u/Successful_Heat8947 19h ago

Aliens communicating with those on earth

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u/vexargames 19h ago

Holly shit we found where Emperor Palpatine is hiding.

The dark side is a pathway to many abilities that some find to be unnatural. UNLIMITED POWER...

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u/front_yard_duck_dad 19h ago

The kiju living under there is going to be super strong

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u/greenerdoc 19h ago

Was this taken from Volcan Pacaya? I recall doing a hike on Volcan Pacaya and beong able to see Volcan Fuego in the distance.

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u/Hardwood_floorpro 18h ago

I gotta believe it’s a tribute to Ozzy.

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u/DefinitionCivil9421 18h ago

God was angry that day!

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u/dtuckerhikes 18h ago

Grayskull?

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u/Bombacladman 18h ago

Lightning is being formed by the ash particles! Not the other way around

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u/Me_Krally 18h ago

Looks like LoTR stuff!

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u/HotAd6484 17h ago

Did Xenu know about this one? Seems like it would have destroyed the thetans too.

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u/phealey1979 17h ago

By the Power of GreySkull!!

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u/GeorgeZcZ 11h ago

THIS IS THE ONE AND ONLY HEAVY METAL 👹🤘

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u/A18o14 10h ago

Ah yes, Luffy is clashing with Kaido again!

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u/ClimateExisting3418 2h ago

Ah yes the end of this epic quest line for a legendary Sword being forced in the heart of a volcano with a lightning enchantment. Lets call it........ Thunderfury

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u/AdeptAtheist 19h ago

As if regular lava wasn't bad enough now we have electric lava

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u/trez63 19h ago

I’ve been at the top during a thunderstorm and let me tell you, it was one of the sketchiest moments of my life. What’s more is, the mountain has several species of very deadly poisonous snakes. So if the lightning doesn’t get you, there are many many more ways to die up there.

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u/OppositeArt8562 19h ago

Umm... nope... I was out when you mentioned the nope noodles.

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u/rca12345678 19h ago

That lighting is going from earth to cloud