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In a scene that looked straight out of an apocalyptic movie, lightning bolts appeared to shoot upwards and light up the sky over the Acatenango Volcano in Guatemala a viral video. The video was taken by a passerby, Derrick Steele, during a thunderstorm on July 10 but has only become viral now.
However, the lightning strikes did not shoot upwards from the volcano and it was an optical illusion. What made Steele stop in his tracks and record the scene was lightning hitting the volcano during the storm even as its two peaks, Pico Mayor and Yepocapa, were shrouded by stormy clouds.