An impressive meteorological phenomenon surprised the residents of the municipality of San Bernabé Acatenango in Guatemala, after a lightning strike near the Akatenango volcano.

The impact became a visual spectacle where the scratch became “chandelier” of lights in the sky.

Although the original video was recorded in July, it went viral this week thanks to an Instagram post.

According to the media Timethat day, a series of lightning began to fall, which caused surprise and fear among the people who were on the site, because, apparently, this an event that is not so common.

The video was filmed by a motorcyclist named derrick Steel, who was recording before the lightning struck.

When was the last eruption of Akatenango volcano?

According to Acatenango Volcano.com.gt, the Acatenango Volcano page, the site’s last recorded eruption occurred in December 1972 “when the colossus spewed volcanic bombs, that is, lava that cools in the air and falls in the form of small asteroids.”

At the time, it was recorded that the eruption covered a radius of 25 kilometers in the region with ash, evacuating people who were nearby.