13 breathtaking natural phenomena
13 breathtaking natural phenomena
From the famous northern light to the lesser -known star sea, we share the most breathtaking natural phenomena in the world
It's a fire. Every year, around February, the setting sun hits the horsetail cases in the Yosemite exactly at the right angle to illuminate the cascade in bright orange and red tones that arouse the appearance of flowing fire or lava. To celebrate the spectacle, we explore the most breathtaking natural phenomena in the world.
breathtaking natural phenomena
When Doug Hurley and Bob, in 2020, as the first astronauts, who started the orbit with a private spaceship, wrote the world to watch. In view of the turbulence of our time, an observer joked: "Congratulations to the astronauts who left the earth today. Good choice."
The spontaneous comment was amusing, but also surprisingly moving, because he reminded us of the damage that people do - not just each other, but the planet itself.
to see the curvature of the earth through the window of the astronauts reminded us of the extraordinary natural phenomena here at home. In the following we share the best of you.
1. Northern light
The Aurora borealis, better known as northern light, is a natural light show caused by collisions between gaseous particles in the earth's atmosphere with charged particles that are released from the solar atmosphere.
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The phenomenon usually occurs in northern regions such as Canada, Alaska, Norway, Greenland and Iceland, but also performed further south in Scotland and even in New Orleans in the USA.
2. Catatumbo-Blitz, Venezuela
This "eternal lightning strike" occurs in 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours a day and up to 280 times an hour above Lake Maracaibo, usually over the area where the Catatumbo river flows into the lake.
After the lightning had occurred continuously for centuries, he stopped from January to April 2010, possibly due to drought. This caused fears that it was deleted permanently, but it reappeared a few months later. Scientists say that Catatumbo is a normal flash that occurs much more often than elsewhere due to the local topography and wind pattern.
3. Cloud formations
The British maintain an aversion to clouds. You see, we rarely get this delicate, bright white cotton candy cloud that slides through warmer realms. No, ours are gray, plump and threatening. They threaten to burst and preside weddings such as doom messengers during the barbecues in July. What nobody told us is that it doesn't have to be like that ...
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Asperitas, Mammatus and Linsen clouds
asperitas clouds are a natural phenomenon that looks like rippling waves. It is believed that these occur after convective thunderstorms. Mammatus clouds look like outbuming or bags that appear from the base of a cloud, while lentil-shaped clouds look like flying saucers. In fact, it is said that these clouds are one of the most common explanations for UFO views all over the world.
4. Star Sea
The island of Vaadhoo in the Raa Atoll of the Maldives is famous for their “star of stars”. At night the sea is illuminated by Marine Bioluminescence, which is generated by Plankton, which is known as a dinoflagellate.
When the plankton is stressed through the sea movement, it sends out light as a defense mechanism, similar to some fireflies. With the increasing intensity of the waves, the light also increases and creates the illusion of a star of stars.
5. Sea bladder, Canada
These formations under the Abraham Lake in Canada look picturesque, but are actually frozen methavic, a high inflammatory gas.
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caused by the decomposition of organic substances such as plants, animals and microbes, the flammable gas hikes closer to the surface in warmer months and finally escapes into the atmosphere. The process is harmless as long as they don't shine nearby.
6. Columns of light
light columns are an optical phenomenon in which narrow rays of light seem to be ranging from heaven to the ground.
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These arise when the light of the sun or moon of ice crystals that form in frosty air is reflected upwards. In order for ice crystals to form, the conditions must be extremely calm and cold, without wind. In order for the light columns to be visible, the ice crystals must be close to the ground.
7. Skail case, USA
Every February, the Horsetail Falls in the Yosemite National Park are illuminated by the setting sun. If the conditions are correct, the illusion of a "firefall" is created in which the waterfall shines orange and red and gives the impression of fire.
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photographers flock to the place in droves, but the ideal image requires a balance of forces: enough moisture to fire the 1,000 feet high waterfall, clear sky to let the light through, and the right angle so that the sun hits the famous waterfalls.
8. Water pants
water pants are like tornados, but occur over water and are usually accompanied by strong winds and waves, large hail and frequent dangerous flashes.
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water pants are spotted more often in the Florida keys than in any other place in the world. They were reported in Europe, New Zealand and even in Antarctic, but are most common in the tropics and subtropics.
9. Lights of Hessdalen, Norway
These strange light balls that float over a valley in central oral paths have amazed for three decades.
Sometimes as big as cars, the balls (understandably) triggered numerous reports of UFO views. Some balls float gently through the sky for up to two hours, while others flash white or blue and roam through the valley and disappear in a matter of seconds.
10. Turquoise ice cream, Russia
The Baikalsee Lake in Eastern Siberia in Russia is one of the largest and deepest lakes in the world and contains an enormous fifth of the fresh water in the world.
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11. Vulcan flash
as if active volcanoes were not scary enough, we now learn that some are so wild that they actually generate flashes.
This phenomenon known as "dirty thunderstorms" causes electrical loads that arise when rock fragments, ash and ice particles collide in a volcanic flag and generate static charging, just as ice particles collide in normal thunderstorms.
12. Snow camines
snow caminins are a kind of fumarole; Openings in the earth's crust through which steam and gases can escape from volcanoes.
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In Arctic areas, the steam freezes as soon as it leaves one of these openings, and finally forms massive snow caminums like this on Mount Erebus in Antarctic.
13. Fire vertebrae
If there was ever a painting sign of the devil, it would certainly be this. A fire strudel, also known as the "fire devil" or "Feuerkornado", arises when intensely rising heat and turbulent wind conditions connect to a vertebrae of flames and ashes.
According to National Geographic, the fiery core in the swirling wind is usually one to three feet wide and five to ten floors high and, in extreme cases, can be tough and more than a hundred floors high. Terrible.
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