11 Rarest Natural Phenomena Only You Might've Seen

ah kiev you've been dreaming of getting here for years getting out your trusty camera you start taking pictures of the cathedrals aviation museum and the nepro river when without warning there's an enormous boom behind you turning around you see something towering in the distance it looks like a gigantic explosion uh oh time to leave fast in june 2020 what the people of kiev were looking at was an anvil cloud a rare storm formation in the sky forming when strong air currents carry water vapor upwards the air expands and spreads out as it hits the bottom of the stratosphere it pushes the dense cloud into the cool anvil shape you see and sometimes it even gets to be a mushroom anvil clouds produce some of the most dangerous lightning of all storms one that's called a bold out of the blue this lightning strike seems to magically come out of the blue sky with the storm being many miles away this type of bolt comes from the top of the anvil and can be 10 times more powerful than a typical lightning strike people got so frightened after witnessing a giant cloud just 60 miles away thinking something terrible must have happened the locals had pictures of the large billow on social media before officials could explain what was going on authorities managed to calm everyone's fears by informing them it was nothing more than a natural phenomenon and a beautiful one at that before dissipating these clouds typically stay in one area regardless of how strong the wind is touring around the northern tip of queensland australia way away from those creepy crawlies it's time to take a break and relax at the beach getting comfortable you notice a great big shadow passes over you then another and yet another looking up this weird weather is simply stunning the clouds are called morning glory a very rare type of cloud that almost seems to roll across the sky looking like a massive tube these clouds can measure up to 600 miles long even appearing in large groups as well this phenomenon is the result of an updraft pushing through the cloud creating a rolling appearance while moist cooler air at the back causes them to sink downward southern india between july and september 2001 people witnessed one of the strangest weather phenomenon in recorded history the rain was red what many would have thought to be a typical rainstorm left them shocked the color was bright enough to stain clothes there were other colors too such as green yellow brown and even black in the middle of a monsoon red rain started to fall and did so periodically for several weeks researchers have found this unusual rain is stained either by dust or algae so don't try to catch any on your tongue scientists aren't entirely sure how the algae got all the way up there this does make events like this a little unsettling like to take a bubble bath to relax after an exhausting day but taking too long to fill the bathtub problem solved head to any coastline after a big storm and take a dip foamy tides aren't native to any one place or location they can be formed anywhere in the world they're most likely to happen along rocky coastlines like the coast of san francisco northern ireland or the mululaba australia each coast has differing conditions forming the sea foams if you scoop up seawater into a glass and look at it closely you'll see is full of tiny particles many things like plants chemicals and lots of salt and minerals create the perfect formula for foam when powerful currents and wind mix it all together we get something that resembles a cappuccino top floating on top of the water when freezing temperatures hit orchards in michigan all kinds of unusual things happen like ghost apples no they're not going to scare you at all but if you plan on sneaking away one winter to find one be warned everything has to be perfect for this to occur and it's going to be freezing cold this is actually a rare weather phenomenon caused by having the apples freeze where they are with rain coating the fruit in a thin layer of eyes the apples then thaw and leak out like applesauce leaving just the beautiful ice shell behind the catatumbo river in venezuela might be the most electric place in the world with nearly 300 storm days per year the lightning storms are so consistent they're predicted for three months in advance during the wet season in october you might see 30 lightning flashes in a single minute a truly shocking experience with each bolt having the energy to power a single light bulb for six months the impressive display could power all of venezuela forever at sunset strong winds flow around the three surrounding mountains forming storm clouds over the water as the water droplets of humid air collide with ice crystals from the cold air it produces the static charges that cause the lightning storms nearly every night if that wasn't bad enough some storms have lightning above them as well try to take a picture of this one jellyfish lightning sprites are electrical discharges high in earth's atmosphere they're associated with powerful thunderstorms but they have nothing to do with rain these sprites occur 30 to 50 miles up in the sky in the mesosphere artificial lights at night make it a lot harder to see this faint lightning if you spot one it'll look tiny but can be well over 30 miles wide the red sprites are a type of cold plasma discharge above a thunder cloud they're the balance of the lightning charges between the storm clouds and the ground below don't try to find this type of donut at your favorite bakery it won't be there snow donuts are one of the rarest meteorological sites to see with perfect weather conditions needed just to create them found in any snow-covered mountain area like the rocky mountains the wind temperature snow ice and moisture have to all work together for us to see these phenomenal rings a thin layer of wet snow on the ground under that layer ice or powdered snow then a strong enough breeze to roll the donut down a hill just like a snowball once it stops rolling it can be the size of a baseball or as large as a car tire it all depends on how strong the wind is a newly formed snow donut won't stay around for very long so hurry up with that camera watching the sunset over the horizon the beautiful purples and pink overhead are nothing compared to the three suns you see in front of you wow since when did earth get three suns these phantom stars sometimes appearing besides the sun are called sun dogs maybe they're called that because they're kind of dogging the actual sun sun dogs often appear as colored areas of light at the same height above the horizon as the sun they're mostly observed on a ring or halo where ice crystals best reflect the light there are also moon dogs that appear alongside the moon and are formed by lunar light passing through ice crystals though these aren't seen nearly as much as their daytime partners taking photos in the wild you finally found the perfect spot to take that dream shot the crystal clear water the pines the mountains and the flying saucer wait a flying saucer oh aliens are here you might be thinking this if you saw a saucer-shaped cloud i'm not even going to try to pronounce their name though put that on the screen please wait just kidding it's autocumulus lenticularis aren't you impressed these are really just unusual cloud formations over mountain tops when moist air flows over a mountain a wave is created if the temperature difference is perfect as the air passes through the wave evaporation occurs and a series of these clouds may form into an oval shape not aliens at all the sky is falling the sky is falling well people who have experienced these clouds say they look like they're coming down from the sky mammatus clouds look like giant white lumpy marshmallows but it might be hard to toast these ones these weird fluffy clouds can extend hundreds of miles in any direction remaining visible for short periods at the bottom of anvil or other thunderstorm clouds the strange bubble shapes are formed from turbulence within the storm itself creating an uneven cloud base and appearing anywhere in the world mammoth clouds form when moist air sinks into dry air the air must be cooler than its surroundings cooled with ice or be heavy with water

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Length: 10min 4sec (604 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 25 2021