Our planet is full of surprises. Some natural phenomena (even destructive) are simply mesmerizing. Sometimes they laugh. Sometimes they scare. Some still have not been able to explain. Others are too rare. In this article we will talk about the most unusual and impressive natural phenomena that you probably want to see firsthand.
Material Content:
- 1 Christmas Island Crabs
- 2 Patterns under water
- 3 Endless Wave in Brazil
- 4 Green ray
- 5 Bleeding mountains
- 6 Water swirls
- 7 Rainbow Trees in Australia
- 8 Blue Lava in Indonesia
- 9 Big blue hole
- 10 A lake that turns animals into mummies
- 11 Spiders spiderwebs whole trees in Pakistan
- 12 The Black Sun in Denmark
- 13 Mountains of danxia
- 14 Living stones
- 15 Horse tail
- 16 Ice flowers in the arctic
- 17 Dirty storm
- 18 Lenticular clouds
- 19 Hairy ice
- 20 Flora Atacama
- 21 Catatumbo Lightning
- 22 White rainbow
- 23 Steam Towers in Iceland
Christmas Island Crabs
These sea creatures wander annually. And not in small flocks, but in whole crowds. Local residents often have to remove them from the road with shovels. The number of crabs is over the top. However, they are not at all bothered by the presence of people on the island.
Patterns under water
Men of needle-skinned fish try to impress females with the help of beautiful patterns on the seabed. This is how beautiful their “buildings” look like during mating season.
And here is the breed of fish that creates these wonders.
Endless Wave in Brazil
This is a powerful tidal wave, twice a year overtaking the territory of the country. It looks like an ideal natural phenomenon for surfers, but it is not. The wave carries along branches, trees, crocodiles, parasites and so on.
Green ray
This is a brief flash of green light that occurs momentarily during sunset or sunrise. To notice it, you need to be in an area with clean air and have special equipment with you.
Bleeding mountains
This is actually not blood. Iron oxide enters salt water and stains it. Although it really looks as if there was a terrible massacre.
Streams of "blood" cover a very vast territory.
Water swirls
It’s hard to surprise with a whirlpool. But to be honest, where did you see them except in the movies? Live even small twists look quite exciting. They arise in places where water from two streams converges into one.
Rainbow Trees in Australia
This is a eucalyptus tree that acquire new colors with age. They look like someone painted them.
Blue Lava in Indonesia
Indonesia is notorious for people working a lot on sulfur deposits there. Liquid sulfur ignites in the bowels of the volcano and comes out already "colored" by a blue flame.
Big blue hole
Initially, it was a system of caves located above the water. The sea level rose, and it turned into a reef, similar to a cosmic black hole.
A lake that turns animals into mummies
One of the African lakes contains such a large amount of salt that any animal that comes into contact with water dies and turns into a mummy. Photographer Nick Brandt even took a series of photographs on the subject.
Once in water, animals undergo a process of calcification.
The lake itself has a red tint. Its temperature reaches 50 degrees Celsius.
Spiders spiderwebs whole trees in Pakistan
So insects escaped from large-scale flooding in the country, which forced to quickly look for ways to survive, both humans and animals.
The Black Sun in Denmark
A phenomenon during which crowds of birds overshadow the sun, creating various shapes and patterns in the sky.
Mountains of danxia
One of the most beautiful landscape tumors in the world. This is a unique type of petrographic geomorphology found in China. Locals even opened a park in this area.
Living stones
Some marine animals are ideal camouflage.
Outwardly, they sometimes look like shells and rocks.
Sometimes they cannot be distinguished from reefs and sand at all.
Horse tail
This is the name of the waterfall in Yosemite National Park. It is located on the slope of El Capitan. A waterfall can be seen only once a year and only for a very short period of time.
Ice flowers in the arctic
The phenomenon occurs due to the difference in temperatures under the ice and the external atmosphere. Because of this, ice forms very quickly and in such bizarre forms.
Dirty storm
Electric storm. Lightning is formed as a result of a collision of large electric potentials, represented by negatively charged falling particles of ash and positively charged condensed volcanic gases, in a column of ash.
Lenticular clouds
A rare natural phenomenon. Occurs at the junction of air layers. Such clouds cannot be set in motion. Even strong winds do not change their location.
Hairy ice
Ironically, such ice forms solely on dead trees. The nature of the phenomenon is not fully understood.
Flora Atacama
Atacama Desert is located in the southern hemisphere. Because of this, the climatic spring in this area provokes the flowering of a large number of flowers.
Catatumbo Lightning
This is a dangerous and sinister phenomenon in Venezuela. On one of the country's marine territories, a thunderstorm rattles for almost 180 days annually. Not the best place to swim.
White rainbow
This rainbow is so bright because it arises from the refraction of moonlight, not sunshine.
Steam Towers in Iceland
Geysers in the country sometimes behave too actively. Steam flows from the bowels of the earth take off several meters in height. During the period of greatest activity, they turn into a whole "city" of steam.
