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Most surreal phenomena ever caught on camera 🧵

1. One of the most mysterious weather phenomena on Earth: meet the sprites Sprites or red sprites are large-scale electric discharges that occur in the mesosphere, high above thunderstorm clouds, or cumulonimbus, giving rise to a varied range of visual shapes flickering in the night sky. They are usually triggered by the discharges of positive lightning between an underlying thundercloud and the ground  📷 Nicolas Escurat
2. The coolest meteor video ever

3. This is a rare phenomenon, called 'cross waves' Image
4. Clouds look like an incoming tsunami

5. A granular flow

6. Volcanic lightning

7. Who’s gonna tell her?

8. The Qiantang bore is the largest tidal river bore in the world, travelling at speeds in excess of 15 mph.

9. A meteor fell near the most active volcano (Mount Merapi) in Indonesia Image
10. A spectacular iridescent cloud

11. Bubbles of methane under the ice in Lake Baikal

12. Rainbows are actually circles, a full circle is visible from a higher vantage point.

13. Ice Eggs - This rare phenomenon occurs when ice is rolled over by wind and water (Northern Finland) Image
14. Stunning sunset

This happens because of a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering

15. The Northern Lights are real-life magic

16. This natural phenomenon is called the Giant's Causeway in N.Ireland Image
17. A series of wet microbursts captured in Perth, Australia.

18. Pink sunset over Vietnam

19. Northern lights over Tuscany, Italy. Image
20. The sea in the sky

Theresa Lucas took this incredible image of a cloud formation on June 18, 2022, as she was driving in north-central Minnesota. Image
21. The "Brocken spectre" phenomenon is produced when a person stands above the upper surface of a cloud - on a mountain or high ground - with the Sun behind them Image
22. Burning Stones

These type of stone vents mainly methane, mixed with hydrogen, nitrogen, light alkanes, CO2, and helium. The gas likely comes from organic-rich Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary rocks.

23. An eagle crossing a massive sun dog also known as Parhelion!

The sun dog is a member of the family of halos caused by the refraction of sunlight by ice crystals in the atmosphere.

24. Pileus clouds never fail to amaze when they grace the sky

25. Travel photographer Sarah Bethea captured this breathtaking photo in Iceland, where the setting sun's golden rays entered an ice cave, turning a section of the cave's ice amber Image
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