1.Brinicle
Brinicles are the underwater equivalent of icicles. They form
beneath ice when a flow of saline water is introduced to ocean
water.
2. Volcanic lightning
Volcanic plumes produce immense amounts of electrical
charge and static. In rare cases, this can spark a violent
lightning storm.
3. Sprites, Elves and Blue Jets
These colourful shapes are the result of electrical
discharges in the atmosphere.
4. Fire Rainbows
Fire Rainbows are formed by light reflecting from ice crystals in
high level clouds. The halos are so large, they often appear
parallel to the horizon.
5. White rainbows
These rainbows form in fog, rather than rain. The condensation
reflects little light, and as a result, the rainbow is made up of
very weak colors â€" like white â€" rather than the vibrant colors
of a traditional rainbow
6. Fire Whirls
Fire whirls are whirlwinds of flame. They occur when intense
heat and turbulent wind conditions combine.
7. Catatumbo Lightning
At the mouth of the Catatumbo River in Venezuela, a very unique
mass of storm clouds swirl, creating the rare spectacle known as
Catatumbo lightning. The storm occurs up to 160 nights a year,
10 hours per day and 280 times an hour.
8. Moonbow
Moonbows are rainbows produced by light reflected off the
surface of the moon, rather than the sun. Due to the small
amount of light reflected off the moon, moonbows are quite
faint.
9. Glory
A glory is an optical phenomenon, similar to a rainbow, that
resembles a halo. It occurs when light tunnels through air
inside rain droplets and emit the light backwards. Yes, that’s
as crazy as it sounds
10. Waterspouts
Waterspouts are vortexes, which occur over a body of water.
No water is sucked in and the sprout is made entirely from
water given off by condensation.
11. Morning Glory
Morning Glory clouds are incredibly rare, so much so, that we
don’t know what causes them. They’re most commonly seen
at fall in the small town of Burketown in Australia.
12. Lenticular Clouds
Lenticular clouds are lens-shaped clouds that form when moist
air flows over a mountain and piles into large and layered clouds.
Due to their strange shape, these clouds are often mistaken for
UFOs
13. Penitentes
Penitentes are tall, thin blades of hardened snow and ice that
form at high altitudes. At such a height, the sun’s rays are able
to turn ice into water vapor without melting it first. Some areas
randomly turn into vapor more quickly than others, forming de-
pressions in the smooth surface. Over time, they transform into
jagged fields which face the same direction as the sun.
14. Supercells
Supercells are the rarest and most dangerous type of storms.
While they are formed just like other storms, the vertical rotation
of their updraft means that they can sustain themselves for far
longer.
15. Frost Flowers
Frost flowers are formed when sap in the stem of plants freezes
and expands, cracking the stem. Water then draws through the
cracks and freezes upon contact with the air, eventually forming
exquisite patterns.
16. Sun Dogs
Sun dogs are an atmospheric phenomenon that occur when ice
crystals cause light to appear brighter when the sun is at a certain
angle
17. Mammatus Clouds
Mammatus clouds are cloud pouches that form and hang under-
neath the base of a cloud. When air and clouds holding different
levels of moisture mix, the heavier one sinks below the lighter.
18. Snow Donuts
Snow donuts are formed when chunks of snow are blown along
the ground by wind, picking up material along the way. The inner
layers are weak and can easily blow away, leaving a donut.
19. Belt of Venus
The Belt of Venus is a pink glowing arch seen across the sky
when the shadow of the Earth’s translucent atmosphere casts
a shadow back upon itself.
20. Asperatus Clouds
Asperatus Clouds were only classified in 2009. As a result, we
know little about them other than the fact that they look amazing.
What you see depends mainly on what you look for.
Travel in India
Slightly edited raw footage from travel in India during winter 2012. Places visited include Delhi, Agra (Taj Mahal), Varanassi, and Alabahd (Kumbah mela festival).
Click here to watch this video
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