8 totally awesome natural phenomena you probably didn’t know about


	8 totally awesome natural phenomena you probably didn’t know about
JackieDel
8-10-2009 11:31 PM
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nature, phenomena, weather
JackieDel says:
I would LOVE to see a moonbow.
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8-11-2009 12:00 AM
chestnut501
I'd like to see the fire rainbow
8-14-2009 9:35 PM
kareval
What a great clip...those pictures are amazing...all of them! Thankx
8-15-2009 7:26 PM
The Infowarrior
@ Chestnut501 - If you would like to see more on "fire rainbows" I suggest you do some research into H.A.A.R.P.

While they are not nearly as spectacular as some of the other phenomenon, the Ice circles look intriguing, fun and tangible.
8-15-2009 10:53 PM
chestnut501
Thanks Infowarrior, I'll check that out.
8-15-2009 11:57 PM
The Infowarrior
No worries
Hmm.... I wonder if you could go wake boarding on one of those Ice Circles?
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It’s basically an ice halo formed by ice crystals located very high, in the cirrus <A href="http://www.zmescience.com/7-types-of-rare-and-amazing-clouds-w-pics-and-videos" linkindex="49">clouds</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/4110D408-995E-4DBD-8295-BEB809D69B75" alt="fire-rainbow-1047-1236200580-5" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/6D8B48AF-D438-4132-9080-0D423BCF98E7" alt="circumhorizontalarc" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><H3>Waterspouts</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/2262B967-8CE6-40B0-A79E-B4D53E822F1C" alt="waterspout" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033">a waterspout is in fact a really intense columnar vortex that takes place over a mass of water and links it to a cumuliform cloud.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/CEBEDC59-7215-4F6D-B8A0-D9505EA2DCD5" alt="waterspout2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><H3>The Honduran Rain of Fish</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/C5D23F2F-9C02-4BB3-BC6B-DE31AC069B08" alt="rain-fish-2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033">Each year, between the months of May and July a dark clouds appears in the sky, followed by a massive thunderstorm, it rains a lot, the whole nine yards. It all lasts 2-3 hours, at the end of which people go out on the street where they find hundreds of <EM>living</EM> fish on the ground;</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><H3>Moonbows</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/12F12057-BD92-4929-82D3-6C16B155DA17" alt="moonbow" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/512E54AD-B06C-4B91-8988-818F9A7097D8" alt="moonbow2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><H3>Penitentes</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/BF8F51F3-150B-483E-BBB7-B46CA57D2E7C" alt="penitentes" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033">These sharp ice spikes can only be found at high altitudes.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/315DEE16-C28B-4EC6-BF3E-473B37F0F56B" alt="penitentes2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/E55FC9B6-C25A-49EE-B738-7B8AB445D942" alt="penitentess" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033">Supercells</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><P>Supercells are rotating updrafts within severe thunderstorms; they’re big, and bloody scary.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/4CF1D568-574A-4179-B61C-F3A979C6C406" alt="supercells" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/62869FB4-9C48-47DD-B957-AE72FD106B55" alt="supercell3" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/95F941DE-872B-406B-A234-CB4E497F51EB" alt="supercell4" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><H3>Ice Circles</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/6C0E681A-B87B-4D9E-B81E-B3EFCA29891B" alt="ice-circle" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/4186E332-4462-4D4C-BF2C-7244C0A6E6CE" alt="ice-circles" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033">Ice Circles are pretty much what you’d expect</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/6AF951F8-948B-4590-A00B-AA8BEC30DD0F" alt="ice-circle3" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/totally-awesome-natural-phenomena-you-probably-didnt-know-about-000033"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/2E5EA6F2-7A9B-4404-928C-F1E3477E9DF3" alt="ice-ring" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/029F959D-FF56-4A5C-A4A1-8EE1FA4846E9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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