Nature has a wonderful way of surprising us at every step, leaving a lot to the imagination of specialists. As people's attachment to the modern world grows, the natural world plays a role in luring them back by demonstrating that there are some things that only nature can do well.
Here are five natural occurrences that interest and enthrall people all across the world:
Sailing Stones
Experts are baffled by sailing stones, also known as sliding rocks or moving rocks, because there is no clear and established cause for the phenomenon. Every two or three years, these rocks wander along the smooth valley bottoms, leaving extensive footprints that verify their movement.
The direction and length of their journey varies, with distinct rocks moving or stopping at random, regardless of their shape and size similarities or variances. Since the early 1900s, scientists have been studying the phenomena, which can be seen in places like Little Bonnie Clair Playa in Nevada and Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park in California.
Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis
Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis are two different types of auroras.
Who could anybody miss this incredible light show? The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) and Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) can be seen immediately above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres, respectively.
It usually comes in tones of green and pink, although it can also come in red, blue, yellow, and violet. Light streaks can take the form of arcs, ripples, rays, and other shapes. When highly charged electrons from the solar wind collide with substances in the earth's atmosphere, this spectacular event occurs.
Rainbows of Fire
Fire Rainbows get their name from the rainbow of hues that splatter throughout their flame-like form. The magnificent sight, however, is not caused by fire or rainbows. Fire rainbows are circumhorizontal arcs, ice halos generated by hexagonal ice crystals in high-level cirrus clouds, according to science.
These can only form and be viewed under certain circumstances. The sun should be at a 580-degree angle or higher, with plate-shaped ice crystals and high-altitude cirrus clouds in the sky. To create the overall image, the sunlight must also strike the ice crystals at a precise angle.
Basalt Columns
These column-like structures appear to be man-made to everyone who looks at them. When lava flows cool quickly, they leave behind hexagonal formations that are evenly dispersed. The Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, the Cliff of Stone Plates in Vietnam, Frooba in the Faroe Islands, and the Prismas Basalticos in Mexico are some of the most well-known structures.
Devils of Fire
Fire devils, also known as fire whirls or fire tornadoes, emerge when a combination of tremendous heat and turbulent wind conditions causes whirling eddies of air to form. It sucks in flaming debris and flammable gasses and resembles a tornado in appearance.
This whirling vortex of flame, which is normally 1 to 3 feet wide and 50 to 100 feet tall, can reach temperatures of up to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit at its core.