10 Weird Weather Events Caught On Camera. Scary And Beautiful At The Same Time
These are the 10 unusual ways Mother Nature can turn on you.
When a lightning storm occurs during a volcanic eruption, volcanic lightning can occur. It's believed that the positively charged debris from the eruption react when negative charges are present, which can lead to the lightning.
When the oceans surface freezes, cold and salty water mix beneath the ice. Due to its density, the mixture of water falls through regular seawater and forms an icicle like shape under the water.
These ice shards can grown up to 13 feet tall and form in high-altitude areas with low humidity.
Supercells are rare, but are the most dangerous of the storm types. They are large spinning storms that can create tornadoes and cause a lot of destruction.
Middle latitude areas can usually see fire rainbows in the summertime. When the sun is at least 58 degrees above the horizon and there are cirrus clouds in the sky, the crystals within the clouds can cause this phenomena to occur.
This is the result of crystals in the air that cause light refraction in the sky. It can make it look like there are three suns in the sky.
When a tornado forms over water, a waterspout is created. Winds can reach up to 190 miles an hour, but are really on dangerous if you're in or near the water.
When a large mass of snow gets blown around by the wind and it begins to pick up more snow as it rolls, a snow donut can form. Snow donuts occur under rare weather conditions.
Columnar Basalt occurs when lava cracks as it cools. It forms a honeycomb-like structure and grows perpendicular to the direction of the lava's flow.
When temperatures start to drop below freezing, the sap inside a plant will expand and form cracks at the stem. Water is drawn into the cracks and freezes. As this continues to happen, the ice gets pushed out of the stem and forms a petal.