The image above shows a spectacular display of the Aurora Borealis over Finland. Known as the Borealis Australis in the Southern Hemisphere, auroras typically occur at latitudes of between 10 and 20 degrees from the […]
The image above shows a dramatic example of a green flash, as seen from the Canary Islands. While this particular atmospheric phenomenon was considered a myth for a long time, its exact causes have been […]
The image above shows the Belt of Venus, a rosy-hued band of light between Earth’s shadow and the upper atmosphere that occurs just after sunset, or just before sunrise. Note though that this atmospheric phenomenon […]
The image above shows an example of a moonbow that appeared over Maui, Hawaii in February 2016. Note that although moonbows are also commonly known as lunar rainbows, or white rainbows in many parts of […]
The image above shows a pair of bright sundogs as seen from the city of Fargo in North Dakota. Also visible here are sections of the arcs passing through each sundog, a sun pillar, which […]
The image above shows the extent of the supernova remnant designated SN 1006. In this X-ray image taken with the Chandra space telescope, multi-million degree gas is shown as red and green, while extremely high-energy […]
The image above shows a depiction of the Great Leonids Meteor Storm that occurred on November 13th, 1833 in which more than 72,000 meteors per hour fell to Earth, and which according to one observer […]
If you take UFO sightings seriously then you would certainly have heard of the Hessdalen lights. These bizarre light phenomena have been seen in Norway’s Hessdalen valley since at least the 1940’s. Over the ensuing […]
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