No injuries were immediately reported.
Source: sheilaaliens
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Showing posts with label Nature. Show all posts
12/26/12
Tornado Touches Down in Mobile, AL During Live Broadcast Christmas Day 2012
No injuries were immediately reported.
Source: sheilaaliens
The Solar Killshot - The Facts
Aurorae were seen around the world, even over the Caribbean; those over the Rocky Mountains were so bright that their glow awoke gold miners, who began preparing breakfast because they thought it was morning.
People who happened to be awake in the northeastern US could read a newspaper by the aurora's light.
Telegraph systems all over Europe and North America failed, in some cases shocking telegraph operators. Telegraph pylons threw sparks and telegraph paper spontaneously caught fire. Some telegraph systems continued to send and receive messages despite having been disconnected from their power supplies.
The so called solar maximum, expected to peak in 2013. Some U.S. experts estimate as much as a 7 percent chance of a superstorm in the next decade, which seems a slight risk, but the effects would be so wide-ranging, that it has drawn official concern.
May we expect a Carrington Event in 2013?
Source: suspiciousObservers
12/18/12
A sign of the time: Phenomenal Roll Cloud over Curitiba, Brasil - Dec 17, 2012
An arcus cloud is a low, horizontal cloud formation. Roll clouds and shelf clouds are the two types of arcus clouds. A shelf cloud is usually associated with the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow; roll clouds are usually formed by outflows of cold air from sea breezes or cold fronts in the absence of thunderstorms.
Source: freehenrique
12/11/12
Kamchatka Plosky Tolbachik Volcano Erupts After 36-year Sleeping (Video) - December, 2012
Lava flows caused a forest fire and destroyed two nearby research bases.
Source: worldsbreakingnews
12/8/12
Mysterious Fireball Lights Up Texas Sky - Nov 7, 2012
The streaking green glow was reportedly seen about 7 a.m. arching across the sky by people in Sugar Land, Tomball, Crosby, Shelton and dozens of other spots, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Some reports had the light being spotted as far north as Dallas.
Deputies said patrol units also reported seeing the flash and burst of green.
The eerie gleaming light was also reported by people in Austin, said Chris McKinney, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
McKinney said it is believed to have been a meteor and possibly part of the Geminids meteor shower which usually is visible this time of year in the area. The shower peaks about December 13 and this meteor may have be the opening act of that celestial event, McKinney said.
"At first guess," he said, "it's probably the beginnings of that shower."
Source: stephenhannardadguk
11/29/12
Amazing bright unknown object in the sky above Fort Worth TX - November 2012
A UFO, a natural phenomenon or is it more mysterious?
Source: joinourbandofbelieve
Huge Tornado in Taranto, Italy - Nov 28, 2012 (Video)
The video shows the destructive path of the Tornado through Taranto as well as exploding transformers.
The tornado also struck a large steel plant, injuring 20 people.
Source: thecoolcafelive
11/15/12
Dramatic tornado video: Rare twin twisters sweep through Japan - Nov 14, 2012
Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV showed dramatic footage of a large waterspout over the ocean in Wakayama Prefecture. According to the meteorological agency, the waterspout lasted about 10 minutes and disintegrated before arriving on land.
Additionally, around the same time as the tornado developed in Wakayama, a smaller tornado was witnessed in Ishikawa Prefecture after a hail storm and lightning shook the town. Tornadoes are relatively rare in Japan.(Video courtesy: Fuji TV)
Source: RT
11/3/12
Strange Sky Phenomenon Recorded Across Eastern U.S. Before Hurricane Sandy - Oct, 2012
NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office head Bill Cooke says that he had, "never seen anything quite like it." Another onlooker, Kyle Winkleman, called it a "once-in-a-decade event."
Spaceweather writes that the extremely rare apparition was "almost certainly connected to Hurricane Sandy":
The core of the storm swept well north of Alabama, but Sandy's outer bands did pass over the area, leaving behind a thin haze of ice crystals in cirrus clouds. Sunlight shining through the crystals produced an unusually rich variety of ice halos.
These were all recorded a few days or less prior to Hurricane Sandy making landfall.
Here is the video compilation of this beautiful, strange, rare nature phenomenon.
Source: sheilaaliens
10/29/12
LIVE Hurricane Sandy Coverage - The Weather Channel
Source: weatherchannel
10/28/12
Psychic Powers and Pyramids
Source: leecountyflorida
10/23/12
NOC 'white whale' mimicking human speech (Video)
"The whale's vocalizations often sounded as if two people were conversing in the distance," says Dr. Sam Ridgway, President of the National Marine Mammal Foundation. "These 'conversations' were heard several times before the whale was eventually identified as the source. In fact, we discovered it when a diver mistook the whale for a human voice giving him underwater directions."
As soon as the whale was identified as the source, NMMF scientists recorded his speech-like episodes both in air and underwater, studying the physiology behind his ability to mimic. It's believed that the animals close association with humans played a role in how often he employed his 'human' voice, as well as in its quality.
Source: nmmfoundation
10/7/12
Russian boy discovers 30,000 year old woolly Mammoth
An 11-year-old boy from a nomadic family in Russia's north has stumbled upon a massive well-preserved woolly mammoth, in what scientists describe as the best such discovery since 1901.
Yevgeny Salinder, whose family lives near a polar station in the northern Taimyr Peninsula, discovered the frozen prehistoric animal when he was strolling along the banks of the Yenisei River in late August.
Scientists soon reached the spot to examine the carcass, which has scraps of fur, plenty of flesh, an ear, a tusk, some bones and an intact reproductive organ.
The 15 - 16 year old mammoth was 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighed about 1,100 pounds, which will be unofficially called Zhenya ( after the nickname of the boy who discovered it), is supposed to have died about 30,000 years ago.
The mammoth carcass will be transported to the Krasnoyarsk region and from there, to researchers in Moscow.
Global warming has thawed ground in northern Russia that is usually almost permanently frozen, leading to the discoveries of a number of mammoth remains.
The carcass will become an exhibit at the Taymyr Regional Studies Museum in Russia.
Source: bretkichens
Scientists soon reached the spot to examine the carcass, which has scraps of fur, plenty of flesh, an ear, a tusk, some bones and an intact reproductive organ.
The 15 - 16 year old mammoth was 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighed about 1,100 pounds, which will be unofficially called Zhenya ( after the nickname of the boy who discovered it), is supposed to have died about 30,000 years ago.
The mammoth carcass will be transported to the Krasnoyarsk region and from there, to researchers in Moscow.
Global warming has thawed ground in northern Russia that is usually almost permanently frozen, leading to the discoveries of a number of mammoth remains.
The carcass will become an exhibit at the Taymyr Regional Studies Museum in Russia.
Source: bretkichens
9/28/12
Amazing Videos Of The Vampire Squid From Hell And Camouflaging Octopus
For years marine biologists have puzzled over what the mysterious vampire squid eats.
Recent research by Henk-Jan Hoving and Bruce Robison at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute finally reveals the answer.
These deep-sea creatures use long, retractile filaments to passively harvest particles and aggregates of detritus, or marine snow, sinking from the waters above.
This feeding strategy, unknown in any other cephalopod (this group of animals includes squid and octopods), allows vampire squid to thrive in the oxygen minimum zone where there are few predators but marine detritus is abundant.
Even more amazing is this video of a camouflaging octopus.
Source: mbarivideo harveyosullivan
9/23/12
The Most Incredible Volcano Video of ALL Time
Geoff Mackley, Bradley Ambrose, Nathan Berg, after an epic struggle with the weather for 35 days, we became the first people ever to get this close to Marum Volcano's famed lava lake on Ambrym Island, Vanuatu.
Coming within 30 metres of the lava lake down a watercourse, it was possible to stand the heat for only 6 seconds.
With Fire Brigade breathing apparatus and heat proof proximity suit it was possible to stand on the very edge and view the incredible show for over 40 minutes.
Source: geoffmackley
9/20/12
Lightning Hits SUV While Driving in Russia (Video)
What happens when lightning strikes a vehicle? The answer, gleaned from anecdotal observations, is all the way from "Nothing" to "Wow! What a mess . . . my car is a disaster."
Electrically speaking, at lightning's higher frequencies, currents are carried mostly on the outside of conducting objects. A thick copper wire or a hollow-wall metal pipe will carry most of the lightning on outer surfaces. This phenomenon is called "skin effect." The same holds true for lightning when it strikes metal vehicles: the outer surface carries most of the electricity. The persons inside this steel box can be likened to protected by a partial Faraday cage.
Some general safety issues vehicles and lightning: click here
Source: dailyfunmedia lightningsafety
Electrically speaking, at lightning's higher frequencies, currents are carried mostly on the outside of conducting objects. A thick copper wire or a hollow-wall metal pipe will carry most of the lightning on outer surfaces. This phenomenon is called "skin effect." The same holds true for lightning when it strikes metal vehicles: the outer surface carries most of the electricity. The persons inside this steel box can be likened to protected by a partial Faraday cage.
Some general safety issues vehicles and lightning: click here
Source: dailyfunmedia lightningsafety
9/19/12
Ancient Pyramid on Mars Curiosity Photos? - Sept. 18, 2012
Looking at the Rover Photos today and I saw a pyramid shaped object that stuck out way in the back of the Mars landscape.
I zoomed in and it seemed even stranger. Proof of life on Mars?
Wiki Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011 which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012.
The overall objectives include investigating Mars' habitability, studying its climate and geology, and collecting data for a manned mission to Mars.
Source: ufohuntingclouds
9/10/12
FINAL TARGET: Planet Earth
Could humanity survive such an impact?
At this time there is no definitive means to protect or defend our selves from the inevitable global devastation this event would ultimately cause.
This program profiles some of the most spectacular Comet and Asteroid impacts on the Earth as well as the current and future dangers of such impacts to the survival of the human race.
Also presented are the current measures that Space Programs have already set up to observe, detect, locate and trap these celestial objects near the Earth that may someday pose a distinct threat.
Source: ufotvstudios
7/19/12
Heartbreaking Scene: Adult Dolphin Carries Dead Baby Dolphin On Its Back As It Swims Home
The emotional scene was watched by a boat full of tourists who saw the dead calf with a large gash, approximately a foot long, across its belly during a tour.
Wang said during the three minutes that they were close to the dolphin, they watched the baby slide from its mother's back several times but each time she would dive again to pick up her baby and keep going.
According to the Daily Mail, it appears the dolphin might have been hit by one of the tour boats that ferry around the well-known dolphin-watching area in China’s Guangxi Zhuang region. Researchers have observed, however, that dolphins do mourn and grieve for their dead. Unfortunately, this incident is not isolated. A study conducted by WWF in 2010 found that rare dolphins were being injured by boat strikes. Many dolphin species are threatened by fishing gear, pollution, and habitat loss.”
The dolphin was believed to be a mother moving her dead baby away from the shore to lay it to rest in deeper water. The mother must be heartbroken, but insisted on carrying her baby home.
Source: beijingcream v.youko.com
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