So beautiful contracts
That is something
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Crooked Forest, Poland
As some say, it is because of the extreme gravitational pull, however, there are numerous other theories too, totally defying the reason. This forest consist of 400 pine trees, which were planted in the year 1930.
As some say, it is because of the extreme gravitational pull, however, there are numerous other theories too, totally defying the reason. This forest consist of 400 pine trees, which were planted in the year 1930.
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
This beauty, during the rainy seasons, turns itself into a natural mirror. People call it the mirror of the heaven.
This beauty, during the rainy seasons, turns itself into a natural mirror. People call it the mirror of the heaven.
Halos
Halos require just the right formation of ice crystals in clouds high above the surface of the Earth to bend light from the sun into a perfect ring.
The same phenomenon can also happen with moonlight, although moon halos are usually white and sun halos can be rainbow-colored, like this one.
Halos require just the right formation of ice crystals in clouds high above the surface of the Earth to bend light from the sun into a perfect ring.
The same phenomenon can also happen with moonlight, although moon halos are usually white and sun halos can be rainbow-colored, like this one.
Pele's hair lava
I know what you're thinking - I must have gotten my images mixed up, that's a bird's nest, there's no way that came out of a volcano. But it did, from Hawaii's Mt. Kilauea.
The wind can catch individual droplets of lava and stretch them into what's basically glass wires. Strands can reach as long as 6 feet.
While in Hawaii the phenomenon is named for Pele, the goddess of volcanoes, it's also found in Norway, where it's known as Witch's hair.
I know what you're thinking - I must have gotten my images mixed up, that's a bird's nest, there's no way that came out of a volcano. But it did, from Hawaii's Mt. Kilauea.
The wind can catch individual droplets of lava and stretch them into what's basically glass wires. Strands can reach as long as 6 feet.
While in Hawaii the phenomenon is named for Pele, the goddess of volcanoes, it's also found in Norway, where it's known as Witch's hair.
The 'Frozen Waves' in Antarctica that make you pause in time.
When the ice is compressed and the air bubbles are squeezed out, these waves are created. This blue ice is created because the light at the red end of the spectrum is absorbed.
When the ice is compressed and the air bubbles are squeezed out, these waves are created. This blue ice is created because the light at the red end of the spectrum is absorbed.
Rainbow eucalyptus
Hailing from the Philippines and Indonesia, the rainbow eucalyptus, also known as the rainbow gum, is probably the most colorful tree on Earth. Its striped look is caused by bark turning colors and peeling away as it ages.
The youngest bark is bright green because it contains chlorophyll (usually found in leaves), then turns first purple then red then brown as it gets older, loses chlorophyll, and picks up tannins (also found in wine).
In an ironic twist, huge amounts of rainbow eucalyptus wood pulp is turned into white paper every year.
Hailing from the Philippines and Indonesia, the rainbow eucalyptus, also known as the rainbow gum, is probably the most colorful tree on Earth. Its striped look is caused by bark turning colors and peeling away as it ages.
The youngest bark is bright green because it contains chlorophyll (usually found in leaves), then turns first purple then red then brown as it gets older, loses chlorophyll, and picks up tannins (also found in wine).
In an ironic twist, huge amounts of rainbow eucalyptus wood pulp is turned into white paper every year.
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It looks like art, not the weird "Pile of old bed springs for 45 million dollars" art, true art created by nature.
Wow, just wow.
I have been lucky enough to see both, but not lucky enough to understand them at the time.
That's incredible! I've never seen either but I will certainly keep a watchful eye.
I also saw the most miraculous mirage years ago, I don't know how, but maybe a freak of the atmospherics.
People always think of mirages as hallucinations but it's not, in fact it's a bit like a mirror image bouncing back off the atmosphere.
It's like picking up radio signals on your dental fillings.
@CrystalMarker
1) The web is quite a phenomenon, there also have been cases of towns getting covered in the web with no spiders. But that spider-blanket is awesome. Sometimes they found spiders other times just the webs
2) Venezuela and Lightening are a crazy mixes. They also have a place called Lake Maracaibo, that place gets 280 strikes per hour.
3) Ooh Ice Hair, this is so cool
4) The crooked forest has many many stories but no scientific answers. 1 even says tanks rolled over the newly planted forest. Though it is believed not natural some human intervention was done, but both the method and the motive are unknown. Some even felt maybe curved Pines made good boat wood, some said heavy snow decades ago might have crushed them.
5) Flat pans are amazing after a slight rain, last I had put in an image of one done on such a pan at night.
6) Halos at times also form double rainbows, super cool
7) Hairy Ice, now hairy lava, super cool
8) Even great lakes many images of frozen waves are brilliant
9) Eucalyptus is but a strange tree, usually, no shrubs grow under it, so people avoid a tree to grow as such.
1) The web is quite a phenomenon, there also have been cases of towns getting covered in the web with no spiders. But that spider-blanket is awesome. Sometimes they found spiders other times just the webs
2) Venezuela and Lightening are a crazy mixes. They also have a place called Lake Maracaibo, that place gets 280 strikes per hour.
3) Ooh Ice Hair, this is so cool
4) The crooked forest has many many stories but no scientific answers. 1 even says tanks rolled over the newly planted forest. Though it is believed not natural some human intervention was done, but both the method and the motive are unknown. Some even felt maybe curved Pines made good boat wood, some said heavy snow decades ago might have crushed them.
5) Flat pans are amazing after a slight rain, last I had put in an image of one done on such a pan at night.
6) Halos at times also form double rainbows, super cool
7) Hairy Ice, now hairy lava, super cool
8) Even great lakes many images of frozen waves are brilliant
9) Eucalyptus is but a strange tree, usually, no shrubs grow under it, so people avoid a tree to grow as such.
Contrasts do make for most breathtaking moments
Like - Driftwood Beach Jekyll Island
Japan has a huge Culture of Anime, They embraced them for Tokyo 2020 Olympics as part of a series of official mascots
Trivia bit - Anime is a video form of Japanese Comics, the drawn form is called Manga.
The main star is DragonBall, they also have Naruto and One-Piece. These three probably were/are longest, most followed, most read, most-watched stories in the Manga Culture.
Trivia bit - Anime is a video form of Japanese Comics, the drawn form is called Manga.
The main star is DragonBall, they also have Naruto and One-Piece. These three probably were/are longest, most followed, most read, most-watched stories in the Manga Culture.
Where I live in Germany we have some beautiful countryside and because of the open spaces between large populated areas, sometimes the view of the heavens is breathtaking.
One night travelling home on my motorbike after late shift, I caught a sight that stopped me in my tracks: the sunset was almost complete and the sky looked indescribably beautiful.
I had to just pull over and take off my helmet and watch in total silence until the light had fully faded.
I'm only sorry I never took a photo but to be quite honest I was just stunned and would not have done it justice.
Nobody paints a better picture than nature itself.
