The World’s Most Amazing Natural Events

Original source : http://all-that-is-interesting.com

Posted : April 2014

Author : Savannah Cox

Maelstroms

A maelstrom is a powerful free vortex, essentially a whirlpool, which occurs in the ocean. The original maelstrom that drew fame in Edgar Allan Poe’s classic “A Descent into the Maelstrom” was in fact a very powerful tidal current dubbed Moskstraumen, which is the result of conjoint currents and tides.

Mystery Of Death Valley's Moving Rocks Solved

Original source : https://my.news.yahoo.com via Associated Press

Posted : August 2014

Author : the admin

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) - For years scientists have theorized about how large rocks - some weighing hundreds of pounds - zigzag across Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park, leaving long trails etched in the earth. Now two researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, have photographed these "sailing rocks" being blown by light winds across the former lake bed.

What Happens If A Person Sticks Their Hand Into Liquid Nitrogen?

Original source : http://www.gizmocrazed.com
Posted : July 2014
Author : Yousuf Mehmood

If you’ve heard of liquid nitrogen, you’ve probably heard of how its hazardous to come in to physical contact with it. The dangers include potential death of skin tissue and may result in having to amputate limbs if the damage is critical enough. However, the Leidenfrost Effect prevents that from happening for a limited amount of time.

Villa Epecuen - Town Under Water

Original source : http://owip.net
Posted : January 2013
Author : the admin

On 10 November 1985 Villa Epecuen was flooded by water for no apparent reason. Now the water level is declining, yet only one person returned to this town - 81-year-old Pablo Novak who is now the sole resident of the town. Before the floods, the town was big tourist attraction. It had clean, fresh air, healing lakes, wonderful scenery and welcoming residents. It is all gone now, but if someone could provide finance to restore the town it may be possible to return it to its glory.

Spontaneous Combustion – Behind The Flames

Original source : http://www.paranormalhaze.com
Posted : 2010
Author : Brooke Windsor

The idea of someone simply bursting into flames is a relatively old one. Stories abound about people who could control fire or merely act as a human spark for the radical element. Technically known as spontaneous human combustion (or SHC), it is the burning of a live human body without any external ignition source. Incidents of spontaneous human combustion from around the globe over the past three hundred years total over 200 in number. However, most of these occurrences were not thoroughly or scientifically processed properly and many of the claims are based totally on oral testimonies or hearsay alone which makes people outside of the supernatural belief realm doubt spontaneous human combustion exists at all. Diverging in the other direction though, some scientists believe that spontaneous human combustion might be the only credible paranormal happening once the appropriate investigation has been conducted on enough of these incidents.

10 Places That Look Imaginary But Are Actually Real

Original source : http://www.wonderslist.com
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Author : Ejaz Khan

Here is a list of most amazing magical places. The top 10 Places That Look Imaginary around the world, that look not normal, but are actually real.

The Multi-Colored Crater Lakes Of Kelimutu

Mount Kelimutu, with its multi-colored crater lakes, is the amazing natural phenomenon in central Flores Island of Indonesia. Kelimutu is a passively degassing stratovolcano capped by three crater lakes containing exotic fluids and whose physico-chemical expressions have changed dramatically through the years. Three crater lakes are located on the eastern summit of Kelimutu. Each of the lakes has a distinctive physical structure, a unique geochemical and hydrothermal regime, and a particular historical sequence of color changes controlled by changes in physico-chemical conditions. The visitor is never quite sure what color the lakes will be when they reach the top as they vary significantly. Unlike other crater lakes where the color variation can be predicted, this is not the case with these three lakes. The colors that you can see here are blue, green and black (and they predominate) yet the lakes also change to white, red and blue too.

9 World Famous Pits And Sinkholes

Nature never stops to amaze us with its magnificent phenomenon just like these inexplicable holes in the ground. I bet that these holes make an excellent tourist attraction. Check out these unreal photographs and location descriptions of 9 of world’s most famous pits and sinkholes. 

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http://afkra.blogspot.com/2013/03/10-world-biggest-holes-on-earth.html

http://afkra.blogspot.com/2013/03/ten-worlds-largest-sinkholes-door-to.html

http://afkra.blogspot.com/2011/08/guatemala-sinkhole.html

Top 10 Deadliest Earthquakes In History

by Sidrah Zaheer

An earthquake is one of the natural agents of change on this earth which is caused as a result of a sudden release of energy in the earth’s crust that generates seismic waves. Many cultures believe that earthquakes happen as a result of the wrath of God upon the people of the area on which devastation takes place. The earthquakes could be measured with observations noted from seismometers and the scale is commonly known as the Richter Magnitude scale. Throughout history many earthquakes occurred. Here are the Top 10 deadliest earthquakes in history.

What Would Happen If A Meteor Hit The Earth?

An asteroid the size of football field will buzz past Earth on 15th February, near our dear planet. It will not hit our Earth, but if the case was something like this to happen, what would it look? An impact like this would leave such a big crater, size of Washington. Scientist are pretty sure, that something like this would happen, because a similar size asteroid made impact with Earth in 1908. A meteorite weighing 100 million pounds entered the Earth’s atmosphere over Tunguska in Siberia, burning up the sky and releasing the same amount of energy which would possess 185 nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima.

Unexplainable “Crop” Circle On The Ice In Norway

A 77 years old Ole Johan Hansen from Arna, outside Bergen in the west of Norway, saw a mystic light out on the lake one evening, about 6ft wide, unlike anything he had seen before. He could spot no one with his binoculars, and due to the risk of falling through the ice, he did not investigate until the day after. The following day, a strange, symmetric pattern covered the lake.

Incredible Air Tsunami In Florida

At first glance, it may appear as though tsunami is poised to crash over the Florida coastline. But much to the relief of Panama City residents, this breath-taking series of photographs shows a natural phenomenon far less destructive - waves of clouds. Helicopter pilot JR Hott captured these breathtaking images, which show the low-lying haze swooping over high-rise buildings down the coast.

Guatemala Sinkhole

"This can't be real" was my first thought. Then I checked the source: The Guatemalan government. This sinkhole appeared last sunday in a street intersection of Ciudad de Guatemala. Just looking at the photo gives me vertigo.