Category: Amazing
Sakurajima Volcano with Lightning
The photo above is NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day. The Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan was caught erupting in early January. The cause of volcanic lightning is not clear at the moment, why lightning occurs even in common thunderstorms remains a topic of research
Snake Lantern in Singapore
This amazing street lantern was installed in Singapore’s Chinatown, constructed using 850 yellow sky lanterns, the snake is 1,000 feet long, it stretches from the junction of Upper Cross Street and South Bridge Road to Sago Street
The President, Third Largest Tree in the World
The giant sequoia known as the President Tree is thought to be at least 3,200 years old. It height is 247 feet (75 m), the base of this massive tree is 27 ft (8.2 m). The tree was named after President Warren G. Harding in
Amazing Lightning Albuquerque, New Mexico
A tour guide named Roch Hart too these fantastic shots from his roof in Albuquerque, New Mexico, just two miles from the lightning strikes
George Aird’s Low Altitude Ejection from Lightning F1
On the 13th September 1962, test pilot George Aird ejected from his English Electric Lightning F1 after an engine fire and no response from the controls on an emergency landing approach. George landed in a greenhouse and sustained several fractures. You can read more here
Swallow’s Nest Castle
Swallow’s Nest is a castle, built between 1911 and 1912 near Yalta, in the southern Ukraine. It sits upon the 40m (130 Foot) Aurora Cliff
