Natural phenomena moment.

[henchy3rd]

Who has seen a natural phenomena or something unusual when out.
I’ve seen a few..two Brocken spectra, one when our plane silhouette was cast down as a massive eerie image.
The other when I was on top of Snowdon in Wales, the train & trig point was down in the valley with human silhouettes below, a stand their mouth open moment..that was awesome.
The others are sun dog & winter halo around the moon, even the moon seamed to be pulsating on one occasion to which must of been atmospherics on earth.
The other things are for their sheer beauty like this 2mtr light prism cast on my floor(photo).
oh & a manky dead bird that seemed to be breathing which turned out to be maggots?

 

[bobnewboy]

I’ll stick with the Aurora Borealis, in and around Tromso. My head nearly came off trying to continually turn around and look at the ever-developing light show

 

[oldtimer]

The phenomenon that first comes to mind was looking DOWN on a thunderstorm at night from our camp in the Alps, but I have seen other phenomena over the years. Encounters with natural phenomena are, to me, are a major bonus of being out in Nature. I have yet to see the Northern Lights but live in hope.

Please excuse the teaching point, but 40 years in the classroom leaves its mark Phenomena is the plural. Phenomenon is the singular.

 

[Broch]

As sung by the Muppets
(now I can't get that tune out of my mind )

 

[Robson Valley]

1. One particular episode of the August Perseid meteor shower. There are places in Canada declared "Dark Sky" where artificial lighting is banned (get there before dark). One in Jasper National Park, less than 3 hrs east of me on HWY16.
We look sideways, not at the source of those coming straight at us.
Must have been 10-20 per minute and non stop for as long as I could stay awake.

2. Twice, I have witnessed pike killing and eating baby ducklings.

3. From a distance, watched 2 wolves foraging for mice and voles in the long grass along a pasture fence. They never knew I was there.

 

[henchy3rd]

1. One particular episode of the August Perseid meteor shower. There are places in Canada declared "Dark Sky" where artificial lighting is banned (get there before dark). One in Jasper National Park, less than 3 hrs east of me on HWY16.
We look sideways, not at the source of those coming straight at us.
Must have been 10-20 per minute and non stop for as long as I could stay awake.

2. Twice, I have witnessed pike killing and eating baby ducklings.

3. From a distance, watched 2 wolves foraging for mice and voles in the long grass along a pasture fence. They never knew I was there.

I’ve seen pike & zander taking duckling..so fast you hardly see it?

 

[Robson Valley]

The duck comes out from shore, the ducklings trailing behind her. How idyllic.
They are a distraction to look at, a feature of the wild landscape.

All of a sudden, the ducklings scatter, swimming hard in every direction.
There's a big bulge in the water, then a big head then one less duckling.
Just as silently, the ducklings regroup behind Mummy and life goes on.

 

[bobnewboy]

If I can have a second go on this thread , I would also add that I very much enjoy watching kingfishers while I’m angling. Often all you hear is a quick ‘plop’, and turn quickly to see the bird ascending from the water to perch back on his/her favourite branch, with a small fish in the beak. On a river you can often get to see them flying along the length of the water like a blue and gold flash.

 

[punkrockcaveman]

The only thing I can think of at the minute is the tidal bore at Arnside. Does that count?

 

[Erbswurst]

I think approximately one and a half year ago I had to hang a few concert posters into some restaurants around an inland harbour and had a free view there.

This evening the moon looked incredible large.
I never have seen it so near before.
It was totally impressive.

Unfortunately I was in such a hurry that I forgot to inform myself why that happened.

 

[henchy3rd]

I think approximately one and a half year ago I had to hang a few concert posters into some restaurants around an inland harbour and had a free view there.

This evening the moon looked incredible large.
I never have seen it so near before.
It was totally impressive.

Unfortunately I was in such a hurry that I forgot to inform myself why that happened.

I seen a large orange moon when I was younger, must of been around 1984..thought something had happened?

 

[FerlasDave]

Bioluminescence in the water around Newborough on Anglesey. It happens every year or two, and it’s incredible to paddle in.

Apparently the Aurora can be seen from the same place too, but I’ve not managed to witness that yet.

 

[TLM]

I think that might be a fairly rare double, auroras and luminescent sea at the same time, maybe up in Norway. How far north does bioluminescence occur?

 

[FerlasDave]

I’m not sure about it being at the same time but definitely at the same place... I’ve no idea about the bioluminescence as it seems pretty specific to that part of the coast for whatever reason. I’m sure there’s someone on here that could answer that??

 

[C_Claycomb]

Seen the effect of those high altitude ice crystals a couple of times.


Aftermath of a tornado, so unlike normal high wind, trees twisted off half way up, and others left standing


Lowest and closest rainbow I have seen, driving in Colorado, struggled with camera focus.


Arguably, sunsets do not count, but sometimes clouds line up just right to create very unusual effects.
Sunrise, looking like the sun is inside the cloud


Sunset with a snow storm

 

[Paul_B]

My mum and gran saw a tornado pass in front of my gran's house carrying a large branch from the big tree at the end of the garden. It's a private road parallel to the road it runs off and on to. The tornado followed that v private road. That was the year when water spouts were seen in morecambe bay.

I've seen brocken spectre but what is rarer and possibly related is the circular, halo rainbow that can form around an object with the sun heading towards sunset behind it. In my case a tree overlooking the river lune near KL and the devil's Bridge. Apparently it's an extremely rare occurrence anywhere in the world and has its own name like brocken spectre.

 

[C_Claycomb]

DSC05432 by Last Scratch, on Flickr

Effect of glacial flour on an ordinary irrigation canal

 

[C_Claycomb]

My mum captured this image a few years back.

 

[santaman2000]

Small ones such as hundreds of lightning bugs (aka fireflies) Larger ones such as a wall of dust approaching and overtaking the flight line during a dust storm in Nevada. Billowing clouds of smoke from last year’s forest fires here in Florida.

 

[Billy-o]

On a morning flight heading back from Germany with a mainly hungover football crowd, we flew right by the vertical part of a rainbow. Brought a coarse and jaded bunch to a moment of peace and reverie.