20 natural phenomena that are hard to believe

Our planet has always knows how to surprise its inhabitants: there are fireworks displays, there will spin in a whirl of shiny fish, and another time will adjust such bastions, it seems that here once played giants.

We have collected 20 shots that prove that nature is very rich imagination.

Mud thunderstorms

Mud storms occur when lightning appears in the volcanic plume.

"magic circle" in Namibia

The researchers of the mysterious phenomenon suggested that it is the "handiwork" of sand termites.

Giant's Causeway

The eruption of an ancient volcano area occurred in Northern Ireland, which covered 40 thousand densely contiguous basalt pillars.

Lenticular clouds

Clouds on the Georgia north to the United States - a rare natural phenomenon.

Lightning Catatumbo

Sparkling flashes over water occur within 140-160 nights a year, 10 hours a night, and up to 280 times per hour.

The red crabs of Christmas Island

Each year, about 43 million land crabs move en masse to the ocean to lay their eggs. Local authorities in the week cover most of the roads of the island, so as not to interfere with the migration.

The Great Blue Hole

The giant underwater sinkhole off the coast of Belize has a diameter of more than 300 meters and a depth of 124 meters.

asperatus Clouds

Undulatus asperatus, or lumpy-bumpy waves. This type of clouds, with a rather mysterious way, was introduced in the classification of relatively recently by the decision of the head of public clouds researchers.

The Tanzanian Lake Natron

Salt Lake, which is fed by hot springs, is the only place of constant breeding of small flamingos.

Spotted Lake

Canadian lake Spotted Lake - the greatest global reserve magnesium sulfate, calcium and sodium.

"The Gates of Hell" in Turkmenistan

flared up because of awkward actions of researchers in 1971, a fire at a gas mine is still not subsided.

Spherical boulders New Zealand

Under the impact of the erosion of the argillic rocks shore boulders come out with the right rounded outlines.

Flammable ice bubbles

Caught in the ice trap of Lake Abraham in Canada, methane bubbles.

Frozen flowers

In the calm waters of lakes and seas, when the surface is only just grasped light crusty ice, under conditions of cold weather (around - 22 Celsius) having ice crystals of fresh marvelous shape.

Black Sun

Up to 50 000 starlings slipping into the sky in huge flocks of chirping. This phenomenon has also been called "provocation."

The moving stones of Death Valley

In the deserted valley of the American watch a unique geological phenomenon: fragments of rock without help move along the smooth ground, leaving behind a long trail.

Underwater following

Off the coast of Japan, through the efforts of dexterous male pufferfish are perfectly aligned circles with openwork edges. These works of art are designed to fascinate and attract females.

The migration of Monarch butterflies

Covering thousands of kilometers thick swarms of butterflies briskly moved from Canada to the US side of the south.

Blooming desert

In the years when the rains in Chile are more abundant than usual, the Atacama Desert is covered with flowers and herbs.

MAMMATUS

Such clouds are rare, mainly in the tropics, and are associated with the formation of tropical cyclones.

Bioluminescent Maldivian waves on the beaches of

Some species of phytoplankton are capable of luminescence.

Rainbow eucalyptus

This is because the eucalyptus bark pieces resets. Each piece trunk sequentially acquires blue, purple, orange, and then - a dark burgundy color.

sardine run

From May to July shoals of billions of sardines move north along the east coast of South Africa.