Mount Sakurajima, a 3,665-foot high volcano in Japan, erupted this week sending a plume of smoke more than 3 miles into the air. Even cooler, all the flying ash and rock created a static electricity storm inside the mouth of the volcano. A photographer captured a picture of the storm which raged within the Showa…
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Researchers propose new theory of how ball lightning is created and why it occurs where it does
Small, grapefruit-sized balls of intensely glowing light, hovering or moving silently through the air, ball lightning lasts from a few seconds to a few minutes. They are extremely rare, less than 5% of the population have seen the phenomenon – occasionally reported, but never photographed. Now researchers from Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization…
How to Survive Extreme Weather – how to survive any natural disaster.
Extreme Weather Conditions Whether global warming or a natural cycle of atmospheric change, the worldwide weather patterns have worsened substantially. Global average surface temperature has increased steadily since 1970. Precipitation patterns have changed around the world and after 2,000 years of little change, sea levels have risen by 8 inches with levels rising at a rate…