7 Mesmerizing Natural Events Captured on Video
A new year brings new opportunities to capture nature at it’s most puzzling, beautiful, and terrifying.
Have you watched glowing hot lava drip into the ocean? Or seen the Grand Canyon filled to the brim with clouds? Or watched orcas swimming at your feet? The folks behind these cameras have.
We take you from Italy to Israel to the Grand Canyon to Canada to show you seven mesmerizing scenes from nature shot this year. And to think, the year is still young!
Waterspouts off the Tuscan Coast:
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These twin waterspouts were shot off the coast of Italy this month. What are waterspouts? They are tornadoes that take place over a body of water.
Total Cloud Inversion over the Grand Canyon:
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Cloud inversions are rare at the Grand Canyon. And this winter it has happened twice! What happens is the Grand Canyon pretty much disappears as it is filled to the brim with clouds. A cloud inversion happens when a warm air mass moves above colder air.
Murmuration of Starlings over Israel:
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Thousands of starlings flew in a waving pattern known as murmuration over Israel. The pattern helps the birds find food and acts as a defense mechanism.
Aurora Borealis over Russia:
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The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, is a natural light display that results from collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the Earth’s atmosphere. The fantastic displays appear in many colors, including green, pink, red, yellow, green, blue, and violet.
Orcas Swim Canda’s Shoreline:
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Can you imagine orcas, or killer whales, swimming at your feet? These men don’t have to. They captured these orcas swimming off a coastline in Canada.
Lava Pouring Into the Ocean in Hawaii:
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We can’t stop watching this glowing hot lava drip into the ocean. It’s mesmerizing. And it happened in Hawaii, where lava recently poured into the ocean from one of the island’s volcanoes.
Airplane Changes Shape of Cloud:
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Yes, we know this involves an airplane. But it’s just cool.
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