6 weirdest natural phenomena on Earth

april 24, 2025

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From never-ending thunderstorms to a floating ball of lightning, these are six of nature's strangest phenomena.

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It occurs only where the Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. Lightning strikes 280 times an hour, 10 hours a day and 140-160 days every year.

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Catatumbo Lightning

In polar regions, when salt-rich water leaks out of sea ice into the ocean, it sometimes forms a finger of ice called a brinicle growing downward into the sea.

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Brinicles

It is a natural phenomenon where the sea glows neon blue, green or red, often caused by bioluminescent organisms. 

Bioluminescent waves

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It is a five-story-tall blood-red waterfall in Taylor Valley, Antarctica, which gets its distinct colour from iron oxide present in the briny water.

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Blood falls

These bubbles are formed when freezing water traps methane rising from decaying organic matter at the bottom of the lake. 

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Frozen methane bubbles

It is a rare aerial phenomenon where a luminous sphere, generally several centimetres in diameter, is seen floating in the air. It usually occurs right after a thunderstorm.

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