natural phenomena 1
A list by maybcde · 100 items
cool things that happen natural style (i.e. observable without controlled conditions). meteorological, astronomical, biological, optical, electromagnetic, etc. ran out of space so I will split it up and expand later
- Halo (optical phenomenon)
- Sun dog
- 22° halo
- 46° halo
- Circumzenithal arc
- Circumhorizontal arc
- Supralateral arc
- Parry arc
- Tangent arc
- Glory (optical phenomenon)
- Brocken spectre
- Circumscribed halo
- Rainbow
- Alexander's band
- Fog bow
- Subsun
- Belt of Venus
- Anthelion
- Monochrome rainbow
- Moon dog
- Light pillar
- Crepuscular rays
- Anticrepuscular rays
- Heiligenschein
- Aurora
- Green flash
- Lightning
- Sprite (lightning)
- Ball lightning
- Volcanic lightning
- St. Elmo's fire
- Noctilucent cloud
- Cloud iridescence
- Polar stratospheric cloud
- Lenticular cloud
- Golden hour (photography)
- Blue hour
- Gegenschein
- Zodiacal light
- STEVE
- Fog
- Mist
- Tornado
- Dust devil
- Waterspout
- Whirlpool
- Fata Morgana (mirage)
- Mirage
- Solar eclipse
- Lunar eclipse
- Supernova
- Shadow
- Geomagnetic storm
- Volcanic eruption
- Earthquake
- Triboluminescence
- Diffraction
- Dispersion (optics)
- Dichroism
- Iridescence
- Thin-film interference
- Structural coloration
- Bioluminescence
- Dew
- Swarm behaviour
- Mimicry
- Locust
- Periodical cicadas
- Eusociality
- Fossil
- Symmetry in biology
- Phyllotaxis
- Patterns in nature
- Magnetism
- Geomagnetic reversal
- Natural nuclear fission reactor
- Kelvin–Helmholtz instability
- Kármán vortex street
- Laminar flow
- Standing wave
- Cavitation
- Saturn's hexagon
- Meander
- Crystal
- Dendrite (crystal)
- Tessellated pavement
- Columnar jointing
- Total internal reflection
- Snell's window
- Brinicle
- Frost
- Snowflake
- Yukimarimo
- Ice eggs
- Snow roller
- Avalanche
- Pancake ice
- Rotten ice
- Hail
- Melt pond
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