White Rainbow, also known as a Fog Bow, is just like a regular rainbow. It occurs when sunlight shines through water droplets. But because fog droplets are smaller than rain droplets, a lot of colour is lost. When we stand with the sun behind us and look into a bank of fog, the sunlight is […]
Sitting on top of Temple Mount in the old city of Jerusalem is the Golden Mosque. Inside the shrine is a huge stone with a hole. Under the stone lies a cave called the ‘Well of Souls’. It is believed that the souls of the dead wait for judgement day beneath this cave. You can
A rock on display at the US state of West Virginia has a regular waffle-like geometric pattern across its surface resembling a Waffle maker. Tectonic plate shifts made folds in the sandstone, creating cracks. Iron oxide from percolating water mixed with sand grains formed a material, resistant to weathering. As the sandstone rock eroded away,
This medieval text was discovered by an antique book dealer in 1912, and has eluded interpretation for a century. The book of 250 pages is filled with writings in an unknown alphabet and elaborate drawings depicting a range of subjects from female nudes to medicinal herbs to Zodiac symbols. The Voynich Manuscript now sits in
Ominous lightning flashes above erupting volcanoes which light up the sky are called Volcanic Lightning. Colliding ice crystals, near the stratosphere, high above the Earth’s surface generate enough of an electric charge to trigger normal lightning. But Volcanic Lightning is static electricity from particles rubbing together in dense ash clouds near the ground. Scientists recorded
Virga is rain that evaporates before it hits the ground. It is more likely when precipitation is falling from a relatively high cloud base. It appears as the streaks of hydrometeors falling. Microbursts that occur with Virga are aptly called dry microbursts, even though a spattering of raindrops may reach the surface. When the air
The twelve geographic locations arranged in a pattern, equally divided between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer are called Vile Vortices. The term was coined by Ivan T. Sanderson in his article entitled ‘The Twelve Devil’s Graveyards around the World’. These are the sites of unexplained disappearances and other mysterious phenomena areas
Valley Hill Fields is located on Bloomfield Road near Springfield, Kentucky. There was an unusual happening in April 1995. Seven young girls and their Catholic education teacher reported seeing the spots of gold all over one another and even getting the pictures of angels and the Virgin Mary. Many of the believers who were present
The Unfinished Obelisk unearthed at Aswan, Egypt, is 42 metres long with a pyramidal shape on top, weighing 1100 tons. Attempts to carve it out of the bedrock of granite, had to be abandoned when few cracks were noticed in the granite. The Unfinished Obelisk offers unusual insights into ancient Egyptian stone-working techniques. The means
A small human figure excavated in July 1889, while workers were digging a well in Nampa, Idaho sparked scientific interest. The small doll was found at a depth of 320 inches, composed of clay and quartz. It appeared to be significantly older than the agreed-upon origin date of Homo sapiens. This would mean it was
During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles. Not heeding the prohibition laws, 11 miles of service tunnels became passageways to the basement. King Eddy Saloon is an establishment that has been alive and kicking since the 1900s, in the guise of a piano store. Patrons were able
Hidden away on the tiny island of Flores off the west coast of Spain, this unbelievable system was built in 1955. The Covão dos Conchos, a giant mystical water hole 1519 metres long, spanning 15 ft with a staggering drop of almost 5,000 ft to the bottom, belongs to a hydroelectric dam. Though the water
Strange, cryptic messages painted in rectangular linoleum tiles have been appearing in dozens of cities in the United States and South America. These tiles are referred to as ‘Toynbee Tiles’ because most of them refer to the historian Arnold J. Toynbee. Other texts are political statements and tirades against society and culture. The identity of
On August 18, 1227, Mongol leader Ghenghis Khan died of unknown causes while leading a military campaign in China. Khan’s corpse was then placed in an unmarked grave to ensure his rest would be undisturbed. The location of Khan’s tomb has remained unknown for almost 900 years. Since 2008, the Valley of the Khan’s Project
The Uffington White Horse is designed on an escarpment of the Berkshire Downs. It is cut on a shallow slope near the top, and can be viewed well only from above. The lines of the horse are made up of trenches dug and filled with chalk. OSL (Optically Stimulated Luminescence) testing of soil beneath the