11 STRANGEST Natural Phenomena In The World!

From water that disappears into a hole in the ground to massive migrations that shut down roads, here are 11 of the strangest natural phenomena on Earth. Follow us on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/katrinaexplained/ Subscribe For New Videos! http://goo.gl/UIzLeB Check out these videos you might like: Unbelievable Animals SAVING Other Animals! 🐯https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxehUWvMr38 LARGEST Animals Ever Discovered! 🐙https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yj7F_tPYsU Wild Animals That SAVED Human Lives! 🐻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mllqeVSsIl0 11. Devil’s Kettle On the easternmost tip of Minnesota, not far from Lake Superior and the US-Canadian Border, the Brule River drops 800 feet in an 8-mile span. At one point, the river splits into two. One side flows down into a normal, respectable waterfall. The other disappears into a hole in the ground and no one knows what happens after that. People call this area Devil’s Kettle Falls. 10. PERMAFROST EXPLOSIONS In both the Arctic and Antarctic circles, there are different kinds of ice layers. There’s the "standard" ice that we’re all familiar with, but underneath that, is a layer of soil that stays frozen year-round called permafrost, and it’s very difficult to work around. For example, when gold miners in the Yukon or Alaska hit a layer of permafrost, thawing it out is an expensive, time-consuming, and specialized process. But we gotta get to that gold!! 9. DARVAZA GAS CRATER Nicknamed the “Door to Hell,” the Darvaza gas crater was formed in 1971 in what is now Turkmenistan. At the time, the area was under Soviet leadership, who scanned the land for resources. A pocket of methane gas was discovered, so the government set up a drilling station to harvest it. 8. LENTICULAR CLOUDS Clouds are very diverse, and lenticular clouds are one of the most peculiar types of cloud. Lenticular clouds are stationary, lens-shaped clouds that form among the high altitudes of the troposphere. Their shape and size often dwarves those of other clouds, giving them a perfectly-sculpted, deliberate look. 7. BIOLUMINESCENCE Put simply, bioluminescence is the ability of a living organism to produce and emit light and for a long time scientists were confused as to why this phenomenon existed. At first, this trait was only thought to be possessed by fish who live in deep, dark parts of the ocean. 6. CHRISTMAS ISLAND RED CRABS Christmas Island is located in the Indian Ocean, and features one of the world’s most unique annual crab migrations. The island’s red crab population usually lives in the forest, but every year at the beginning of the wet season, which is usually during October or November, they travel en masse to the beach, where they mate and lay eggs. Males arrive first and dig burrows. 5. Light Pillars Light pillars are an optical phenomenon caused when flat, hexagonal ice crystals refract lights. These lights tend to take on the color of the light source and are usually produced by streetlights. However, any light source, under the right conditions, can create a light pillar. 4. THE SPOTTED LAKE Canada is home to a fascinating lake that looks like any other body of water for most of the year, but during the summer, everything changes. The appropriately-named Spotted Lake, which is also nicknamed “Canada’s most magical lake,” is located northwest of Osoyoos in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. 3. FROST FLOWERS Ice is typically a mere cold substance that can be annoying if you slip on it, save for its occasional useful purposes for things like ice cubes and skating rinks. Especially creative people may see more potential in ice than the average person and create beautiful sculptures and even buildings out of large blocks of it. 2. AURORA BOREALIS The Northern Lights are one of the most well-known phenomena on Earth - it’s on many people’s list of places to go before you die because of its sheer beauty and mystery. This extraordinary light show occurs when the sun releases electrically charged particles, which collide with gases like oxygen and nitrogen when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere. 1. Volcanic Lightning Active volcanoes are one of the most dangerous natural phenomena on Earth. Throughout the world, there are islands, cities, and regions that are constantly on edge because of a nearby active volcano. #unexplained #phenomena #originsexplained #katrina