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Number of Blossarys: 51
The mechanism of their appearance is just the same as rainbows during daytime except that they are only generated by the moon's light under special conditions – the moon must be low and must be ...
Occurs when light is refracted by water vapor suspended in the air. Normally, the refracted light forms the image of an object and usually occurs on or near hot surfaces and extremely hot days.
Similar to typical lightning which is generated by the contact of positive and negative ions but are different in a sense that they are mobile and rounded in shape; these are dangerous as they can ...
Also known as a solar pillar or sun pillar, it is a visual phenomenon that occurs when light is reflected by ice crystals with near to absolutely horizontal parallel planar surfaces.
Also known as fire devils and fire tornadoes, these are whirl winds which end up either taking up the flames of a fire nearby or have generated too much heat from the surroundings – enough to ignite ...
Also known as Haboob in Arabian, it is a type of intense sandstorm that is commonly observed in arid regions all over the world; usually occurs when a wind bursts down and reaches the ground and ...
Closely oriented with haloes, diamond dust is mainly a fog made up of ice crystals or frozen water droplets in the air.