When you think about those painfully northern lines of latitude known as the Arctic Circle, you probably imagine a barely hospitable alien world, probably set in mid-winter's freezing cold and... »

Natural Wonders, Weird Weather Phenomena, Intriguing Environs | Edited by atimian

Four months out of the year, Yakutsk has a high temperature that is still below zero. The wind chill and icy Siberian temperatures make Yakutsk practically uninhabitable. Yet 200,000 brave, or... »

Weird Weather Phenomena | Edited by serflac, atimian and others

At the mouth of the Quillayute River in La Push, Washington, past sea stacks and tide pools, one can find Rialto Beach, home to the infamous tree graveyard. While the beach is mainly known for its... »

Natural Wonders, Weird Weather Phenomena, Extraordinary Flora | Edited by Lily Landes, Nicholas Jackson and others

Ascension Island is just a dot on the globe: a tiny chunk of cinder, 90 kilometers square, almost half way between South America and Africa. Geologically speaking, the island is fairly young.... »

Natural Wonders, Weird Weather Phenomena, Martian Landscapes, Anomalous Islands, Geological Oddities, Extraordinary Flora | Edited by Trevor and Nicholas Jackson

Cherrapunji, located in the East Khasi Hills in the Indian state of Meghalaya, holds the dubious honor being the "wettest" place on earth. The average yearly rainfall of the region fluctuates from... »

Natural Wonders, Weird Weather Phenomena | Edited by Nathan_Risinger, Dylan and 2 others

Cumberland Falls is a set of waterfalls on the Cumberland River. It is located near Corbin on the border of the McCreary and Whitely counties. Sometimes referred to as the Niagara of the South,... »

Weird Weather Phenomena, Intriguing Environs, Optical Oddities | Edited by Nathan_Risinger, Dylan and 3 others

Known as the Lluvia de Peces or "Rain of Fish," it is said to occur at least once and sometimes twice in a year in the small town of Yoro: during a massive rain storm, hundreds of small silver... »

Natural Wonders, Weird Weather Phenomena, Watery Wonders, Fascinating Fauna | Edited by Dylan, wythe and others

The Columbia Icefield is an icefield located in the Canadian Rockies, astride the Continental Divide of North America. The icefield lies partly in the northwestern tip of Banff and the... »

Natural Wonders, Weird Weather Phenomena, Watery Wonders, Geological Oddities | Edited by canuck, Dylan and others

In 1942 a British forest guard in Roopkund, India made an alarming discovery. Some 16,000 feet above sea level, at the bottom of a small valley, was a frozen lake absolutely full of skeletons.... »

Natural Wonders, Weird Weather Phenomena, Watery Wonders, Memento Mori, Relics and Reliquaries, Intriguing Environs, Disaster Areas | Edited by Dylan and Rick

It is tough to get a grasp on the Toba event without something to compare it to. In 1980 Mount St. Helens in Washington State erupted spewing an 80,000 foot tall plume of smoke, killing 57... »

Natural Wonders, Weird Weather Phenomena, Watery Wonders, Fiery Wonders, Disaster Areas | Edited by Dylan