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Showing posts with label Clouds. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

STRANGE CLOUDS SEEN OVER CALIFORNIA DURING WEEKEND OF PROTESTS

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Beauty in the ordinary: The stunning cloud formation that appeared over the Southern California sky this weekend adds another dimension to a parking lot
 
'It's the portal to the upside down world!' Southern California residents react to a unique cloud formation that appeared this weekend
  • Rare phenomenon is bizarre cloud formation called fallstreak or hole-punch cloud
  • Fallstreaks form in clouds of supercooled water droplets 
  • Aircraft punching through this cloud layer can cause air to expand and cool as it passes over the aircraft, creating the hole
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Thursday, January 12, 2017

BIZARRE CLOUD FORMATION PHOTOGRAPHED FROM PLANE FLYING OVER AUSTRALIA

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A meteorologist explained that wave clouds (pictured) are caused when air is forced up over a range of hills
A spectacular and beautiful cloud formation was spotted in the skies above Australia by a passenger on an aeroplane.  Ilya Katsman, 22, saw the phenomenon on a Virgin Australia flight from Perth to Adelaide.  Ms Katsmann wrote on Instagram: "The most unique cloud formation I have seen to date on route from Perth to Adelaide somewhere over The Great Australian Bite".
 
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Sunday, December 25, 2016

ICY FOG TSUNAMI RISES OVER GREAT LAKES town of Duluth Harbor, Minnesota

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DAILY MAIL Residents of Duluth Harbor, Minnesota, were witness to a spectacular phenomenon Sunday, as a wall of 'steam', hundreds of feet high, rose from Lake Superior.  Created by warmer lake waters evaporating in the -18 degree air, the churning cliff of fog was stunning but harmless.
 
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Sunday, December 11, 2016

MYSTERIOUS BLUE CLOUDS OBSERVED OVER ANTARCTICA

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The mystery of the glowing blue clouds over Antarctica: NASA spots strangely early 'night clouds'
  • AIM spacecraft saw 'night-glowing' clouds forming 50 miles above Earth
  • Phenomenon tied with earliest start date yet recorded over Antarctica 
  • These clouds are composed of ice crystals and seeded by meteor debris
  • When they reflect sunlight, they have a 'shocking' blue colouring 
  • According to NASA, Nov 17 marked the start of noctilucent cloud season in the Southern Hemisphere.  These are Earth’s highest clouds, and sit between our planet and space in the mesosphere.

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Thursday, December 8, 2016

BIBLICAL STORM CLOUD PROTECTS ISRAELIS FROM ISIS IN THE GOLAN HEIGHTS - Read also about other miracles in Israel in times of war - Read about the ancient Jewish history of the Golan, and how the Israeli border separates civilization from Muslim on Muslim carnage

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'The divine intervention of God!' Bizarre dust and rain cloud forms a barrier between ISIS and Israel on the Syrian border 
The cloud seemed to almost hover over the fence which the Israelis have constructed in occupied Syria, along the 1967 ceasefire line

  •  On November 27 two ISIS fighters were killed during an attack on Golan Heights
  •  Four days later a cloak of dust and rain suddenly appeared on the frontier
  •  Israeli forces liberated the Golan Heights from Syria in 1967 
  • The Arab side of the Golan is a cauldron of terror.  The Israeli side has been peaceful enough.  There are Arab and Jewish towns, good conservation efforts for wildlife, and it's a favorite tourist destination for Israelis.
  • A picture taken in January shows the Nimrod Fortress in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights
  • Syria along with the United States and other western allies have been demanding the surrender of the Golan to Syria for several decades, in spite of the fact that the Syrian government can't even exercise control over its own cities.  
  • If Israel had surrendered the Golan, as the USA still demands, it would be now part of ISIS territory.  The same thing can be said of a possible surrender of Judea and Samaria (West Bank). 
  • Every piece of land Israel has ceded "for peace" has become dominated by terrorists.
  • Gaza is now controlled by Hamas and the Sinai is a cauldron of terrorists from ISIS and other terror groups which the Egyptian government is unable to control.
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    This map illustrates how Muslims don't really need any more land in the Mideast.  They want the Jews out, and Israel just another area dominated by Muslim corruption and terror.  Muslims, originally from the Arabian peninsula (today Saudi Arabia), invaded these areas in the 7th century, obliterating the Christian population.  Jordan was a country ILLEGALLY created by the British out of Jewish land during their Mandate for Palestine in the early 20th century.
  • The continuous existence of tiny Israel - in spite of a world-wide campaign of  delegitimization and hate, and being surrounded by millions of genocidal Muslims who have attacked it THREE times since 1948 with the aim of perpetrating another Holocaust - is nothing but a miracle..
  • On top of that Israel has a fifth column of disloyal Israeli Arabs, an anti-Jewish leftist media, and a contingent of leftist Jewish traitors (some of them in positions of power) busy agitating and undermining the country.  
  • This latest strange occurrence is one of many that have been ascribed to God's intervention in protecting and saving Jews in times of war since Israel's independence.  Read more about these miracles further down this page.
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    ISRAEL - A huge cloud of dust and rain blew up along the border between Israel and ISIS last week, sparking online comments that it was a biblical storm.
     
    Four days after ISIS fighters attacked an Israeli patrol in the Golan Heights - which were liberated by Israel in 1967 - the bizarre meteorological phenomenon suddenly appeared.   Eyewitnesses said the storm seemed to stop at the boundary and be unable to enter the Golan Heights, which tower above the rest of Syria.

    Continue reading, including a history of Jewish Golan, news stories of past Israeli miracles in times of war, and WATCH VIDEO of this cloud over Golan phenomenon.  See also images of the Israeli Golan, nature spots, and Jewish cowboys

    Monday, October 24, 2016

    BERMUDA TRIANGLE MYSTERY SOLVED? Hexagonal clouds creating terrifying air bombs of 170mph winds and 45ft waves may be to blame for the disappearance of ships and aircraft, scientists say

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  • Bermuda Triangle has been blamed for hundreds of missing vessels
  • The 500,000km square patch in the North Atlantic Ocean is still unsolved
  • Scientists now believe the clouds and weather phenomena are to blame
  • The so-called air bombs can create waves of up to 45ft, experts have said 



  • Continue reading and watch National Geographic Documentary Video

    Thursday, September 15, 2016

    STRANGE CLOUD FORMATION OVER SIBERIA had residents scared, but it was only a funnel cloud

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    Social media alive with comments over the funnel-like formation in the skies over the village of Gonda in Buryatia
    Strange cloud in Buryatia
    Meteorologists assured worried locals that it was a funnel cloud, which is they say is a high flying tornado that has not reached the Earth's surface. 
     
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    Tuesday, September 13, 2016

    AWESOME CLOUD AS THE LAST STORM OF A CANADIAN PRAIRIE SUMMER APPROACHES

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    Last storm of summer Saskatoon, SK

    Photo by Jeff Wizniak
    Saskatoon, SK, Canada   -  Date shot: August 26, 2016
    Sourcehttps://www.theweathernetwork.com/photos/view/beautiful-weather/last-storm-of-summer/26866802
     
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    Wednesday, August 3, 2016

    STRANGE AND AWE-INSPIRING CLOUD OVER WINDMILLS, AS SUPERCHARGED STORM PASSES OVER THE NETHERLANDS

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    Jonas said: 'It was very unique, usually strong storms occur around afternoon or late evening but this one arrived with perfect timing at sunrise.
    The images were taken over the windmills of Kinderdijk, Netherlands by photographer Jonas Piontek, who stayed awake all night waiting for the storm to arrive.  The storm arrived at sunrise and created this strange orange and purple scene.  The same storm produced over 100,000 lightning strikes over the English Channel.

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    Wednesday, July 27, 2016

    CLOUD SHAPED LIKE WINNIE THE POO spotted above a children charity event in England

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    Winnie the Pooh shaped cloud is spotted at a charity event for children 
    The white fluffy cloud has legs, arms, and a face that bear an amazing resemblance to the much loved character created by A A Milne. Looking like Pooh relaxing after a honey feast, it was spotted in the skies at an event for the Children's Heart Surgery Fund in Sandbanks, Dorset. The likeness is all the more amusing given that the character famously sings a song called Little Black Raincloud with his friend Christopher Robin.
     
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    Tuesday, July 5, 2016

    "INDEPENDENCE DAY" UFO CLOUD FREAKS OUT residents of Cartagena, Colombia on July 4

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    The impressive cloud was seen moving over the northern city of Cartagena, exactly like in the Hollywood blockbuster and spookily even on July 4
    Where's Will Smith when you need him? People freak out over amazing 'Independence Day' cloud as it slowly moves over city on July 4 
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    Wednesday, January 27, 2016

    STRANGE CLOUD IN PORTUGAL - LOOKS LIKE AN ANGRY FIST OF FIRE - See also picture of a statue of Buddha in China surrounded by a solar halo

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    The unusual cloud formation that was spotted over the Portuguese island of Madeira, which has been compared to the 'Hand of God' 
    Incredible cloud formation above Portugal looks like a fist from Heaven

    Continue reading, and see pictures of a halo around the statue of Buddha in China.

    Friday, October 16, 2015

    MIRAGE OR HIGH TECH EXPERIMENT? - SIGHTINGS OF A CITY FLOATING OVER CLOUDS IN CHINA - Captured on video - Not the first occurrence - Can be explained scientifically as a phenomenon called FATA MORGANA, but conspiracy theories went into overdrive

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    CHINESE TV news reports have told how thousands of residents in TWO areas reported separately seeing a huge city form in the skies.

    Thousands of people were said to be stunned by the apparition

    Onlookers, some who are said to have videoed the bizarre event, were said to be mesmerised  as a towering city of sky scrapers appeared from the clouds.

    Continue reading, see more images, and watch videos of this 2015 event, and of a similar sighting over Nigeria in 2011.

    Thursday, October 1, 2015

    BIZARRE CLOUD FORMATION KNOWN AS "SKYPUNCH" OR "FALLSTREAK HOLE" OBSERVED IN ONTARIO

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    Thursday, October 1, 2015, 3:13 PM - On Thursday afternoon, social media lit up with reports of a strange 'hole' in the sky over southwestern Ontario.   The cloud -- called a 'skypunch' or a fallstreak hole -- could be seen over several communities, including Woodstock, parts of Brantford and London.
     
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    Friday, August 21, 2015

    THE WORLD WEIRDEST AND MOST AWESOME NATURAL PHENOMENA - Volcano lightning, fire tornadoes, bioluminescence, and strange natural shapes in rock, ice, water and clouds,

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    Dirty thunderstorms refers to lightning that occurs during a volcanic plume, creating static charges
    Dirty thunderstorms refers to lightning that occurs during a volcanic plume, creating static charges

    Fallstreak holes occur when a portion of a cloud with super-cooled water droplets freezes and creates ice crystals
    Fallstreak holes occur when a portion of a cloud with super-cooled water droplets freezes and creates ice crystals

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    Thursday, June 4, 2015

    OMINOUS FOG BANK CAME ASHORE IN NEW JERSEY LOOKING JUST LIKE A TSUNAMI - Seen off the coast of Sea Girt

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    Tusnami? This ominous weather feature, spotted off the Jersey Shore on Sunday, is actually a harmless wall of fog
    It looks like a scene from a disaster movie - a wall of destruction roaring towards and unprepared beach, with nothing but diminutive lifeguard towers in its way.
     
    But this tsunami lookalike is actually harmless fog, caused by a rare combination of warm and cold air over the New Jersey shoreline.
     
    The intimidating images, captured Sunday afternoon in Sea Girt, a town of less than 2,000, shows the ominous weather formation hovering just off the shore.

    Movie scenes like this one are now part of our fantasies and nightmares:
    Disaster movie: the fog looks similar to this scene from Deep Impact showing a tsunami hitting New York
    The unforgettable scene from the film Deep Impact

    See illustration explaining this phenomenon

    Saturday, December 13, 2014

    GRAND CANYON RARE EVENT - CLOUDS MAKE A BRIDGE creating the illusion that you could walk over the void.

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  • Spectacular pictures show a sea of dense clouds filling the Grand Canyon because of rare weather system
  • Clouds make it look as if you could walk across the Grand Canyon
  • Temperature inversion causes colder foggy air to be trapped underneath a warmer band of air on surface of canyon
  • Rare phenomenon caused an eerily beautiful effect, astounding tourists at the ancient valley in Arizona
  • A thick blanket of fog rose from the foot of the Grand Canyon, creating an eerily beautiful effect for thousands of tourists visiting the breathtaking Arizona valley

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    Friday, December 5, 2014

    FORCES OF NATURE - Always different, always fascinating - Storm chaser photographs nature at its most violent

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  • Storm chaser Mike Mezeul II, 30, has travelled all over the US capturing spectacular sights
  • Research has taken 15 years of photography and thousands of miles of travel
  • Mezeul warns storm enthusiasts to know 'when time is right to get out, and how' 


  • A cloud-to-ground lightning bolt strikes over Albany, Texas as the Milky Way shines above
    A cloud-to-ground lightning bolt strikes over Albany, Texas as the Milky Way shines above

    Mammatus clouds glow various colors over a dirt road in Friona, Western Texas during a severe thunderstorm
    Mammatus clouds glow various colors over a dirt road in Friona, Western Texas during a severe thunderstorm

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    Tuesday, November 4, 2014

    BIZARRE CLOUD OVER AUSTRALIA

    The ABC is reporting an incredible sight in the skies over east Victoria, in the Gippsland area. It looks like a UFO, but it's entirely natural.
    This Bizarre, Glittering Cloud Just Appeared in the Sky over Australia

    No, it's not chemtrails. Instead, it's a type of cloud called a Fallstreak Hole. You may recognize that it glimmers in a way that's similar to the contrails of jets. That's because a similar phenomenon causes it.

    Monday, August 4, 2014

    STRANGE MUSHROOM-SHAPED CLOUD OVER BRITAIN - Possibly created by ice crystals forming around aircraft

    Experts say this pattern was probably caused by ice crystals forming round an aeroplane

    Did someone punch a hole in the clouds? Bizarre phenomenon seen over Britain - and experts say it was probably caused by ice crystals forming round an aeroplane.

  • Experts at the Met Office say the hole is a holepunch or fallstreak cloud

  • Atmospheric phenomena believed to be caused by mother nature and man

  • Ice crystals form around planes which then begin to drop out of the sky

  • Read more - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2715844/Did-punch-hole-clouds-Bizarre-phenomena-seen-Britain-experts-say-probably-caused-ice-crystals-forming-round-aeroplane.html

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