What is it? Brocken Spectre happens when the sun is at the antisolar point and creates a shadow. Not only just a regular shadow on a wall but a shadow up above the clouds or mist. Whether it is on a mountain ridge or up in a plane, the shadow will have a bow or Read More
Aurora: named from the Roman goddess of dawn Northern Lights Aurora Borealis is known as the Northern Lights which happens in the Northern Hemisphere. Northern lights are caused by a collision of electrically charged particles from the sun as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere. They light up as they collide with gases like nitrogen and oxygen. Read More
E.P.I.C. About the Imaging Camera NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) is taking hourly pictures of the planet. These pictures are taken from the spot between earth and the sun. The NASA’s camera is capturing the flashes of light on the surface of the earth from one million miles away. The instrument is installed on Read More
What are Floods? Floods are a lot of water. Floods occur when a piece of land that is usually dry suddenly gets covered with water. Water naturally flows from higher ground to low ground. The low ground will fill up before the high ground. That is why you see on TV people on their roofs Read More
Fascinating? Like something from a horror movie. Tornadoes in the most basic definition is a rapidly, rotating column of air. They are a mystery. Sometimes you see them, and sometimes you don’t. They play peek-a-boo with the landscape.