16 Very strange things Happening on EARTH right now

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16 Very Strange Things Happening On Earth Right Now

The Earth is a crazy place. There are a lot of strange things going on around you. Literally every minute of every day, something is happening that if you knew about it, you just wouldn’t believe. Nature creates strange things on Earth that can just leave you speechless. It might not be a huge surprise to you that you didn’t know any of these strange facts. Who could imagine this is the kind of stuff that is happening every day.

1-Underwater Waterfall




Imagine yourself swimming in the ocean and all of the sudden you realize that you are being sucked down into a huge, tumbling underwater waterfall! If you ever visit an island called the Republic of Mauritius, swimming too far out to sea could make this terrifying tall-tale a reality.

A drastic dip in the depth of the ocean creates an illusion of this waterfall. This is called the Underwater Waterfall.

It’s just an illusion but it looks totally real and cool just like a painting created by mother nature.

Location


Mauritius Island is located 2,000 km from Africa’s Southeast coast near Madagascar. This Island was discovered in 975 AD by Arabs. Then again around 1510, the island was discovered and this time by Portuguese explorers. Since its discovery, Mauritius has gone through many hands, belonging to the Dutch, French, and British at different times.

Aerial View


The ocean looks so fantastic that it is hard to believe that it is not real. Even in Google maps picture from satellite positions, the waterfalls still appear to be real.

Reason


This majestic phenomenon is due to the local sand and silt deposits which flow around the area and fluctuate the color of the water so it appears like a waterfall heading to nowhere.

2- Glowing Waves


It just looks like a scene from the movie “Avatar”. Ocean waters that light up like an electric neon blue glow when they splash. These mesmerizing sights are the work of bioluminescence.

Bioluminescence


Bioluminescence is the name for the light produced by some animals and is the result of a chemical reaction. The glowing waves are created by plankton, which emits light like fireflies when they are disturbed. Such as when a wave crashes into the shore, a surfboard slashes through the surf or a kayaker’s paddle splashes the water. The result is a wickedly cool glowing ocean.

Places Where The Ocean Glows


This is a Surreal picture of Vaadhoo Island. Vaadhoo Island in the Maldives is basically a sea of stars.

Vaadhoo Island Sea Of Stars


Vaadhoo only has around 550 inhabitants and while its beaches are catalogue-blue during the day, their waves turn fluorescent as dusk falls. And it’s all thanks to marine microorganisms called phytoplankton.

San Diego, California


You have to time things just right if you hope to see the glowing tides in San Diego. They don’t happen every year �" in fact, scientists don’t yet know how to predict when they will happen. But when they do happen, they happen in a big way and people flock to the beaches to photograph the bright blue tides. The San Diego tides may or may not glow again this year, but they have glowed more years than not in the past decade.



3- The Red Crab Migration




You may have heard of Christmas Island, a nice beach getaway near Australia and Indonesia. It’s also become a tourist attraction during October and November, when the annual red crab migration kicks into high gear. It just looks like a sea of red crabs.

Million Of Crabs Migrate


At the start of the wet season each year, spurred by the moon phases, the migration brings millions of the island’s red crabs to the sea to breed and release eggs into the sea, traveling from the dense mountainous forests to the coast.

Local Help

The 10km-15km journey must be a long way for a little crab. Previous migrations have coincided with plenty of dead crabs as cars crunched down roads, killing the sideways steppers as they attempt to cross. The rangers at the Christmas Island National Park have used some ingenious ideas to prevent this danger. The crabs are now utilizing manmade tunnels and bridges, made specifically to help them reach their destination safely.

4- Volcanic Lightning


Volcanic lightning is believed to be caused by the interaction of charged particles present in the ash cloud and the bottom of normal clouds.

Causes Of Lightning

Lightning is essentially an electric current, only with a huge magnitude. Just like in household appliances, electric current is created through the movement of microscopic charged particles; similarly, lightning is also caused by the interaction of these charged particles.

Timelapse Calbuco Chile



This mysterious and beautiful phenomenon. This is the time-lapse video of Chile’s most dangerous volcanoes that erupted in the year 2015.

5- Door To Hell


At the heart of Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert sits a crater of fire the size of a football field that’s been perpetually burning now for almost fifty years. Locals have suitably dubbed it the ‘Door To Hell’, officially it’s known as the Darvaza Gas Crater.

History


This crater was made by geologists more than 40 years ago, and the flames within have been burning ever since. Soviet geologists were drilling at the site in 1971 and tapped into a cavern filled with natural gas. But the ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed, leaving a hole with a diameter of 70 meters. Fearing that the hole would lead to the release of poisonous gases, the team decided to burn it off.

Never Ending Fire


It was hoped that the fire would use all the fuel within days, but the gas is still burning today.


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