Lajamanu – The Arid Australian Town Where It Keeps Raining Fish
Lajamanu, a remote community in the Australian outback, near the Tanami Desert, recently experienced its fourth rain of fish in the last 50 years. They say lightning never strikes in the same place twice, but apparently the same cannot be said about raining fish. The arid town of Lajamanu, in the Northern Territory outback, sees […]
Lluvia de Peces – Honduras’ Yearly Rain of Fish
Every year, Yoro, a small town in northern Honduras, allegedly experiences a mysterious phenomenon known as “Lluvia de Peces”, a literal rain of fish. The rain of fish phenomenon has been reported in many places around the world, but Honduras’ Yoro department is the only place where the bizarre rain reportedly occurs every year, sometimes […]
Scientists Discover Blue Glowing Snow in the Russian Arctic
Russia is home to a number of unique and wonderful things, and apparently, the list also includes bioluminescent snow that glows blue. Last month, Russian biologist Vera Emelianenko went for a walk to the White Sea coast, high in the Russian Arctic, and noticed something very unusual in the snow – a blue glow that […]
Pleń – When Thousands of Tiny Larvae Move as One Giant Unit
The larvae of a certain species of gnats have been known to migrate by assembling into a large snake-like shape numbering tens of thousands of individuals and crawling on the ground as one. The bizarre phenomenon is known as “Pleń” in Poland and “Heerwurm” in Germany. As far back as the 17th century, the larvae […]