A Thunderstorm Called Hector
Kaushik Patowary
May 11, 2022
Nearly every afternoon, from September to March, a thunderstorm develops over the Tiwi Islands in Northern Australia. It happens so regularl...
Showing posts with the label Atmospheric
The 477-Mile Lightning Bolt
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 3, 2022
How far can a lightning bolt travel? Awfully far, as revealed by the World Meteorological Organization recently. In a press release publi...
The Kopp–Etchells Effect
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 24, 2022
When American war correspondent and photographer Michael Yon went accompanying US soldiers to Afghanistan in 2009, and began photographing t...
Petrozavodsk Phenomenon
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 23, 2020
On September 20, 1977, between midnight and the early hours of the morning, people over a vast region in eastern Europe, stretching from Cop...
The Mysterious Sky Battle Over Nuremberg in 1561
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 18, 2020
Throughout history, many observers have reported seeing strange things in the sky. Some of these sightings were, in all probability, natur...
Fata Morgana Mirage
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 19, 2019
The atmosphere plays unusual tricks with light in the polar regions, especially at sea, creating strange shapes like a looming island, a flo...
The Great Aurora of 1859
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 11, 2019
On the evening of September 2, 1859, after the sun went down on the western hemisphere, a spectacular show of light began on the skies abov...
Music in The Clouds
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 7, 2019
In June 1867, James Glaisher, an English astronomer and meteorologists, and an avid balloonist, was floating over Paris in a balloon when h...
The Norway Spiral
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 25, 2016
On December 9, 2009, a curious spiral of blue and white light appeared in the night sky over northern Norway and Sweden, freaking out a sect...
Circumzenithal Arcs Or Upside Down Rainbows
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 19, 2016
Have you ever seen an inverted rainbow with its curved back towards the ground and ends pointing up, like a smile in the sky? Some people ca...
Photographer Captures Sprite Lightning Over Italy
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 7, 2014
Up in the atmosphere, high above thunderstorm clouds or cumulonimbus, sometimes mysterious electrical discharges occur known as sprites. The...
Ghostly Missile Vapor Trail Over Russia
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2012
Russian photographer Maxim Korotchenko happened to catch these curious formation on the night sky over the city of Astrakhan, on June 7, 20...
Punch Hole Clouds
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 17, 2012
Punch hole clouds, also known as fallstreak hole are large circular clearings that can appear in cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds. Such ho...
Atmosphere Plays Light Tricks As Rocket Launches Over Russia
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 27, 2011
Sometimes when the weather, the time and the light is just about right, rocket launches can leave spectacular trails over the sky. It’s call...
Mysterious Venezuela's Catatumbo Lightning
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 14, 2010
You must have heard that lightening doesn’t strike the same place twice. Say that to the natives of Venezuela and they will ride you down to...
The Famous San Francisco Fog
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 2, 2009
The famous fog of San Francisco, California is a specific case of sea fog. Sea fog is a specific type of fog, which is develops as a result ...
The eerie glow of Noctilucent clouds
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 29, 2008
The earth isn't at night or dark at all altitudes at the same time. It might be night on the ground but high up it might still be day. T...
