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The biggest salt flat on Earth is considered by many to be the world’s largest natural mirror. A team of scientists wondered ...

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This forest doesn't just sway in the wind, it appears to breathe, creating a unique and otherworldly effect. But seeing it ...

— on April 8. In the following month, the night of May 10, with clear skies, no moon and mild temperatures set the stage for a magnificent display of aurora borealis. These events of April and May ...

At its best, travel provides moments that remain etched in your memory for a lifetime. This could include occasions when you have experienced pure, unfettered peace or joy while traveling, or perhaps ...

Our planet Earth is a stage for nature’s most spectacular performances, from vibrant migrations to otherworldly landscapes that seem too good to be true most of the time. These natural phenomena are ...

Ball lightning and plasmoid phenomena have long captured the interest of both the scientific community and the general public due to their rare and enigmatic nature. Ball lightning is typically ...

These events of April and May were hard acts to follow, but June also gave some phenomena of its own: the massive emergence of the 13-year and 17-year cicadas. I found the occurrence of these two near ...

Each fall, millions of monarchs make an extraordinary 3,000-mile flight from the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada to their ancestral breeding grounds in Mexico. Dreamstime/TNS At its ...