8 mysterious natural phenomena that make scientists 'crazy'

Nature is vast and full of mysteries. There are many mysterious natural phenomena that occur as "miracles" that humans cannot explain. Along with the advancement of science and technology, scientists have deciphered some strange natural phenomena that humans previously thought were "gods".

1. Flame St.Elmo

When we look at the pictures above, most of us are startled by the strange appearance of the spooky, spooky flames. Since ancient times, people have believed it to be a divine phenomenon and named them according to Saint Elmo, the guardian of the sailor. According to legend, Saint Elmo will always pray and give warnings to sailors in the form of lights on sailboats.

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However, scientists have deciphered the truth about these mysterious fire spots. This is the phenomenon of luminous plasma appearing as spherical fire spots on other objects. St.Elmo fire can be born in thunderstorms or a volcanic explosion.

2. "Death finger" causes everything to freeze in a flash

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" Death finger " is also called brinicle or "dead ice column ", this phenomenon was first known since the 1960s but it was not until 2011 that scientists deciphered it.

Ice in the South and Arctic regions is purer and not as salty as seawater because during ice formation, impurities such as salt are pushed out. At this time, the water around the area will become more salty, reducing the freezing temperature and increasing the density of the water.

This makes the surrounding water not freeze at the moment even though the temperature is very low. At the same time, they sink to the ocean floor due to high water density.

When this saltwater stream sinks to warmer waters at the bottom, the water around it will freeze to create "ice pillars of death" . Upon reaching the bottom of the sea, the bone-chilling coldness of the brinicle spreads to the ocean floor of a square kilometer wide, freezing and destroying all the tiny, slow-sea creatures like porcupines and starfish. Larger animals will not be affected, even they can destroy these icicles.

3. Naga fireball

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Many people have seen firsthand goose-sized spheres floating in the air, emitting a glowing red light in the Mekong River area that runs through Nong Khai Province, Thailand. The ball flew up to a height of about 50 to 300m, completely disappearing in the night.

According to scientists, the cause of the mysterious phenomenon is due to the simultaneous interaction of many natural factors: the combination of both rare and anaerobic bacteria in the depth from 4.55 to 13, 4m with thick organic sediment on clay and sand bottom; the existence of a 19% concentration of methane-nitrogen gas; ambient temperature is always higher than 26 degrees Celsius at 10, 13h and 16h; PH level ranges from 6.4 to 7.8.

In addition, under the sun's heat, organic matter such as plant and animal matter in the river bed will decompose and produce methane. This gas, when pushed to the water under the pressure, will combine with oxygen in the air and burn into smoke-free, no-fire fireballs with vibrant colors and disappear without leaving a mark. stain.

4. Snow chimney

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If you go to Antarctica, you will be able to see huge snow chimneys up to 20m high, radiating steam around. Is it the chimney of giants?

In fact, these are just geysers that appear in places with volcanoes. In the cold Antarctic, the steam from the escaping volcanoes froze immediately when exposed to outside air and created snow chimneys that emit water around.

5. Column light in the sky

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According to the researchers, this mysterious natural phenomenon appears only in very cold weather in the extreme and very rarely occurs.

This phenomenon occurs when the crystals frosting near the ground are reflected back up by the light to form shapes like bright columns.

6. "Spaghetti" Snow

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This phenomenon was discovered by a resident of Hämeenlinna, Finland on the surface of the snow near the house. Snow strands were like long spaghetti noodles immersed in frozen lake water. It is even possible to take these snow flakes to form a snowball.

According to scientists, maybe when the snow is about to melt, the movement of wind and water has created this phenomenon.

7. The "dancing" forest

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Hundred-year-old pine trees in a forest in Poland all have a sub-base that bends 90 degrees above the ground.

Many scientists have hypothesized that big snowstorms that occurred in the area hundreds of years ago "accidentally" bent pine tree trunks and created an interesting phenomenon that attracted the concern of many people.

8. Broken ghosts

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Mikhail Baevsky, a photographer, was astonished when he took a picture of a blurry figure that looked like a human figure on the foggy Ukraine Chatyr-Dag. Local people believe that those who see "ghosts" will die the next day.

In fact, the "ghost" that Baevsky captured was his shadow amplified to the moon. The sun from behind a person shines their shadow on the clouds or the front fog, plus there and appears a rainbow that makes people feel around the aura with a halo. This is an optical phenomenon in the atmosphere and often occurs in misty mountains.

Scientists of this mysterious natural phenomenon are Brocken ghosts because this phenomenon was first observed at the top of Brocken mountain in the Harz range, Germany.