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Ascension Island
Ascension Island
Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.
Venezuela
Relampago del Catatumbo
This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.
Yakutsk, Russia
Yakutsk
The coldest city in the world.
La Push, Washington
Rialto Beach Tree Graveyard
Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.
weird weather phenomena
Hail No: An account of the worlds biggest, deadliest hailstorms
George Town, Cayman Islands
George Town
The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.
Cherrapunjee, India
Cherrapunji
Known as the wettest place on earth.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Cumberland Falls State Park
Moonbows over Kentucky.
Yoro, Honduras
Lluvia de Peces (Rain of Fish)
Fish raining from the sky are the cause of a yearly celebration in this small Honduran town.
Alberta
Columbia Icefield
A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.
Ronggur Nihuta, Indonesia
The Toba Caldera
Site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years, one which may have nearly wiped out humanity altogether.
Crescent, Oregon
Mount Thielsen Fulgurites
This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.
Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories
The Tuktoyaktuk Pingos
Natural earth mounds formed in the far north.
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Ludvika, Sweden
The Tuben or "Elk Showers"
Tiny Swedish village with a distinct local phenomenon known as an "Elk Shower."
Quemado, New Mexico
‘The Lightning Field’
In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.
Bruce Crossing, Michigan
Paulding Light
A mysterious light in the wood, rumoured to be the the ghost of a railroad brakeman.
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