The world of nature surrounding us is simply teeming with various secrets and riddles. Scientists have been searching for answers for centuries and trying to explain sometimes inexplicable facts, but even the best minds of mankind have not yet succumbed to some amazing natural phenomena.
Sometimes it seems that strange flash in the sky, spontaneously moving stones do not mean anything special. But, delving into the mysterious manifestations observed on our planet, you understand that it is impossible to answer many questions. Nature carefully hides its secrets, and people put forward new hypotheses, trying to unravel them.
Today we will consider physical phenomena in wildlife that will make you take a fresh look at the world around you.
Physical phenomena
Each body is composed of certain substances, but note that different actions affect differently the same bodies. For example, if the paper is torn in half, the paper will remain paper. But if you set fire to it, then ash will remain from it.
When the size, shape, condition changes, but the substance remains the same and does not transform into another, such phenomena are called physical. They may be different.
Natural phenomena, examples of which we can observe in ordinary life, are:
- Mechanical . The movement of clouds in the sky, the flight of an airplane, the fall of an apple.
- Thermal . Caused by a change in temperature. In the course of this, the characteristics of the body change. If you heat the ice, it will become water, which transforms into steam.
- Electric . Surely, when you quickly take off your woolen clothes, you have at least once heard a specific crack, similar to an electric discharge. And if you do all this in a dark room, you can still watch the sparks. Objects that after friction begin to attract lighter bodies are called electrified. Northern lights, lightning during a thunderstorm are vivid examples of an electrical phenomenon.
- Light . The bodies that emit light are called light phenomena. These include the Sun, lamps, and even representatives of the animal world: some species of deep fish and fireflies.
Physical phenomena of nature, examples of which we examined above, are successfully used by people in everyday life. But there are those who to this day excite the minds of scientists and cause widespread admiration.
Northern Lights
Perhaps this natural phenomenon rightfully bears the status of the most romantic. High in the sky, colorful rivers form, which cover an endless number of bright stars.
If you want to enjoy this beauty, then it is best to do it in the northern part of Finland (Lapland). It was believed that the cause of the Northern Lights - the wrath of the supreme gods. But the legend of the Sami people about a fabulous fox who hit with its tail on the snowy plains, which caused colored sparks to soar into the heights and illuminate the night sky, was more popular.
Pipe shaped clouds
Such a natural phenomenon can drag any person into a state of relaxation, inspiration, illusions for a long time. Such sensations are created due to the shape of large pipes that change their shade.
You can see it in those places where a thunderstorm begins to form. This natural phenomenon is most often observed in countries with a tropical climate.
Stones that move in Death Valley
There are various natural phenomena, examples of which are quite explainable from a scientific point of view. But there are those that defy human logic. Moving stones are considered one of the mysteries of nature . This phenomenon can be observed in an American national park called Death Valley. Many scientists try to explain the movement by strong winds, which are often found in desert areas, and the presence of ice, since it was in winter that the movement of stones became more intense.
During the research, scientists made observations of 30 stones, the weight of which was no more than 25 kg. In seven years, 28 of the 30 blocks of stone moved 200 meters from the starting point.
Whatever the scientists ’guesses, they don’t have a definite answer regarding this phenomenon.
Ball lightning
A ball of fire that appears after or during a thunderstorm is called ball lightning. There is an assumption that Nikola Tesla managed to create ball lightning in the conditions of her laboratory. He wrote that he had not seen anything like it in nature (it was a question of fireballs), but he figured out how they form, and even managed to recreate this phenomenon.
Scientists of our time could not achieve such results. And some even question the existence of this phenomenon as such.
We examined only some natural phenomena, examples of which show how amazing and mysterious our surrounding world is. How much more unknown and interesting we have to learn in the process of development and improvement of science. How many discoveries await us?