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We humans are blessed to live on an incredibly beautiful planet, and few sights in nature can compare with the night sky over the Earth’s north and south poles.
The short time-lapse video below featuring the night sky over the South Pole really drives home just how beautiful the frigid nights at the poles can be.
Rainbows are among nature’s most beautiful phenomena, and double rainbows are a rare and wonderful treat!
Although they are much rarer than single rainbows, chances are you’ve still seen one or more of them in the past.
If so, did you notice that the colors in the two rainbows are displayed in reverse order?
If we Americans travel north we just might eventually encounter a “Spotted Lake”.
And yes, “Spotted Lake” is its actual name.
As you can see in the photo above, this incredibly intriguing lake is so named because it’s surface really is spotted.
Have you ever heard of Yooperlite rocks?
Well, no one else had either prior to one dark night in May 2017.
That’s the night a local rock collector named Erik Rintamaki saw the very first (to be discovered) Yooperlite lying among all the other rocks on a rocky Lake Superior beach in upper Michigan.
This particular rock stood out from all the rest because it was literally glowing in the dark under the glare of his ultraviolet flashlight.
The American Southwest is something of a contradiction…
The nearly-barren and extremely arid landscapes that make up much of Arizona and Utah can be unforgiving to both humans and wildlife.
However, those same areas offer some of the most breathtakingly beautiful scenery on our planet.