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Unexplained Phenomena

Ball lightning, sailing stones, auroras and other documented curiosities.

Ball Lightning

Ball Lightning

Bioluminescence

Bioluminescence

Aurora

Brocken Spectre

Brocken Spectre

Sailing Stones

Morning Glory Cloud

Morning Glory Cloud

St. Elmo's Fire

St. Elmo's Fire

Fata Morgana

MOSTLYODD

The curious and the unexplained — strange history, famous hoaxes, bizarre disappearances, and the odd corners of science and the natural world.

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