You Won't Believe These Astounding Nature Photos Are Real

The Flying Dutchman

This incredible picture was taken in the Mission District of San Fransisco. Although it appears as though a ship is floating in mid-air, this is simply a radio tower on top of Twin Peaks, which overlooks the city. San Fransisco's unique topography often causes fog to obscure the view.

Fallstreak Hole

This natural phenomenon has a number of names, including a fallstreak hole, a hole-punch cloud, or a cloud hole. It is formed when water molecules are cooled but do not have anything around which they can solidiy. After a catalyst causes the molecules to freeze instantaneously, the absence of water molecules causes this hole to appear in the clouds.

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The More You Know

  • A German and British aeroplane shot each other down in Norway during WWII. The crew met and helped each other survive. Two of them later visited each other many years after the war was over as friends.
  • The average golf ball has 336 dimples.
  • Male seahorses bear their young.
  • Scorpions are incredibly resilient: scientists have frozen scorpions overnight, left them in the sun the following day, and when thawed, the arthropod walked away unscathed.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.