The weird, wild, and amazing natural world

[Vic]

In more than just a figurative way.

[Sionnach Glic]

Clouds can be quite awesome.

[Lighthawk]

Yeah, and just imagine something that looks like that hanging motionless over head. Be rather sureal.

[Sionnach Glic]

Yeah, I think I'd be staying indoors if I saw clouds like that hovering over the city.

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

If I saw clouds like that overhead I'd be getting my spells and incantations ready to combat the demon horde.

[Sonic Glitch]

Yeah, I think I'd be staying indoors if I saw clouds like that hovering over the city.

I think I did see clouds like that once. They weren't nearly as thick but they had the same shape, hovering overhead as we tried to watch a bike race. I forget if they preceded or succeeded the storm that day...

[Tsukiyumi]

Yeah, I've seen a lot of weather phenomena in person, but that's pretty damn bizarre-looking.

[Lighthawk]

A circumhorizontal fire rainbow arc occurs at a rare confluence of right time and right place for the sun and certain clouds.
Crystals within the clouds refract light into the various visible waves of the spectrum but only if they are arrayed correctly relative to the ground below. Due to the rarity with which all of these events happen in conjunction with one another, there are relatively few remarkable photos of this phenomena.

[Tsukiyumi]

Wow. I like that.

[Sionnach Glic]

Very pretty.

[Nickswitz]

That would be an awesome thing to see!

[Sionnach Glic]

[...]

In the northern part of Guatemala City, the downpour created a giant sinkhole that swallowed up a space larger than the area of a street intersection. Residents told CNN that a three-story building and a house fell into the hole.

A local newspaper reported that a private security guard was killed when the sinkhole opened up, but authorities had not confirmed the fatality. Residents said that a poor sewage drainage system underground was to blame for the sinkhole. A similar hole opened up nearby last year, they said.

[...]

[Griffin]

How the hell does that happen?

[Lighthawk]

Underground water gradually washing away dirt and soil below ground, leaving a big empty space. Eventually, the weight of the remaining ground and/or other objects (buildings for example) above the cavity becomes more than can be supported, and...

[Griffin]

Underground water gradually washing away dirt and soil below ground, leaving a big empty space. Eventually, the weight of the remaining ground and/or other objects (buildings for example) above the cavity becomes more than can be supported, and...

ah, makes sense now, thanks.