Summer "star rains": when can they be observed?
27 June high star rain June bootid. Why Booted? Meteor showers are named after the constellations in which their radiant is located.
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27 June high star rain June bootid. Why Booted? Meteor showers are named after the constellations in which their radiant is located.
June 26 in Tarnogsky district, Vologda region saw a huge tornado. The funnel failed to remove the photos and videos of the witnesses.
The night from 25 to 26 June was rich in noctilucent clouds. Neon glow was recorded in many parts of Russia. Clear skies and clear air favored the observation.
This year the summer solstice coincided with another interesting event — an annular solar Eclipse. Interesting fact: in 2039 these events again coincide.
The dugong, dugong or ordinary (lat. Dugon Dugon), is a large aquatic mammals that feed on plant food. Translated from Malaysian "duyung" means "sea maiden".
Scientists studied the rainbow hundreds of years, Dating from the seventeenth century, when Isaac Newton first described this phenomenon.
The sun's rays the upper edge of the rising Sun appear above the clouds... But where did the rest of the Sun?
Witnesses in a remote part of Western Australia is captured in the frame stunning green fireball flying through the night sky.
In the night from Sunday to Monday, may 15, in the skies over Australia was seen a bright green object.
Yakut taiga conceals many mysteries.
In 1855, the English Metallurgist and inventor Alexander Parkes got the first plastic, which gave the name to parkesine (celluloid).
We've seen pictures of noctilucent clouds from earth. And we've seen noctilucent clouds from space.