Thousands of Fireballs Rise from This River, But What Are They

There is no such thing as a Naga Fireball- it's just a weird ball of fire that appears out of nowhere in the sky above the Mekong River in Thailand. Some people believe that these balls of fire rise from the water to the air, while others believe that they are much smaller and Sparkle-like in magnitude. Fireballs that were reportedly seen in the night sky this mysterious phenomenon has baffled and amazed people for centuries. Legend has it that the Naga Fireball is produced by a giant serpent-like creature called the Naga who lives in the Mekong River and spits out Balls of Fire to ward off evil spirits but science has another boring explanation.

There is a misconception that the fire rainbow doesn't have anything to do with actual fire; it's actually a type of cloud formation called a circum horizontal Arc. To clear up this confusion, try saying that three times fast. Circumhorizontal Arcs only form when the conditions are perfect, so how does it happen? High altitude cirrus clouds are composed of tiny ice crystals, and when the sun shines through them at the right angle, it refracts through the ice crystals and creates a stunning display of colors. The result is a rainbow-like Arc that appears to be on fire. People often wonder why there's called a "fire rainbow" if there's no actual fire involved. The colors of this phenomenon are so vibrant, it looks like flames with shades of red, orange, and yellow.

The Brock inspector is a rare Optical phenomenon instead of a regular Shadow. The person's silhouette appears gigantic and distorted surrounded by a Halo of rainbow colors. It's like your shadow gets super-sized and fancied up. The name of this trick of light comes from the broken mountain in Germany. This was the place where it was first observed. Imagine being the first person who experienced this! How cool it must have been. The way light behaves when it passes through droplets of water in the air is related to the way shadows are seen. When the sun shines from behind a person, their shadow is projected onto the mist or fog in front of them. The light gets refracted in such a way that their shadow appears much larger than in reality. Imagine seeing the shadow of a Yeti! Next time you hike in the mountains, be sure to keep your eyes open for this phenomenon.

The next natural phenomenon is Saint Elmo's Fire. It forms when a strong electric field is created in the atmosphere, and can be seen around airplanes when they're moving through stormy skies. I would love to be on that flight, but on the other hand I'd probably freak out being that close to it. The name Saint Elmo is a reference to Saint Erasmus of Formia – he was perceived as the patron saint of sailors in medieval times. Some Sailors believe that this fire was a sign of divine protection.While looking at a storm, some Sailors saw that it was protecting them from bad luck. Other Sailors saw this as an omen of bad weather. Apparently, the electric field ionizes air molecules causing them to emit a bright glowing light.

Blue jets are blue cone-shaped bursts of lightning that shoot upward from the tops of thunderstorms.% Elves, on the other hand, are glowing light rings that appear above thunderstorms and can be up to 300 miles in diameter. While these phenomena are difficult to observe scientists are working hard to figure them out the way electrical charges build up in the atmosphere during thunderstorms is the key factor for these things to occur when enough charge builds up it can create an electrical breakdown that produces a blue jet or elf.