8 beautiful natural phenomena only available in Australia
Oceania is not only beautiful because of the wild landscape, it also has many interesting natural phenomena.
1. Red clouds cover the sky
One day in 2009, the people of Sydney, Australia woke up and found the whole city covered by a red of a giant dust cloud.
The reason is because strong winds pushed the dust cloud from deep within the continent to the Sydney area. Sun reflections make this dust cloud a very interesting red color. The area covered by this red cloud is up to 840,860 km 2 and 2.5 km high.
2. Glowing algae
The phenomenon occurs in the basin of the Derwent estuary in Tasmania when it is dominated by the Dinoflagellates species Noctiluca Scintillans . Normally we do not easily see them but when stimulated by external agents, they will emit a very fuzzy dim light.
3. Australian aurora
Aurora is a natural phenomenon related to charged particles on the earth's atmosphere, forming red or green light trails in the sky. The phenomenon occurs when sunlight hits the Earth's charged atmosphere.
4. Horizontal Waterfalls - Horizontal waterfalls
Horizontal waterfall is actually two ravines located near each other in McLarty Range, Kimberley area. At high tide, the sea level will rise at the inlet and about 5m lower at the output causing the view from above, the ravine looks like a waterfall.
5. Cloud "Glory" morning
"Morning glory" clouds often appear in the spring in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland. This cloud has a long tube shape and is the product of a relatively high temperature difference between the mainland and the ocean.
6. Light Min Min
Min Min's light is described as a fuzzy flying disc light bulb appearing on the horizon in Australia's outback.
There have been endless debates about whether this is a real phenomenon or simply an illusion. Some people say that light moves towards them before disappearing, others say, these light chase their car.
7. "Buster" South Sydney
The "Southern Buster" cloud roll is the name of the Sydney people giving strange shaped clouds like tsunamis, often appearing in the Great Dividing Range and the south coast when there are strong winds ( > 60km / h), in October until February next year.
8. Capuchino beach
This interesting phenomenon rarely occurs because they need special weather conditions.
Strong waves will sweep together the sea's contaminants like sponges, sea creatures mingle them together and form a layer with lots of bubbles and bubbles on the coast.
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