The Sunday Mail
A strange phenomenon happened in Europe this year. What we know to be snow is usually white, powdery, frozen water. However, Europe saw an eerie orange snow, falling like dust from the sky. So what was it? It was not a prediction of the end of days but it was the combination of a sandstorm as well as a snowstorm. When sand from a storm in North Africa made its way into the atmosphere, it tangled with snow that was simultaneously falling to the ground in Eastern Europe. Definitely strange and unsettling.
The crooked forest of Poland
This is one that has not been researched too much as it is doing no harm and does not really need an explanation. The Crooked Forest is a neat travel destination in Poland, as all of its trees have grown at extreme angles and seem to be “crooked”. It is rumoured that this happened as a natural defence against a sandstorm, but plenty of natives have other explanations as well. Regardless of how this forest was formed, it is definitely like something out of Alice in Wonderland.
Rocks moving on their own in Death Valley
Death Valley is a strange and occasionally eerie place. Not much thrives there unless it is built to survive in the desert which is what makes this event even stranger. If your timing is on point, you can find yourself in the desert watching rocks move on their own. This is not because they have suddenly come alive and are living, breathing things — it is due to an unimaginably thin layer of ice that remains on the ground and allows the rocks to seemingly “propel” themselves along the ground as it dissipates. Weird, but fairly simple.
Bleeding glaciers
This was a rather disturbing sight for local boat-goers in Antarctica as they stumbled upon a glacier that was seemingly leaking what looked like blood. The perceived gore had a perfectly scientific explanation that is understandable through the laws of basic chemistry. Rather than the glacier being injured, the rust-u of its streaks were caused by salt water that was naturally tainted by iron oxide. This chemical reaction caused the blood-red colouring and produced a pretty wild effect. However, it is pretty striking in the case for global warming. — The Travel.
