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The Electrifying Science of Jellyfish Sprites, Explained

August 25, 2020

In the early morning hours of July 2, 2020, something beautiful and strange was brewing in the sky over western Texas. A forceful storm had built, and a little after 1:30 a.m., a Nikon Z6 camera at the McDonald Observatory, in the Davis Mountains, spotted a reddish-pink formation on the horizon, some 100 miles to the southeast. It was searingly bright and seemed to have dangly bits, like gossamer tentacles on a sea creature decked out for a rave....

A Massive Earthquake Is Coming to Cascadia—And...

August 25, 2020

If you look at a world map, Cascadia is shaped like a whale swimming south. British Columbia’s temperate rainforest forms the bulk of its body, along with Washington state, Idaho, and much of Oregon. Mountainous Vancouver Island is the pectoral fin. The tail extends north to the southern tip of Alaska, and the whale’s open mouth, facing south, just catches northern California. Tall, dense forests of pine, spruce, and cedar blanket the bioregion. Aquatic species, from barnacles to sea...

Prästens Badkar (The Priests Bathtub) in Simrishamn,...

August 25, 2020

When thinking of a volcano, one probably envisions a giant mountain, with tufts of smoke rising from the top. This is not always the case however, especially if the volcano is created on a sandy beach and is also underwater. The Priest’s Bathtub is the result of an artesian aquifer erupting millions of years ago. An artesian aquifer is a source of water that is trapped between two impenetrable layers of soil, like clay. This puts pressure on the...

Kozukappara Execution Grounds in Arakawa City, Japan

August 25, 2020

The Kozukappara Execution Grounds were established in 1651 in the city of Edo, known today as Tokyo, during the days of the samurai. The site was named as one of the Three Major Execution Grounds of Edo, along with Suzugamori and Ōwada. Reportedly, around 200,000 people were put to death here until it was closed in 1873 in order to match the human rights standards of the west. Generally, prisoners were crucified, burned at the stake, or beheaded with...

The Mountains Where Manna Flows From Trees

August 25, 2020

Giulio Gelardi walks from tree to tree, making precise incisions on each one with a billhook. He’s surrounded by 100 acres of ash trees, and each cut reveals white sap that also coats fishing lines he has hung from collection points on the branches. Overnight, the sap dries into stalactites that Gelardi plucks and places in a basket. Dark clouds roll in above. “If it rains too much, it could mean the end of the season,” he explains. “I...

Sigtuna Rådhus (City Hall) in Sigtuna, Sweden

August 25, 2020

A town hall is often intended to represent the city that it is in—a point of local pride, as large as possible given the local finances. But when the town is tiny and money short? You might just end up with Europe’s smallest city hall. Sigtuna was once the capital of Sweden and one of the country’s biggest and most bustling cities. However, that was a millennium ago, and the capital has since moved twice, to from Uppsala and...

Serbia’s Rocky Statue in Žitište, Serbia

August 25, 2020

Everybody know that Philadelphia has a Rocky Balboa statue—it is a part of Atlas Obscura and one of the more popular sights in the City of Brotherly Love. There was another, a replica, in San Diego that was bought at auction by a private collector in 2017—who turned out to be Sylvester Stallone himself. And then there’s a third one—in Žitište, Serbia. Not a copy of the A. Thomas Schomberg original, it was made by Croatian sculptor Boris Staparac in...

Churchill Tank in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland

August 25, 2020

Along the Carrickfergus promenade sits a restored Churchill MK VII Tank from World War II. The tank was originally designed and produced by Belfast’s Harland and Wolff factory during the war. However, during The Blitz, Belfast and other parts of the United Kingdom decided to move certain manufacturing operations to safer locations. One location was Carrickfergus. Along the Woodburn Road, these types of tanks and others such as the Matilda and Centaur series were constructed. The Churchill MK VII...

Abandoned Bunkers of Salpalinja in Virolahti, Finland

August 25, 2020

In the early 1940s, between the Winter War and the Continuation War, tensions were high in Finland. The Soviets could invade, seemingly, at any moment. As a result, in 1940, Finland began the construction of Salpalinja (the “Salpa Line”), a system of more than 700 field fortifications made from concrete or excavated from rock along Finland’s eastern border. Stretching 1,200 kilometers (746 miles) from the Gulf of Finland in the south to modern-day Pechengsky, Russia, in the north, Salpalinja consisted...

On Streets and Subways in South Korea,...

August 24, 2020

On a foggy July morning in Seoul, 76-year-old Moo-Dae was sitting on a bench in the belly of the Saejeol metro station when he felt the need to write a poem. In the humid summer heat, he was imagining a lonely winter scene: a woman sitting by a flickering candle in the 1970s, waiting for her husband to come home. “I wanted to write about loneliness,” Moo-Dae recalls a few days later, in his native Korean. His real name...

PlayGarden Park Sculptures in Fulton, Mississippi

August 24, 2020

At the entrance to this Mississippi park, an anthropomorphic bronze coin welcomes visitors with open arms. This little coin is just the first of several smiling pennies, joined by an assortment of little houses wearing skirts. These whimsical figures, created by American sculptor Tom Otterness, are scattered around the public space known as PlayGarden Park, located in downtown Fulton. One coin stands on a rock, another peeps out of bushes, and a cute little couple sits with their arms around...

Gryteskogen Troll Trees in Lund NO, Sweden

August 24, 2020

Leafless trees that cascade shadows in the dark are often synonymous with fear, derived from our world of horror movies and Halloween adventures. A normal tree does the job quite well, but these trees found in Sweden, with their twisted, irregular forms, create an element of creepiness even in light. Dwarf beech trees are a cultivar of European beech trees. Also known as vresbok, a rare mutation disrupts this species growth cycle causing it to sprout in what appears to...

Veliki Buk Waterfall in Strmosten, Serbia

August 24, 2020

Tucked deep into the slopes of Mount Beljanica in Eastern Serbia, stands the Veliki Buk (“The Great Hum”) or Lisine Waterfall. The waterfall originates from a small river named Vrelo, the right tributary of the Resava river. It’s located at more than 1,000 feet (380 meters) above sea level and is 82 feet (25 meters) tall. The waterfall is one of the largest in all of Serbia and was formed due to natural sinter (tufa) accumulation. A shallow pond...

Vespa Muzej Srbija (Vespa Museum Serbia) in...

August 24, 2020

Vespa Muzej Srbija was founded by members of the Vespa Club of Serbia and contains a massive collection of classic models made by the famous Italian scooter manufacturer. The museum arose from a desire to showcase the unmistakable Italian vehicle. Although it had been in works for several years prior, the idea for the museum didn’t gain real steam until 2012, after an exhibition celebrating the vehicle garnered great interest. The permanent exhibit showcases the chronological history of the...

The Forgotten Stones That Still Inspire Turks...

August 24, 2020

On a typical Friday at midday, the racks at the entrance to the Dedeman Mosque in northern Istanbul would be full of shoes, doffed by members of the congregation before they enter the building for the most important Islamic prayer of the week. But when Turkey suspended mass prayers in mid-March, to try to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, those racks stood empty. And as businesses around the city shut their doors, the mosque’s young imam, Abdulsamet...

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