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A comprehensive collection of reliable eye-witness accounts of unusual natural phenomena.
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Handbook of Unusual Natural Phenomena
December 12, 1995, Random House Value Publishing
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0517605236 9780517605233
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Handbook of unusual natural phenomena
1983, Anchor Books
in English
- 1st Anchor Press ed., rev. and expanded.
0385147546 9780385147545
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Includes indexes.
CONTENTS:
Chapter 1. Luminous phenomena. Remarkable auroral phenomena -- Phenomena coincident with auroras -- Sky glows, sky brightenings, and weather lights -- Electric discharge phenomena -- Ball lightning -- Unusual forms of lightning -- Vagaries and odd effects of lightning -- Meteor- like phenomena -- Some reported strange effects of meteors -- Nocturnal lights -- Oceanic phosphorescent displays --
Chapter 2. Optical and radio anomalies in the atmosphere. Color flashes from rising and setting astronomical bodies -- Curious sunset phenomena -- Unusual haloes and mock suns -- Rare rainbows and allied spectral phenomena -- Glories, Brocken Spectres, and associated phenomena / Fata Morganas and other mirages -- Radio and radar anomalies --
Chapter 3. Unusual weather phenomena. Extraordinary precipitation -- Precipitation and astronomy -- Famous dark days -- Strange fogs -- Unusual clouds -- Idiosyncrasies of tornadoes and waterspouts -- Whirlwinds and dust devils -- Temperature anomalies --
Chapter 4. Mysterious natural sounds. Extraordinary detonations -- Hums and hisses -- Bells, musical notes, melody --
Chapter 5. The strange phenomena of earthquakes. Phenomena accompanying earthquakes -- Earthquakes and possible triggering forces -- Miscellaneous earth tremors and vibrations -- Geographical organization of earthquakes --
Chapter 6. Phenomena of the hydrosphere. Solitary waves and small wave groups -- The bewildering variety of tides -- Curious phenomena of natural water surfaces --
Chapter 7. Falling material. Fish, frogs, and other living creatures -- Hay, “angel hair,” and other organic substances -- Gelatinous masses or “pwdre ser” -- Ice chunks and hydrometeors -- Dust, thunderstones, and sundry inorganic matter --
Chapter 8. Magnetic disturbances.
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