Phenomena Collection (#27)

Hekla Volcano C16
Mount Hekla, in SW Iceland, where eruptions are known since the 12th century, and two other volcanoes of the region

Tokyo Earthquake 1923
The citizens of Tokyo flee in terror as most of their city is destroyed by the Great Kanto earthquake : more than 140, 000 people will lose their lives as a result

Jupiter Observed 1869
The planet as observed and drawn by John Browning

Earthquake Calabria
King Vittorio Emanuele III descends from his car to commiserate with the residents of a Calabrian town, devastated by earthquake

Erme River, Devon
The Erme river, Devonshire is overhung with trees and enclosed by rocks

Moon on Tenth Day
The moon photographed on the tenth day of the lunar cycle

Fair and Foul Weather
Fair weather and foul in northern latitudes

Orient Express Halted
The prestigious Orient Express, full of spies, smugglers and femmes fatales, is halted by snow on the Hungary-Romania border

Sprinkling Bird Food
Two kind girls sprinkle crumbs for the birds

Girl on Windy Promenade
A girl heads into the wind on a seaside esplanade : the artists of La vie Parisienne are very fond of depicting their models in windswept situations

Sunset at Sea 1888
The sun sinks beneath the horizon of a calm sea

Earthquake Calabria 05
The towns and villages of Calabria, devastated by earthquake, are visited by King Vittorio Emanuele III

Girls on a Windy Street
Three girls in a Paris street on a windy day offer a fine show of leg to passers-by

Sun / Winter Orbit, 1555
The winter orbit of the sun and its consequences (storms)

Autumn / Harvest (Foster)
Harvesting by hand - an idyllic scene in the English countryside

Fire and Hail
Huge hailstones are accompanied by thunderbolts, ball lightning or some such phenomenon

Nansen Aurora - 3
Auroral crown observed and drawn by the explorer

Aurora Borealis 1893
Streamers of the Aurora sketched by Nansen during his Arctic expedition

Nansen Aurora - 2
Spectacular display observed and drawn by the explorer

Lunar Phenomenon 1893 2
Lunar phenomena in the Polar night : an inverted arch forms a tangent to the moon-ring, luminous patches show where the ring intersects with the horizon

Maelstrom at South Pole
An overhead view of a maelstrom supposed to exist at the South Pole

Maelstrom Off Norway
Ships in trouble in a Maelstrom off the Norwegian coast

Noises from Caves
Awesome noises come from caves

Lady in Park / Cocorico
A woman in a large black hat takes a walk through a park among black, bare trees

Flooding in Paris
Floods in Paris outside the Gare Saint-Lazare: the streets awash with water

Geysers & Ice
Upward air blasts causing vortices of ice

Victims of Petrification
Unfortunate victims of the petrifying spring at Clermont- Ferrand, France

Messina Earthquake - 4
MESSINA, SICILY A makeshift hospital among the ruins

Messina Earthquake -5
MESSINA, SICILY Hunting for looters amid the rubble

Messina Earthquake - 7
MESSINA, SICILY A ruined home

Messina Earthquake - 3
MESSINA, SICILY Street scene after the quake

River & Moss
Moss-covered stones in a river in the Tirolean Alps, Austria

Country Winter
A Country Scene in Winter - boys making a snowman and sliding on the ice - breaking the ice for the cattle - a coach struggling through the snow

Time & Globe
Allegorical illustration of Father Time with a child and two young women, allegories of the four seasons

Baychimo on Iceberg
The cargo ship " Baychimo" lost in 1931, is seen stranded on an iceberg by Eskimos in 1936

Ganges Bore
native boats caught in the bore in the estuary of the Ganges, Bangladesh

TIDAL WAVE, 1908
After the earthquake which destroyed Messina, Sicily, a tidal wave devastates the coast of South America !

Prororoca, China
The prororoca, a tidal bore on the Tien-Tsang river, China

Hooghly Bore
A native boat tosses in the bore of the Hooghly, the most important channel of the Ganges river in its estuary in West Bengal

Balloon with Mirage
A hot air balloon with mirage and reflection

Cumulus Clouds
A spectacular formation of cumulus clouds

Eugene Osty - 2
French investigator of psychical phenomena, director of the Institut Metapsychique in Paris

Sir William Barrett
Distinguished investigator of psychical phenomena and other anomalies such as dowsing : a founder member of the Society for Psychical Research

London Smog
A cart and a sweep dimly seen in a London smog

Autumn Walkies
A woman walking her dog in Whippendell Woods, near Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Autumn Walkers
A mother and child enjoy a walk through the Autumn mist in the woods on Horseshoe Common, Bournemouth, Dorset, England

Boy Greets the Sun 1926
A young boy greets the morning sun with outstretched arms

Maria Silbert Psychic
Austrian medium Maria Silbert (died 1936) who produced many remarkable phenomena but was discovered by Harry Price to use trickery on occasion

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