Phenomena Collection (#33)

Surface of Mercury
An artists impression of the surface of Mercury

Saturn, Two Views
Two views of the planet, one from sideways-on, the other looking downwards, showing the surrounding rings

Saturns Rings 8
The rings of Saturn as seen from the planets surface

Venus, the Dark Side
The sunless side of Venus

Venus, the Sunlit Side
The sunlit side of Venus

Harvest by Moonlight
When the Harvest Moon is at its full, farmers can carry on harvesting till late in the evening

The Moons Surface
The Moons surface, spattered with rocks and the craters of extinct volcanoes, testifying to a more violent past than the present appearance suggests

Moon / Lunar Craters
Lunar craters

Moon / Forming Crater
The stages of formation of a lunar crater

Solar Flares
A spectacular solar flare

Suns Discharges
Electrical Discharges from the Sun Date: 1928

Sunspots (Cig Card)
SUN SPOTS

Solar Prominences
SOLAR PROMINENCES

Poas Volcano, Costarica
Every thirty to sixty minutes, the sulphur lake starts to boil (2nd picture of three)

ETNA IN 1815
A striking view of the crater of Mount Etna, Sicily, in relatively tranquil mode, with plumes rising from five separate cones or vents or fumaroles

Tokyo Earthquake 1650
The population in and around Tokyo are thrown into despair when an earthquake devastates the region and the sacred mountain Fujiyama erupts

Earthquake Calabria 07
In pouring rain, police and residents rescue victims when the town of Ferruzzano, Calbria (southern Italy) is devastated by earthquake

Earthquake California
In the streets of downtown Los Angeles, terrified pedestrians flee as debris falls on them from the rooftops

Various Marbles
Patterns of various types of marble

Rocks, Zinc and Tin
Silicate of zinc, smithsonite, carbonate of zinc, sulphide of zinc and oxide of tin

Rocks, Iron Ore
Various types of iron ore and iron oxide

Whirlpool of Charybdis
The whirlpool of Charybdis in the Straits of Messina, Italy

Grottes Du Loup, Lourdes
In Les Grottes du Loup (Grotto of the Wolf) ten minutes walk from the Basilica, is a cave, The Palace of the Madonna, where a stone seems to have been carved in her likeness

Ice-Grotto in Iceland
Visitors viewing by torchlight the interior of the ice-grotto in the Surtshellir (Black Cavern), Iceland

Grotto Del Cane
A soberly dressed man with muttonchop whiskers, and a woman in shawl and hat, talk to a traveller in La Grotta del Cane (Cave of the Dog) near Pozzuoli, Italy

Montmorency Falls, near Quebec, Canada, frozen in winter Date: circa 1860

Thames Floods at Putney
The river Thames rises above its banks at Putney, west London, and residents have to escape from the top floors of their houses into a horse- drawn cart

Floods in Essex, England
A man in bowler hat and splendid beard and several other homeowners stand in the flooded gardens of their houses during a flood in Essex

Flood in Swiss Valley
Torrents of mud fill a Swiss valley when a lake breaks its natural barrier

Laundry in a Hot Spring
Maori women washing laundry in the hot spring at Ohinemutu, New Zealand

Wairoa Geyser
The eruption of Wairoa geyser in New Zealand

Cooking W / Hot Springs
Maori women in New Zealand cooking food in a hot spring

Hot Springs, New Zealand
Hot springs in New Zealand

CHAMPAGNE CAULDRON
The Champagne Cauldron hot spring near Rotorua in New Zealand

Maori Cook W / Hot Spring
Maori women cook outdoors over a hot spring. Date: 1908

New Zealand Hot Pools
Hot pools near Ngongotaha Mountain

Dropping Well / Yorkshire
The Dropping Well, a petrifying spring at Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England. Anything suspended in the water becomes petrified in a coat of limestone

Natural Rock Bridge
A natural bridge spans a river at Cedar Creek, Virginia, USA

Earthquake in Japan 1923
Over 140, 000 people lose their lives when a great earthquake (the Great Kanto Earthquake) devastes South East Japan including the cities of Tokyo and Yokohama

Before and After
Krakatau and neighbouring islets before and after the eruption

Rain / Cats and Dogs B&w
Raining cats and dogs, and pitchforks too

Florida Swamp / Steamer
Travelling by the Oclawaha paddle steamer, Florida

Petrifying Spring / Turkey
Thermal spring waters laden with calcareous salts running off the plateaus edge have created this fantastic formation at Hierapolis, now called Pamukkale, Turkey

Glacier in the Alps
A glacier in the Alps carving a valley between mountain peaks; a dark line of medial moraine is visible down the centre of the ice

A Glacier Table
Glacier tables, where a boulder has protected the ice and snow beneath it from solar melting; as the surrounding snow melts the rock is left atop a pillar of ice

Fata Morgana Mirage
An example of a Fata Morgana mirage in the Straits of Messina; this complex mirage gives the appearance of objects floating or of being part underwater, part in air

Transit of Venus
A diagram illustrating the visible transit of Venus across the Sun

River Wiley, Stapleford
Scene at Stapleford on the River Wiley

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