Honduras Departamentos
World Top 7 Nature Wonders
The boundless universe is full of wonders, the following is from “Science” magazine which chooses through public appraisal the world’s seven natural wonders: 1. The Most Charming NFL hats in the Year Of 2010: 10 Sizzling Finds Never-ending storm and lightning in Venezuela: Mysterious and intricate catatumbo lightning phenomenon is unique in the world. Surprise! Newest New Era Hats at Keen Price And this phenomenon occurs in the junction of Maracaibo Lake and catatumbo river in Venezuela. There are 140 to 160 nights having the lightning every year and there are more than 280 times per night which is caused by the accumulation of the thundercloud, and the length of the arc caused by the lightning can reach 5 kilometers long, and the strength is up to 400,000 amps, and the visible distance is far as 400 kilometers.
According to the expert, the storm is formed by the collision among the thunderclouds above Andes. And, the bolt is formed by the accumulated ionized gas such as methane released through the decomposition of organic matter in the swamp of the area. Therefore, the bolts always appear with the storm. The [Fish Rain” in Honduras: during May and June in every year, the [Fish Rain” phenomenon takes place in the Departamento de Yoro area in Honduras. According to witnesses, at the start of the fish rain phenomena the sky become dark and then lightning flashes and thunder rumbles. In the meanwhile, a strong wind blows and it starts to rain heavily, and the whole process lasts 2 to 3 hours. After the rain, hundreds of fish can be found on the ground and the local residents will take them home and cook them for eating. 3. Goats climb up the tree in Morocco, which can be seen only in Morocco. In fact, the goats not only brought rich tourism resources to the local people but also and these goats`s manure is also an asset.
As the goats can not fully digest the fruit of these trees, so the fruit stones will be left in the stool, local farmers can collect these stones after the goats spit or excrete, and then use them to do cooking oil or raw materials for cosmetics. 4. Red Rain in Kerala of India: from June 25th to September 23rd in 2001, red rains kept happening sporadically in Kerala, south of India. The blood-like red rain poured down and stained people`s clothes. Early in 2006, Professor Godfrey Louis and Santhosh Kuma from the Mahatma Gandhi University located in Kottayam, Kerala, India, surmised that the colored particles in the rain were composed by alien meteoritic dusts.
As soon as the speculation has been reported, the red rain in the Kerala immediately won the attention of the world. Indentified by the experiment of isotope ratio, the red rain particles come from earth. 5. The Longest Wave on the Earth: During February and March in Brazil, the greatest wave in the world is created by the effect of Atlantic Ocean current on the Amazon River. This phenomenon is called “high tide in the Southern Amazon River mouth”. The wave generated by tidal bore is up to 12 feet (about 3.65 meters), and it can last for half an hour. Such wave that can be heard 30 minutes before their arrival is very destructive, destroying trees, houses and animals.
6. Black sun of Denmark: in the spring of Denmark , a half hour before sunset, there will be millions of mockingbirds gathering here from every corners of Europe, forming the above pattern. This phenomenon in Denmark is known as the “Black Sun”, which can be seen in marsh in the western Denmark. Those Sturnus vulgaris migrate from the south, hunting food together around marsh in daytime while having rest besides reeds at night. 7. The burning rainbow in Idaho of the United States. It will form a ring horizon arc when the light passes through the hexagon flake crystal which is composed by the cirrus clouds in the high-altitude. And this arc is a kind of burning rainbow and is a famous atmospheric phenomena. The principle is that sunlight come in from the vertical surface and reflect out from the bottom. It is just like passing through the prism, in which it is separated into a series of lights you can see the colors. When the crystal ribbons are in the best position in the cloud, they will show a similar brilliant rainbow spectrum.
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