Volcano Amid Northern Lights Iceland

Photograph James Appleton

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/20/icelandic-volcano-fimmvruhls-erupts-against-aurora-borealis-pictures_n_1288495.html?1329738648&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008
James Appleton a 25 year old British photographer has spent 7 years working in the intense heat and cold with volcanologists to capture close up pictures of the volcanoes in Iceland. He has now succeeded in taking close up pictures of both the erupting magma and the prevailling northern lights all in one close scene.
Brilliant photography.

Tsunami Type Cloud

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/amazing-%E2%80%98tsunami-cloud%E2%80%99-hits-florida-coastline.html
Beachgoers were treated to a display of harmless fog with the appearance of large waves.
This phenomenon known as Kelvin Helmholtz instability can occur in the air or water. On this occasion it was rolling in from the Mexican gulf stream onto the Panama City Beach in Florida.

Scale Of The Universe

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1k0CXS/htwins.net/scale2
Press this link and it will take you on a journey with descriptions from the outer reach of the universe back onto our own planet Earth.
Best viewed with the scroll bar at the bottom starting on the right.
Left click on any link on the way back in.

Sky-Punch

Picture of a Sky-punch Photo by Terry Boswell

Meterlogical phenomenon.

Ice crystals form above the high-altitude cirro-cumulo-stratus clouds, then fall downward, punching a hole in the cloud cover.

http://gwencoronado.com/our-wonderful-universe-sky-punch/