Atmospheric Phenomenon Collection

Aurora over Antarctica, satellite image
Aurora over Antarctica, ultraviolet satellite image. Australia is at upper left. This is the aurora australis (green ring), the southern lights display

Aurora borealis seen over trees through a fish-eye lens, with an observer at far right. This light display (the northern lights) is seen in the night sky at high latitudes

Aurora borealis display with setting Moon
Aurora. Green aurora borealis (northern lights) display over a field of ice with a setting Moon

Aurora borealis. This coloured atmospheric light display (the northern lights) is visible in the night sky at high latitudes

Aurora borealis or northern lights and Ursa Major
Aurora Borealis. Green, yellow and red Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights display over clouds and trees. The plough in the constellation of Ursa Major is prominent at upper left

Aurora borealis. Fish-eye lens view of a tree silhouetted against a red aurora borealis or northern lights display in the night sky

Aurora borealis or northern lights display over silhouetted conifer trees

Aurora borealis in Alaska
Aurora borealis over the treeline. The aurora borealis (northern lights) is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs at high latitudes, appearing as shimmering bands of coloured light in the sky

Coriolis effect, artwork C017 / 7212
Coriolis effect. Computer artwork of a globe, showing how the Coriolis effect affects the motion (red arrows) of free-moving objects in the northern and southern hemispheres of the Earth

Coriolis effect, artwork C016 / 7691
Coriolis effect. Computer artwork of an Earth globe, showing how the rotation of the Earth (white arrow) affects the motion (yellow arrows) of the winds at different locations on the Earth

Jet stream cirrus clouds C016 / 5818
Jet stream cirrus clouds over a snowy landscape. Cirrus clouds are found at altitudes of over 5 kilometres. They consist of tiny ice crystals blown by the wind into wispy cloud shapes

Global winds, satellite-based diagram C016 / 3731
Global winds, satellite-based diagram. The rotation of this Earth globe (dark blue arrow) and the Coriolis effect causes the wind patterns shown

Coriolis effect, artwork C017 / 7211
Coriolis effect. Computer artwork of a globe, showing how the Coriolis effect affects the motion (red arrows) of free-moving objects in the northern and southern hemispheres of the Earth

Sky phenomena, 16th century C017 / 6993
Sky phenomena. 16th-century woodcut showing the Sun (Halo), the Milky Way (Galaxia), a rainbow (Iris) and a comet (Cometa)

Saturns north pole region, Cassini image. This north polar hexagon region of the gas giant planet Saturn is in sunlight as spring comes to the planets northern hemisphere

Cumulus thundercloud, diagram C018 / 0293
Cumulus thundercloud

Auroras at night, satellite image
Auroras at night. Black marble satellite image of the Aurora Borealis (Northern lights) over Ontario, Canada, at night

Northern Lights explained, artwork C016 / 8113
Northern Lights explained

Northern lights, Iceland C018 / 2276
Northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, over the Vatnajokull ice cap, Iceland. Auroral displays are caused by interactions between energetic charged particles from the Sun, and the Earths atmosphere

Northern lights, Iceland C018 / 2271
Northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, and a full Moon. Auroral displays are caused by interactions between energetic charged particles from the Sun, and the Earths atmosphere

Northern lights, Iceland C018 / 2270
Northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, and a full Moon. Auroral displays are caused by interactions between energetic charged particles from the Sun, and the Earths atmosphere

Northern lights and comet PanSTARRS C018 / 2269
Northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, and comet PanSTARRS (C/2011 L4, bottom right). Discovered in June 2011 with the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii, this comet reached perihelion on 10 March 2013

Ice pillar in night sky C016 / 5819
Ice pillar in night sky. This atmospheric optical phenomenon is formed by the reflection of light by ice crystals in the air. Photographed near Sodankyla in northern Finland

Fogbow and snowy landscape C016 / 5820
Fogbow and snowy landscape. Cross-country skiers passing by frosted trees with a fogbow visible at upper right

Mammatus clouds C016 / 5817
Mammatus clouds at the edge of a thunderstorm. Mammatus clouds have a pouch-like appearance and form in the presence of sinking air. These clouds are associated with turbulent and stormy weather

Pakistan-India at night, ISS image C016 / 4204
Pakistan-India at night. View from the International Space Station (ISS) of the western Himalayas (left) with the city lights of northern Pakistan and India (upper right) on the Indo-Gangetic Plain

Saharan dust plume, Bay of Biscay C016 / 3874
Saharan dust plume, Bay of Biscay. Satellite image of a dust plume (brown) from the Sahara, stretching across the Bay of Biscay and the Atlantic from Spain (lower right) to Ireland and the UK (top)

Cloud layers, ISS image C016 / 3872
Cloud layers. View from the International Space Station (ISS) of cloud layers in Earths atmosphere over eastern Brazil

Thunderstorms, space shuttle image C016 / 3867
Thunderstorms. Space shuttle image of multiple thunderstorm cells (lower frame and at upper right) in Earths atmosphere

Earths atmosphere, cutaway Earth globe. Computer graphic of an Earth globe centred on the Atlantic Ocean and a cutaway atmosphere, generated using satellite and mapping data

Southern hawker dragonfly
Aircraft contrail. Aircraft contrails are artificial clouds formed from frozen water droplets from the exhaust of the engines of an aircraft

Waterspouts close to a ship, historical artwork. Waterspouts form where a tornado touches down on water, instead of land

Tornado, historical artwork
Tornado. Coloured historical artwork of a mother and child fleeing from a tornado. A tornado is a rapidly rotating funnel of air that can form below certain types of storm clouds

Tornado, historical artwork
Tornado (or whirlwind), historical artwork. Mother and child fleeing from a tornado. A tornado is a rapidly rotating funnel of air that can form below certain types of storm clouds

Aurorae on Jupiter. Coloured ultraviolet Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of aurorae (light blue) at the north pole of Jupiter

Waterspout, historical artwork
Waterspout threatening a ship, historical artwork. Waterspouts form where a tornado touches down on water, instead of land

Early sighting of Brocken spectres, 1797
Early sighting of Brocken spectres. Historical artwork of a sighting of Brocken spectres, based on the account of a traveller called Hane

Aurora from space
Aurora borealis. Coloured combined ultraviolet and optical image of an aurora borealis (northern lights) display seen from space. The aurorae are seen as a ring of light around the North Pole

Aurora borealis display reflected upon water
An aurora borealis display (northern lights) reflected on the surface of water

Aurora watching, time-exposure image
Aurora watching. Time-exposure image of an aurora watcher by a fire, observing an auroral display in the northern hemisphere

View of an aurora borealis display (blue) centred on the constellation of Ursa Major

Coastal fog. Fog forms when a body of warm and moist air contacts cold air. As cold air can carry less water vapour than warm air, the vapour condenses to water droplets

Sundogs and halo
Sundogs with halo. Trees silhouetted against the Sun, which is surrounded by a halo (circular) and sundogs (bright areas to left and right of the Sun)

Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) seen in Finland
Aurora Borealis. Spectacular blue-green display of the Aurora Borealis (or Northern Lights) as seen in Finland

Aurora australis - the Southern Lights - seen above the British Antarctic Surveys Halley Station, Antarctica

Aurora Borealis display over Manitoba, Canada
Aurora Borealis. Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights display over a large boulder on snow

View of a spectacular, colourful aurora borealis
View of a colourful aurora borealis display (northern lights)

Aurora Borealis display with clouds
Aurora Borealis. Clouds partially obscuring a dramatic multicoloured Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights display

Aurora borealis over observation domes in Canada
Aurora. Green aurora borealis (northern lights) display over illuminated domes. Aurorae are caused by charged particles from the Sun stimulating gas molecules in the Earths atmosphere to emit light

Aurora Borealis and satellite station in Canada
Aurora Borealis. Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights display over a satellite ground station (lower frame)

View of a colourful aurora borealis display (northern lights)

Aurorae Australis seen from space, STS-47
A dazzling display of the Southern Lights seen from space. The Southern Lights (properly the Aurora Australis) are the southern hemisphere equivalent of the Aurora Borealis

Fisheye lens photograph of the aurora borealis
Aurora borealis. A fisheye lens long exposure photograph of a yellow-green aurora borealis (Northern Lights) display; also visible are star trails

Storm cloud. Cumulonimbus storm cell seen off a coast. Such isolated storm cells are typified by a tall cloud column (cumulonimbus) surrounded by a platform of large cumulus clouds

Aurora observations, 1839. Historical artwork of an aurora seen from Finland, on 21st January 1839

Aurora over Paris, 1869
Aurora borealis or northern lights display, over Paris, France, on 13 May 1869, historical artwork. Aurorae, displays of coloured lights in the sky, are rarely seen outside the polar regions

Aurora borealis, Finland
Aurora borealis. Aurora borealis or nothern lights as seen from Finland

A spectacular aurora borealis display (northern lights) with vivid, red light

View of a spectacular aurora borealis display
A spectacular aurora borealis display (northern lights) with red and blue lights

A spectacular, colourful aurora borealis display
View of a colourful aurora borealis display (northern lights)

Aurora australis and star trails, over the Southern Ocean. The aurora (on horizon) is a coloured light display visible in the night sky at high latitudes

Aurora borealis, 19th century
Aurora borealis, 19th-century artwork. The aurora is a coloured light display visible in the night sky at high latitudes

Aurora australis and Milky Way

Mars with clouds, artwork. The Sun is at upper left. This image can represent a Mars of the past, when its atmosphere was thicker and warmer and there was flowing water on its surface

Aurora borealis, 1854 artwork
Aurora borealis. Artwork of a northern lights (aurora borealis) display, observed in Norway in 1854

Oil pipeline and aurora. The aurora is a coloured light display visible in the night sky at high latitudes

Aircraft contrail. Aircraft contrails are artificial clouds formed from frozen water droplets from the exhaust of the engines of an aircraft

Coastal waterfall, with a partial rainbow seen in the spray. The water is falling from basalt sea cliffs at Kilt Rock, on the Trotternish peninsula, on the Isle of Skye, off the coast of Scotland

ISS solar array. Airglow above the Earths horizon seen behind an array of solar panels on the International Space Station. Image taken by an Expedition 17 crewmember on 4th August 2008

Lunar halo over a desert
Lunar Halo over a desert with saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea)

Noctilucent clouds, ISS image
Noctilucent clouds. International Space Station (ISS) image of the limb of the Earth, showing noctilucent clouds (polar mesospheric clouds, across top) in the upper atmosphere

Pacific Ocean from space, ISS image. This image was taken from the International Space Station (ISS) as it orbited some 378 kilometres above the Earth

Fogbow, Hawaii
Fogbow on a mountain road. Fogbows occur when the water droplets in the air are less than half a millimetre in size. Larger droplets would create a rainbow. Photographed at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA

Aurora Borealis from Earth and space
Aurora borealis from Earth and space. Two images of the aurora borealis (northern lights) taken in Finland (bottom left and right), and one taken from the International Space Station (ISS, top)

Aurora on Jupiter, artwork
Aurora on Jupiter. Computer artwork showing how aurorae on Jupiters north pole might look from space

Ball lightning, artwork
Ball lightning, computer artwork. This atmospheric phenomenon is most often associated with thunderstorms

Raining frogs, artwork
Raining frogs, computer artwork. This image depicts the meteorological phenomenon of raining animals

Fire whirl, artwork
Fire whirl, computer artwork. Also called a fire tornado, this phenomenon can develop above large fires as the heat causes the formation of a vertical vortex of rotating air

Moon dogs. Image of cirrus clouds in a night sky over a residential area, showing circular spots around the moon

Fogbow over standing stones. Fogbows occur when the water droplets in the air are less than half a millimetre in size. Larger droplets would create a rainbow. Photographed in Brittany, France

Circumzenithal arc. These rainbow-like colours are not in fact a rainbow, but are caused by light being refracted through horizontally-orientated ice crystals, most commonly in cirrus clouds

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Witness the breathtaking beauty as nature paints the sky with vibrant hues. In a remote corner of Antarctica, an ethereal display unfolds - an Aurora over Antarctica captured by a satellite image, illuminating the icy landscape below. Moving northward, we find ourselves in awe of the celestial dance between the Aurora borealis and the setting Moon. The night sky becomes alive with shimmering curtains of green and purple, intertwining gracefully above us. As we venture deeper into Alaska's wilderness, another enchanting spectacle awaits - an extraordinary show put on by Mother Nature herself. The mesmerizing Aurora borealis takes center stage once again, casting its spell upon all who bear witness to its magnificence. Against a backdrop of Ursa Major constellation, this celestial ballet leaves us humbled by its sheer grandeur. Each occurrence is unique and captivating in its own right; no two displays are ever alike. With every flicker and swirl across the night canvas, these atmospheric phenomena remind us that there is still so much magic left to discover in our world. So let your eyes wander upwards towards the heavens and be transported to a realm where reality blends seamlessly with dreams. Allow yourself to be captivated by these natural wonders that paint our skies with their radiant colors - for it is within these moments that we truly understand how small we are in comparison to the vastness of our universe. In this symphony of light and motion, time seems suspended as we become one with nature's artistry. Whether it be witnessing an Aurora over Antarctica or being awestruck by an unforgettable display in Alaska, each encounter reminds us that there is something greater than ourselves at play here – something beyond comprehension yet undeniably beautiful. So embrace these fleeting moments when Earth meets sky in perfect harmony; they serve as gentle reminders that even amidst chaos and uncertainty, there exists unparalleled beauty waiting to be discovered if only we take a moment to look up.