Weird Weather Tales of Astronomical and Atmospheric Anomalies /

• Main Author: Seargent, David A. J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Series: Astronomers' Universe,
• Subjects: Physics.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

Have you ever heard the story of the tornado that lifted a man’s wallet right from his pants pocket? What about the myth of the Min-Min light in Australia?  Do you have a story about seeing the “Green Flash” or want an explanation of the mysterious Sun Dogs? Weird Weather: Tales of Astronomical and...

Table of Contents:

• A Lonely Blue Globe
• Our Inconsistent Climate
• Heavenly Curtains
• Lightning's Gleaming Rod
• Vortices of Wind, Dust, and Cloud
• Strange Clouds, Fogs, and Other Assorted Oddities
• Mystery Explosions and Strange Lights.