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Occurs when light is refracted by water vapor suspended in the air. Normally, the refracted light forms the image of an object and usually occurs on or near hot surfaces and extremely hot days.
Also known as Haboob in Arabian, it is a type of intense sandstorm that is commonly observed in arid regions all over the world; usually occurs when a wind bursts down and reaches the ground and causes sediments to be blown into the air and enter a wall-like formation and is typically preceding a ...
Also known as sun haloes, sun dogs are the day time version of moon haloes except that they are more inclined to only happen during winter or with temperatures lower than normal in the atmosphere.
The mechanism of their appearance is just the same as rainbows during daytime except that they are only generated by the moon's light under special conditions – the moon must be low and must be either nearing or is at its fullest state in the night sky.
As the name suggests, these are halo-like projections around the moon. The halo-like projections are a result of light being reflected from ice crystal or frozen water vapor present in the atmosphere.
Similar to typical lightning which is generated by the contact of positive and negative ions but are different in a sense that they are mobile and rounded in shape; these are dangerous as they can grow up to eight feet in diameter and cause devastating damage to whatever it comes into contact with.
Aurora Borealis also known as the southern lights or the aurora australis in the southern hemisphere, these are lights projected in the night sky emitted from excited charged particles of the sun that enter the Earth's surface.
Mainly appears as a whirlwind that has formed over water and has taken in enough water to make it appear like a pillar of water.
