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Natural Phenomena You Can Only See At a Certain Time of the Year

Rocks traveling alone, a flowery desert, an alien-looking lake or the sun that never sets. All of this may look like the setting of a fantasy film, but it actually happens on our planet depending on the season. Stay and learn more about these and other natural phenomena that you can see with your own eyes, if you plan your trip in advance.

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January: Frozen bubbles under Lake Abraham

• What: In the summer, Lake Abraham looks like any other lake on our planet. What you can see here in winter, however, is pure magic. Bacteria living at the bottom of the lake emit large amounts of methane, which freezes into pillars of ovals below the crystalline surface of the lake.
• Where: Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
• When: December — February

February: Yosemite Horsetail Firefall

• What: We all know about waterfalls, and many of us have seen them. But what about fire falls? They also exist. Well, at least one of them, located in Yosemite National Park. At the end of February, the rays of the setting sun have just the right angle to illuminate Horsetail Fall so that it seems that it is not water, but fire that falls from the mountain.
• Where: Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, USA
• When: second half of February

March: Whispers of Starlings

• What: The starlings congregate in groups of incredible sizes and perform amazing aerial mass tricks. They sink and rise in unison, as if they were one huge organism, not a thousand separate birds. Starlings gather in these amazing formations to exchange information and fool predators, experts say
• with their mesmerizing movements.
• Where: across the UK
• When: January — March

April: wisteria flowering

• What: You've probably heard of Japanese cherry blossom festivals, but it's not the only flower whose blooming season signifies
• something for the Japanese. For a month in the spring, you can walk through magical wisteria tunnels formed by
• hundreds of plants, whose colors vary from red and purple to yellow and white. If you want to see a fairy tale with your own eyes,
• this is exactly what you are looking for.
• Where: through Japan
• When: mid-April — mid-May

May: Synchronous Fireflies

• What: Synchronized fireflies can only be found in a few places on our planet, which turns watching them into a real adventure.
• During their courtship, thousands of fireflies gather in a sparkling spectacle and flash simultaneously every few seconds.
• Where: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA
• When: May — June

June: Climbing goats

• What: Goats climbing trees seem somewhat surreal, but this bizarre natural phenomenon has a logical explanation.
• The trees that these goats climb are not random, they are argan trees, whose fruits ripen around June.
• Hungry goats are attracted to this food and you can sometimes see a dozen of them hanging out on the same tree.
• Where: Morocco
• When: June

July: Midnight Sun

• What: The Midnight Sun is a fantastic phenomenon that you can see during summers anywhere south of the Antarctic Circle
• and north of the Arctic Circle, and Norway is one of the places where you can enjoy it. Earth's axis of rotation is tilted, which causes the North Pole to tilt towards the sun in summer. It creates an amazing effect that you can only see in this area — for several weeks in the summer, the sun never sets.
• Where: Norway
• When: June — August

August: Spotted Lake Osoyoos

• What: During the summer months, when the temperature is warm, this lake changes colors and even shape. As the water evaporates, we can see formations of multicolored circles of salt and other minerals at the bottom of the lake, which makes it all look leopard skin pattern. In the heat of the summer season, the lake can turn completely white.
• Where: British Columbia, Canada
• When: July — August

September: Yuncheng Salt Lake

• What: The waters of this Chinese lake can display the full range of colors from green and yellow to scarlet and magenta. It all happens thanks to a wide array of algae blooming in the lake. The lake still looks spectacular, but the best time to see it is in autumn, when the colors are at their most vivid.
• Where: Yuncheng, China
• When: September — October

October: The liquid rainbow of Cano Cristales

• What: Here's another breathtaking view caused by the algae bloom. Cano Cristales is a Colombian river that looks like a liquid rainbow that can display a wide range of colors from green and red to blue and black. You can admire this view from May to December, but the brightest colors are visible in autumn.
• Where: Colombia
• When: October — November

November: Atacama Desert in bloom

• What: Sand, sand everywhere. This is what most of us imagine when we hear the word "desert". This is not true for all deserts, however, and the Atacama Desert is one of them. Even though this place is extremely dry, it can turn into a flower blanket overnight after a heavy rain. Note, however, that the desert only blooms every 4 or 5 years, and the last time was in 2017.
• Where: Chile
• When: September — November

December: Sailing Stones

• What: The rocks in Death Valley sometimes seem to slide on their own in the deserted area, with no electricity or ropes attached. How can this happen? Sailing rocks have been studied since the 1900s and scientists believe the strange movements of these stones are the result of a perfect balance between water, ice and wind that occurs during the winter months. Thin patches of ice form under the stones and push them forward, when even a light wind appears.
• Where: Death Valley, California, USA
• When: December — February

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