Fallstreak Hole — The Gate of Paradise in the clouds of Victoria's east, Australia

I never saw the gates of paradise but may be its seem like these unusual clouds, amazing and strange hole in the sky. In the most common hypothesis states that the hole in the clouds caused by falling ice crystals. The ice crystals may form in the higher clouds or exhaust overflying aircraft. 

Fallstreak Hole — The Gate of Paradise in the clouds of Victoria's east, Australia

Radiata Pecteilis — A Flower Ready to Fly

The White Egret flower - Pecteilis radiata, previously known as Habenaria radiata  is one of Japan’s best known flowering plants. And why wouldn't it be as its flower does indeed look like a snowy egret with its plumage puffed out. It is a delicate terrestrial species of orchid, and despite being a popular, well known species it is becoming endangered in the wild.

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Moss Balls — Unique Spherical Algae

September 24th, 2014 (Kristin Lofgren). The aliens have landed! If you were hanging out on Sydney’s Dee Why beach last weekend, you would have been a witness to the flood of rare, bizarre green balls that washed up on shore. Locals woke up to find hundreds of spongy alien-like egg-shaped spheres all along the beach, like something out of a crazy sci-fi movie.

The little egg-shaped balls are actually living green algae that roll up on shore when the waves and sunny spring weather reach just the right conditions in Australia. Scientists aren’t sure why they occur, but the shape could be formed as the algae rolls up to protect itself from predators.

What makes these balls so unusual is that, unlike the tumbleweed-like balls of dead material that roll across the sea floor, these balls are actually a rare type of living algae. Surf Life Saving Club member Rae-Maree Hutton told the Manly Daily newspaper that she stuck her toe into the algae balls and they were squishy, “like a sponge.”

Moss Balls — Unique Spherical Algae

The Faces of the Trees

Triphammer Falls is in Ithaca on the Cornell University Campus

Triphammer Falls is in Ithaca on the Cornell University campus. It is one of several falls on Falls Creek, of which Ithaca Falls is by far the most impressive. Triphammer Falls is right in the middle of the city. The falls consists of two drops, although the first drop has been partially obscured by the dam that forms Beebe Lake. The lower half can be viewed from the East Avenue bridge. One of the more interesting features of this falls is the old dilapated power station at its base. I am sure students know some way of getting in there, despite the obvious dangers.

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Snowfall in Washington

 The snow storm hit the east coast of the United States. Snowstorms, which are called the worst in a decade, have affected the eastern part of the United States. In connection with snowfall in Washington declared a state of emergency in the capital's international airport, Reagan was closed. More pix after a jump.

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