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Podcast: Relampago del Catatumbo

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team January 17, 2022
Reading, England

Henry West's Grave

The wooden grave marker of a railroad worker who died in a freak whirlwind.
Lítla Dímun, Faroe Islands

Lítla Dímun

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.
Slope Point, New Zealand

Slope Point

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.
Washington, D.C.

Site of the Knickerbocker Disaster

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.
Chamoli, India

Skeletons of Roopkund Lake

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.
Hauts Plateaux, Cameroon

Man & Woman Lakes

Spirits from these lakes are said to produce the local weather and odd phenomena as they bicker between themselves.
ethnographic

Tropical Storms Were Once Named After Wives, Girlfriends, and Disliked Politicians

Want a storm named after you? Well, it's complicated.
Tao Tao Holmes March 23, 2016
weird weather phenomena

Fleeting Wonders: Potential Superbloom Brings Life To Death Valley

Cara Giaimo February 15, 2016
weird weather phenomena

Until 1950, U.S. Weathermen Were Forbidden From Talking About Tornados

Cara Giaimo February 10, 2016
aircraft

Meet the Midwestern Pilots Who Risk Their Lives to Change the Weather

Justin Nobel November 17, 2015
weird weather phenomena

Fleeting Wonders: Lightning Strikes Ocean, Nearby Man Claims Superpowers

Eric Grundhauser September 22, 2015
weird weather phenomena

100 Wonders: The Everlasting Lightning Storm

Dylan Thuras September 22, 2015
weird weather phenomena

100 Wonders: The Coldest Town on Earth

Dylan Thuras July 23, 2015
weird weather phenomena

Once in a Lifetime

Melissa Marshall September 2, 2014
waterfalls

Where to Catch a Moonbow

Allison Meier April 2, 2014
Røst, Norway

Lofoten Islands

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.
Saint Helena

Ascension Island

Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.