It was well past midnight when frenzied crew members of two wooden vessels abandoned ship. The Ironton and Ohio had collided north of Presque Isle Lighthouse up on Lake Huron, leaving a gaping 12-foot gash in Ohio’s hull. Ironton sustained a hole in her port bow and a splintered stem for having struck Ohio on…
Ocean Researchers Find 1800s Shipwreck ‘Frozen in Time’ That Crashed on Lake Huron—Because of This
‘Angel in the Sky’ Captured by Aurora Chaser During Uncanny Solar Storm in North Minnesota
Slogging through waist-deep snow, he saw the lights overhead, emerald ribbons dangling on the horizon. “It was going to be a fantastic night,” the photographer, Nicholas Narog, 35, told The Epoch Times. “But it kept getting better and better, and eventually the lights were over my head.” An accountant by day, Narog, from Minneapolis, knew…
Vivid Aurora Australis Light up Night Skies in Spectacular Display
April 25, 2023
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New Zealand’s night sky lit up with streams of pink and green, treating viewers to a spectacle of the Aurora Australis. The lights, visible to the naked eye, were seen across the southern island, all the way up north to Wellington and Hawke’s Bay. Kiwis rushed to social media to share the sights, which was…
This Abandoned Port Was Built Dangerously in the Side of a Cliff in Sardinia—Here’s What It Was For
A prominent tower stands like a sentinel over a majestic ocean panorama where steamships once moored alongside a cliff to await receiving their cargo. Mounted on a rock shore, this abandoned Italian port is a marvel of 20th-century engineering—not to mention a perch with a view like no other. Porto Flavia, located on the southwest…
Curious Diner Makes Dinosaur Discovery in Chinese Restaurant
April 21, 2023
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A perceptive diner has spotted dinosaur footprints in a restaurant in southwestern China, with an international research team confirming that they belonged to the sauropod—a long-necked and small-headed herbivore. Hongtao Ou, a self-reported palaeontology buff, was having a meal at a restaurant in Leshan, Sichuan, when he found evenly divided craters on the floor and…
Detectorist Down Under Finds 10-Pound Gold Nugget Worth $250,000 As Gold Prices Soar in Australia
An amateur gold hunter Down Under hit pay dirt in March when he stumbled on a massive nugget worth a cool quarter million. The finder, who wished to remain anonymous, was scanning Victoria’s “golden triangle” between St Arnaud, Bendigo, and Ballarat when he heard his detector sound. The man brought the gold specimen to gold…
Ultra-Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse to Grace the Night Sky April 19—One of Only Three This Century
The rarest form of solar eclipse is set to happen in just one day—what is known as a hybrid solar eclipse will begin in the evening of April 19 Eastern Time. It will be visible only in certain parts of the world; those in North America won’t witness it in person, though there are opportunities…
Divers Digitally Map World’s Oldest Sunken City Predating the Bronze Age—Here’s Why It Sank
The sunken city of Pavlopetri is the stuff of myths. Just a dozen feet beneath the sea off the coast of Laconia, Greece, her ruins were thought to have originated from the Mycenaean period, but today are thought to be far older—preceding even the Bronze Age. Predating even Greek philosopher Plato, who told of the…
PHOTOS: Storm Chaser Captures Multicolored Auroras Dancing Over Canadian Prairies, Surreal Storms
April 15, 2023
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The storm chaser checked his phone for the umpteenth time. He saw real-time solar wind parameters all lined up for a northern lights display of epic proportions. Indeed, weather photographer Gunjan Sinha, 44, anticipated he was going to have a fun night. Sinha is blessed with his flat prairie province, Saskatchewan, ranking among the top…
VIDEO: 30 Killer Whales Gang Up On 2 Adult Gray Whales in Grisly Hunt Lasting Nearly 6 Hrs.—Will They Survive?
Brutal but fascinating footage captured in Monterey Bay, California, shows a dramatic and grisly attack by more than 30 killer whales on two adult gray whales. First, around 10 orcas encroached on the pair of large grays, and as time progressed more and more, and even more, groups arrived to join the fray. The extraordinary…
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