Matter
Let nature be your stylist with these colorful natural phenomena.
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Ancient Sunlight
Coal is not ordinary rock. It began as living forest — vast...
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Coastal Shelf
Along steep tropical coasts, the water often appears to be 'teal' since...
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Dune Forest
In coastal and inland sand deposits, or dune systems, sand moves constantly...
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Earth Mass
Beneath the thin crust of continents and oceans lies the mantle —...
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Electric Sky
Lightning forms through the buildup of static electricity within thunderstorms, due to...
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Flower Garden
Light pink in nature appears in blossoms emerging from branches, in orchards...
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Glacial Core
Snow falls. Layers accumulate. Weight compresses what lies beneath. Air is forced...
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Iron Sunset
Across canyon systems and redrock plateaus, some sedimentary stone reveals deep iron-rich...
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Lightning Sprites
When the electrical field exceeds air’s insulating capacity, lightning discharges to the...
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Lucent Tide
Bioluminescent shorelines occur when microscopic dinoflagellates concentrate in coastal waters. Each organism...
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Mantle Emergence
The Earth’s upper mantle is composed primarily of peridotite. Under specific conditions,...
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Meteorite Core
Some asteroids were large enough to melt internally. The metal core started...
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Opposite Sunset
At sunset, the Sun is near the horizon, so its light travels...
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Plasma Flare
Fusion in the core of the Sun produces energy that emerges as...
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Salt Mirror
Salt flats form when shallow lakes evaporate in arid climates. Sodium chloride...
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Solar Wind
The aurora forms when charged particles from the Sun — primarily electrons...
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Timeless Algae
Red algae (Rhodophyta) are among the oldest complex photosynthetic lineages still alive...
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Umbra Phase
During a total lunar eclipse, Earth moves directly between the Sun and...
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Volcanic Cinder
Cinder cones are steep, conical hills that usually have a prominent crater...
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Wave Filter
When a wall of water creates a tunnel and is backlit by...
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Zodiacal Light
Zodiacal light is a faint triangular glow that rises from the horizon...
