Phenomenon Bucket List

Watch the Northern Lights

Witness the aurora borealis natural light display

Experience bioluminescent waves

Witness ocean waters glowing at night due to bioluminescent plankton.

Watch the Northern Lights in Iceland

Witness the aurora borealis natural light display

Watch the Southern Lights

Witness the aurora australis natural light display

Experience a midnight sun

Experience 24-hour daylight during summer in locations above the Arctic Circle or below the Antarctic Circle

Experience a geothermal geyser

Watch powerful geothermal geysers erupt, such as Yellowstone's Old Faithful or Iceland's Strokkur Geysir

Experience a polar night

Experience 24-hour darkness during winter in locations above the Arctic Circle or below the Antarctic Circle

Watch the Northern Lights in Poland

Witness the aurora borealis natural light display in Poland

See a sun halo

Witness 22-degree ring around sun formed by high-altitude ice crystals

Visit Colorful Lakelets

Visit the Colorful Lakelets (Kolorowe Jeziorka) in Poland, a unique natural phenomenon featuring lakes with vibrant colors due to chemical compounds from old mines

See the Brocken spectre

Witness the Brocken spectre, a natural phenomenon where a magnified shadow of an observer is cast upon clouds opposite the sun

See Kawah Ijen

See the Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia, famous for its blue flames and turquoise crater lake

See light pillars

Witness vertical beams of light in cold sky caused by ice crystals reflecting light

Experience a frozen bubble

Watch soap bubbles freeze in winter air, best viewed in very cold conditions below -15°C

Experience a desert bloom

Witness rare desert wildflower blooms that occur after rainfall in locations like Chile's Atacama Desert or California's Death Valley

See sun dogs

Observe bright spots beside sun caused by ice crystals in atmosphere