Rare Bucket List

See a fog bow

Witness white rainbow in foggy conditions, a rare optical phenomenon similar to a rainbow

See volcanic lightning

Witness lightning generated within volcanic eruption plumes

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 a fire rainbow

Witness circumhorizontal arc in the sky, a rare optical phenomenon caused by ice crystals

See a green flash sunset

Catch rare green flash as sun sets over ocean horizon, a brief optical phenomenon

See Kawah Ijen

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

See ball lightning

Witness rare natural electrical phenomenon that appears as glowing spheres during thunderstorms

See a morning glory cloud

Watch rare tubular cloud formations that can stretch for hundreds of kilometers, notably visible in Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria

See a rainbow eucalyptus

View naturally multicolored tree bark that reveals bright colors as it sheds

See mammatus clouds

View pouch-like cloud formations that often appear before severe storms

See red sprite lightning

Witness upper atmospheric lightning that occurs above thunderstorm clouds