A meteor flies across an erupting volcano in Costa Rica.
Courtesy of SpaceWeather.com...
Earth's stratosphere is normally free of clouds. Not this weekend, though. Observers around the Arctic Circle are reporting an outbreak of brilliantly-colored icy clouds in the typically dry and transparent layer of our planet's atmosphere. Eric Fokke photographed the display on New Years Eve from the Lofoten Islands of Norway:
Courtesy of SOTT...
An unusually long-lasting bank of sea fog has been wandering over the waters of the [Persian] Gulf. This has invaded all Gulf countries in the past few days, causing travel delays. Cold air has been drawn down in a series of chilling outbreaks from just west of the Urals. This brought winter to the Levant, thundery flooding to Iraq and snow to Iran. Cold air over warm water causes evaporation until the point where the air will take no more. At this point, fog forms and if the wind is light, it hangs around as a fog bank. Every night as temperatures drop inland, the fog creeps in. If you are lucky, daytime heat will send it back into the Gulf again. (VIDEO)
Also in UK...
Thousands of passengers jetting away for New Year are stranded after dozens of flights are cancelled - including fifty at Heathrow - as heavy fog grips the UK for a third day
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