The heroine of the Icelandic “Saga of the People from the Sandy Shore” died after a bloody rain rained down on her from a cloud... Of course, there are quite a few fantastic moments in this saga, but it is precisely this detail that inspires confidence: “bloody rains” really do happen sometimes, and in this case their lethality is exaggerated.
Reports of “bloody rains” are found in historical sources related to different eras. In 582, such trouble happened in Paris. According to a contemporary, the clothes of people caught in the rain were so stained with blood that people threw them off in disgust. In 1571, a similar thing was recorded in Holland, in 1669 - in Chatilien (France), in 1689 - in Venice, in 1744 - in Genoa, in 1813 - in the Kingdom of Naples... in short, there are many examples, and each time such a phenomenon was perceived as a grandiose catastrophe , as a manifestation of God's wrath or even the end of the world. True, contrary to everyone's fears, no one died from such rains... so why did this happen?
In a number of cases, people were so frightened that they simply did not notice one detail: the “blood rain” falls exclusively under the trees! In this case, the “organizer of the miracle” was the hawthorn tree. This butterfly, emerging from the cocoon, empties its intestines, the contents of which look like a blood-red liquid. This liquid dries on the leaves of the trees, and when it starts to rain, its drops wash away the dried liquid, turning the color of blood.
However, bloody rains were not always observed in the corresponding season, dark drops did not always fall only from trees... Moreover, the secretions of hawthorn butterflies do not explain the gloomy, frightening appearance rain clouds with a blood-red tint, which were observed, for example, in the Kingdom of Naples.
In this case, the reason was different - and it was rocks containing iron. If such rocks are on the surface, iron oxidizes, entering chemical reaction with oxygen, and the rocks become reddish in color. A strong wind lifts tiny particles such rocks into the air - that’s how they end up in rain clouds.
The reddish tint gives the rains the dust that the winds bring from the deserts. For example, the Mediterranean wind Sirocco can bring reddish dust from the Sahara quite far - even to the Baltic states. The North African wind garbi creates the same effect.
Perhaps the most dramatic example of blood rain occurred in 2001 in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where red rain fell sporadically for nearly two months that year. The first case was noted on July 25, and the last on September 23. A hypothesis has been put forward linking the red rain to the explosion of a meteor whose particles mixed with the rain - and some locals actually spoke of a flash of light preceding unusual rain, but there was no direct evidence that some kind of meteor exploded over India at that time. Subsequently, scientists found out that dust - meteoric, volcanic or some other - had nothing to do with this case: the raindrops were colored with reddish spores. Supporters of the space version did not give up: some media started shouting about “alien organisms.” Alas, the organism that someone really wanted to declare an alien turned out to be an ordinary microscopic algae of the genus Trentepohlia, long familiar to scientists. Most likely, heavy rains caused its increased reproduction, which led to the “bloody rains.”
The ancient Greek historian and writer Plutarch talked about the bloody rains that fell after big battles with Germanic tribes He was sure that bloody fumes from the battlefield permeated the air and turned ordinary drops of water bloody red.
In 582, bloody rain fell in Paris. “Many people had their clothes so stained with blood,” wrote an eyewitness, “that they threw them off in disgust.”
In 1571, red rain fell in Holland. It flowed almost the whole night and was so abundant that it flooded the area for ten kilometers. All houses, trees, fences turned red. Residents of those places collected rain blood in buckets and explained the unusual phenomenon by the fact that it rose to the clouds of vapor from the blood of killed bulls.
Bloody rains were recorded by the French Academy of Sciences. Her scientific “Memoirs” record: “On March 17, 1669, a mysterious heavy viscous liquid fell on the city of Chatilien (on the Seine River), similar to blood, but with a sharp unpleasant smell. Large drops of it hung on the roofs, walls and windows of houses. Academicians racked their brains for a long time trying to explain what happened and finally decided that the liquid was formed... in the rotten waters of some swamp and was carried into the sky by a whirlwind!”
In 1689 it rained blood in Vienna
tion, in 1744 - in Genoa. The red rain caused real panic among the Genoese. On this occasion, one of the learned contemporaries wrote: “What the common people call bloody rain is nothing more than vapors colored with cinnabar or red chalk. But when real blood falls from the sky, which cannot be denied, then this, of course, is a miracle performed by the will of God.”
In the early spring of 1813, a bloody rain suddenly fell over the Kingdom of Naples. The scientist of that time, Sementini, described this event in some detail, and we can now imagine how everything happened. “A strong wind had been blowing from the east for two days,” Sementini wrote, “when local residents saw a thick cloud approaching from the sea. At two o'clock in the afternoon the wind suddenly died down, but the cloud had already covered the surrounding mountains and began to obscure the sun. Its color, at first pale pink, became fiery red. Soon the city was plunged into such darkness that lamps had to be lit in the houses. The people, frightened by the darkness and the color of the cloud, rushed into Cathedral pray. The darkness intensified, and the color of the sky resembled red-hot iron. Thunder rumbled. The menacing noise of the sea, although six miles distant from the city, further increased the fear of the inhabitants. And suddenly streams of red liquid poured from the sky, which some took for blood, and others for molten metal. Fortunately, by evening the air cleared, the bloody rain stopped , and the people calmed down."
It happened that not only bloody rains fell, but also bloody snow, as, for example, in France in the middle of the last century. This strange scarlet snow covered the ground with a layer of several centimeters.
The people saw the bloody rains as a sign and reproach higher powers. Scientists said that water becomes like blood due to mixing with red dust particles of mineral and organic origin. Strong winds can carry these dust particles thousands of kilometers and raise them to great heights, to rain clouds.
It was noticed that bloody rains most often occurred in spring and autumn. In the 19th century, about thirty of them were recorded. They also fell out in the 20th century, of course. But no one was afraid of them anymore.
Among the most unusual natural phenomena there are the most terrible ones that represent for humans real danger. A top list has been compiled from such terrible phenomena. In addition, it is also known about terrible phenomenon nature on the planet.
Top most terrible and unusual natural phenomena
Throughout to the globe From time to time natural phenomena occur that cannot be called usual. We are talking about unusual, terrible natural anomalies. They are dangerous to people. The reassuring fact is that such events happen infrequently.Brainicle or "Finger of Death"
In the Arctic, very unusual icicles hang underwater, posing a danger to the inhabitants. ocean floor. Science has already figured out the formation of such icicles. Salt from glaciers rushes in narrow streams to the bottom, freezing sea water around you. After a few hours, such a stream, covered with a thin ice crust, begins to resemble a stalactite.The “finger of death”, having reached the bottom, continues to spread further along the bottom. This structure is capable of destroying unhurried living organisms in fifteen minutes.
"Bloody rain"
So scary name natural phenomenon is completely justified. It was observed in the Indian state of Kerala for a month. Bloody rains terrified everyone local residents. 
It turned out that the cause of this phenomenon was a waterspout, which sucked red algae spores out of reservoirs. Mixed with rainwater, these spores fell on people in the form of bloody rain.
"Black Day"
In September 1938, an inexplicable natural phenomenon occurred in Yamal, which remains unsolved to this day. Suddenly the day became as dark as night.Geologists who witnessed this phenomenon described it as sudden darkness with simultaneous radio silence. They, having launched several signal flares, saw that very dense ones were hanging close to the ground, impervious to sunlight, clouds. This eclipse lasted no more than an hour.
"Black mist"
A fog with this name envelops London from time to time. It is known that it was recorded in 1873 and 1880. At that time, almost nothing was visible on the streets; people could only move by holding onto the walls of houses. 
On days when black fog shrouded the city, the mortality rate of its inhabitants increased many times. This is due to the fact that it is extremely difficult to breathe in such fog, even wearing a thick gauze bandage. 'Deadly' fog hits the British capital last time in 1952.
Fire tornadoes
The top most terrible natural phenomena include fire tornadoes. It is known that tornadoes themselves are very dangerous, but if they are associated with fire, their danger increases sharply. 
These phenomena occur in places of fires, when scattered fires unite into a single large fire. The air above it heats up, its density decreases, because of this the fire rises upward. This pressure of hot air sometimes reaches hurricane speed.
Ball lightning
There is no person who has never heard thunder or seen lightning. However, we will talk about ball lightning, which is a discharge electric current. Such lightning can take different forms.Ball lightning most often looks like red or yellow fireballs. They disprove the laws of physics by appearing completely unexpectedly in the cabin of a flying airplane or inside a house. Lightning floats in the air for several seconds, after which it disappears without a trace.
Sandstorm
Impressive but extremely dangerous phenomenon nature - sandstorm. Sandstorm demonstrates the power and strength of Mother Nature. Such storms occur in deserts. If you get caught in a storm, you can die by suffocating on sand. 
A sandstorm occurs due to strong air flow. At least forty million tons of sand and dust are transported annually from the Sahara Desert to the Nile Basin.
Tsunami
A natural phenomenon such as a tsunami is a consequence of an earthquake. Having formed in some place, a big wave moves with enormous speed sometimes reaching thousands of kilometers per hour.Once in shallow water, such a wave grows ten to fifteen meters. Rising ashore at great speed, the tsunami carries away thousands human lives, brings a lot of destruction.
The website has detailed information about other large and destructive waves.
Tornado
A funnel-shaped flow of air is called a tornado. Tornadoes occur more often in the United States, both over water and over land. From the side, a tornado resembles a cone-shaped cloud pillar. The diameter can be tens of meters. The air moves inside it in a circle. Objects that fall inside also begin to move. Sometimes the speed of such movement reaches one hundred kilometers per hour.
Behind last decade Seven hundred and eighty thousand people died as a result of the earthquakes. Shocks occurring inside the earth lead to vibrations earth's crust. They can spread over vast areas. As a result of the most powerful earthquakes, entire cities are wiped off the face of the earth and thousands of people die.
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BLOODY RAINS
When, instead of the usual rain, an ominous stream pours from the sky - red, like blood - this is a rather creepy sight. Such bloody rains have happened hundreds of times in history - both in ancient times and in times closer to us. The ancient Greek historian and writer Plutarch talked about the bloody rains that fell after bloody battles with Germanic tribes. He was sure that bloody fumes from the battlefield permeated the air and turned ordinary drops of water blood red.
According to other historical chronicles, in 582 bloody rain fell in Paris. Moreover, for many people the blood stained their clothes so much that they threw them off in disgust.
Another red rain, which fell in 1571 in Holland, rained almost the whole night and was so strong that it flooded the area for ten kilometers. Everything around was painted red - houses, trees, fences. Residents of those places explained the unusual phenomenon by the fact that it rose to the clouds of vapor from the blood of killed bulls.
In 1669, the French Academy of Sciences also drew attention to the bloody rains, when a heavy viscous liquid, similar to blood, with a sharp, unpleasant odor, fell on the city of Chatilien, located on the Seine River, large drops of which hung on the roofs, walls and windows of houses. The academics decided that the liquid “formed in the rotten waters of some swamp and was carried into the sky by a whirlwind.”
In 1689, a bloody rain occurred in Venice, in 1744 - in Genoa. The red rain caused real panic among the people, considering it an ominous omen.
In 1813, a bloody rain fell over the Kingdom of Naples. The scientist of that time, Sementini, described this event as follows: “A strong wind had been blowing from the east for two days when local residents saw a thick cloud approaching from the sea. At two o'clock in the afternoon the wind suddenly died down, but the cloud had already covered the surrounding mountains and began to obscure the sun. Its color, at first pale pink, became fiery red. Soon the city was plunged into such darkness that lamps had to be lit in the houses. The people, frightened by the darkness and the color of the cloud, rushed to the cathedral to pray. The darkness intensified, and the color of the sky resembled red-hot iron. Thunder rumbled. The menacing noise of the sea, although six miles distant from the city, further increased the fear of the inhabitants. And suddenly streams of red liquid poured from the sky, which some took for blood, and others for molten metal. Fortunately, by evening the air cleared, the bloody rain stopped, and the people calmed down.”
Not only bloody rains fell, but also bloody snow - for example, in France in mid-19th century.
People saw in the bloody rains God's sign and reproach from higher powers. Scientists said that water becomes like blood due to mixing with red dust particles of mineral and organic origin. Strong winds carry these dust particles thousands of kilometers and lift them to great heights, to the rain clouds.
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From book Unexplained phenomena author Nepomnyashchiy Nikolai NikolaevichBLOODY TEARS OF MADONNA In the 60s, a small statue Holy Mother of God, standing on the outskirts of Rome, suddenly “burst into tears” bloody tears. Television and newspapers reported about this miracle. Believers from all over Italy flocked to the statue. In his book “The Secret Trail,” the bishop
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Sometimes nature presents us with “surprises” that are very difficult to understand and explain. Some of them frighten, some surprise, but never leave you indifferent. All these natural anomalies and disasters only prove the power of Mother Nature and force us not to forget about her treachery and power.
New English term"brinicle" from "brine" (ocean water) and "icicle" (icicle) denotes a column of water in the ocean, saltier and denser than surrounding water, and very cold - colder than ice.
This ice column slowly descends from the surface of the ocean to the very bottom (here it is South ocean) and freezes everything in its path, including the inhabitants of the ocean floor.
Cinematographers Hugh Miller and Doug Anderson pioneered a previously unknown phenomenon during their presence in Antarctica. Above the surface of the ocean, filmmakers found ice stalactites that burn through the depths of the ocean in the form of a stream of extremely cold (almost frozen) and very salty water. Scientists called this phenomenon “brinicles,” and the operators who observed it dubbed this phenomenon the “icy finger of death.”
The water of this jet has a much higher density than all the other ocean water surrounding it, and besides, the temperature of this jet is much lower, it is colder than ice, literally speaking. “Icicles of Death” are underwater stalactites. They received this name due to the fact that, forming at the bottom in places where impurities get into the water (these icicles are the center of crystallization), they kill on their way sea stars and sea urchins.
Research by biologists has shown that the ice in the “icicles of death” is much more porous than in ice floes, and it carries salts to the surface of the sea.
Oceanographer Seelye Martin was the first to describe this phenomenon in detail in 1974. Now, a group of researchers from Spain has published a study on the composition and structure of brynicles, proposing a model for the mechanism of their formation. When salty ocean water freezes, it releases salt to form fresh ice. This excess salt saturates the water remaining on the surface of the ice and in cavities in the ice column.
The result is ice reservoirs containing a high-density, hypersaline solution with a very low freezing point: as salinity increases, this temperature decreases. If the ice cracks, this dense, heavy and extremely cold liquid begins to sink to the bottom in the form of such a deadly stream, freezing all living things in its path.
The Great Smog is a serious air pollution event that occurred in London in December 1952. During the anticyclone, which brought cold and windless weather, pollutants - mainly coal - accumulated over the city, forming a thick layer of smog. This lasted from Friday 5th to Tuesday 9th December 1952, after which the weather changed and the fog lifted.
Severe frosts forced power plants, the main fuel for which was coal, to work at full capacity. But besides this, there were hundreds of thousands, if not millions of fireplaces in London, also heated by coal. In the December days of 1952, the residents of London, in order to somehow warm themselves, did not spare coal, not knowing what this would soon turn into.
The fog, due to the accumulation of harmful substances, had a yellow-black color, for which it received the name “pea soup.” Due to the absolute calmness of the wind, the fog, or, more precisely, smog, hung over British capital from December 5 to December 9, 1952. Every day, due to the fact that the concentration of harmful impurities in the air increased, the situation rapidly worsened.
The investigation into the Great London Smog reached the parliamentary level, where terrifying figures were announced. According to the Ministry of Health, about 4,000 people became victims of the smog. main reason deaths - respiratory problems. Even adults and healthy people they complained of lack of air, and for the elderly, chronically ill and infants, the Great Smog became fatal. Further research showed that various diseases respiratory tract, associated with the effects of the Great Smog of 1952, were found in 100,000 people. During the first months after it total number victims increased to 12,000 people.
"Bloody" rains
The ancient Greek historian and writer Plutarch talked about the bloody rains that fell after big battles with the Germanic tribes. He was sure that bloody fumes from the battlefield permeated the air and turned ordinary drops of water blood red.
In 582, bloody rain fell in Paris.
In 1571, red rain fell in Holland.
Bloody rains were recorded by the French Academy of Sciences. In her scientific “Memoirs” it is written: “On March 17, 1669, a mysterious heavy viscous liquid, similar to blood, but with a sharp unpleasant odor, fell on the city of Chatilien (on the Seine River). Large drops of it hung on the roofs, walls and windows of houses. Academicians racked their brains for a long time trying to explain what happened and finally decided that the liquid was formed... in the rotten waters of some swamp and was carried into the sky by a whirlwind!”
In 1689 it rained blood in Venice, in 1744 in Genoa.
In the early spring of 1813, a bloody rain suddenly fell over the Kingdom of Naples.
On August 17, 1841, people working in a tobacco field in Tennessee were very surprised to hear the sound of large drops hitting the leaves. Upon closer inspection, they discovered that the drops resembled blood and were falling from a strange red cloud.
In the March 1876 issue of Scientific American, you can read that on March 8, many people in Kentucky, USA, witnessed the fall of “meat flakes.”
The Italian Met Office determined the substance was bird blood, Popular Science News reported.
From July 25 to September 23, 2001, red rain fell periodically in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
Throughout coastline Carmine-red rains fell, turning the clothes of local residents pink, burning the leaves on the trees and sometimes falling in scarlet showers.
In October 2012, red rain fell in Sweden.
Residents of the southern regions of Sweden could observe a strange natural phenomenon over the weekend – weather forecasters predicted “bloody rain”.
The name "blood rain" should not be taken literally. In theory, this is ordinary water, only mixed with reddish dust from the Sahara Desert. According to information from the Swedish Meteorological Institute, this kind of precipitation is absolutely harmless to human health.
"Bloody rain" in India.
For a whole month, residents of the Indian state of Kerala could witness with their own eyes a real Egyptian execution, in which, as you know, all the water turned into blood in an instant. For several weeks, the Indian lands were flooded with bloody rains, causing real horror to all local residents who observed this phenomenon. In fact, the culprit turned out to be no less terrifying natural disaster- a waterspout that sucked red algae spores from local water bodies, mixed them with rainwater into a frightening cocktail and brought them down on the heads of unsuspecting Indians.
The causes of red rain may vary, but in most cases they are quite understandable.
“Black Day” in Yamal 1938
This is one of those cases that neither astronomers nor specialists in other fields can explain. Geologists working on the peninsula talk about sudden darkness, which was also accompanied by complete radio silence: it was impossible to find a single station on the air. Having launched several signal flares, geologists were able to establish that extremely dense clouds were hanging above the ground at low altitude, preventing sun rays. There was no dust, no solid particles, or precipitation on the ground.
These strange clouds subsequently left no traces on the surface of the earth - neither precipitation nor dust. Geologists, using the light of signal flares, were able to determine that the darkening band widened by 200-250 kilometers and also moved from west to east. She crossed southern part Yamal and captured the Gulf of Ob. The darkness lasted about an hour and then cleared.
Similar cases were observed before the Yamal one. On May 19, 1780, in the middle of the day, suddenly “a black sheet covered the sky,” as eyewitnesses described it. On those days full moon appeared only after midnight - blood-red, then the stars began to appear and the usual picture of the world returned to normal. On June 2, 1802, in the Pacific Ocean, the crew of the schooner Eldorado was caught in complete darkness during the day in complete calm; half an hour later the darkness dissipated. Sudden darkness in broad daylight has been recorded in 1884 in England, 1886 in Wisconsin, and 1904 in Memphis (USA).
Such phenomena, due to their rarity and unpredictability, have not been studied at all.
Fire tornado is atmospheric phenomenon, which is formed when initially separate fires come together. The air above the fire heats up, its density decreases and it rises. From below, cold air masses from the periphery enter in its place. The arriving air also heats up. Oxygen leakage occurs. Stable centripetal directional flows are formed, spiraling from the ground to a height of up to five kilometers. There is an effect chimney. The pressure of hot air reaches hurricane speeds. The temperature rises to 1000˚C. Everything that is nearby is “sucked in” into fire tornado- burns and melts. And so on until everything that can burn has burned.
One of the most bright examples such a phenomenon was the fire in Hamburg in July 1943. The bombing of Hamburg was a series of “carpet bombings” of the city carried out by the Royal Air Force of Great Britain and Air Force USA July 25 - August 3, 1943 as part of Operation Gomorrah. As a result of the air raids, up to 45,000 people were killed, up to 125 thousand were injured (estimates vary, numbers range from 37 to 200 thousand), about a million residents were forced to leave the city.
The greatest number of victims occurred on the night of July 28, when a huge fire tornado formed in the city. The number of victims that night is estimated at approximately 40 thousand people, most of whom were poisoned by combustion products. About 21 square kilometers of the city were destroyed in the fire.
The consequences of this phenomenon were extremely destructive due to the prevailing dry and hot weather, as well as blockages on the roads, which prevented fire brigades from reaching the fires. Due to the temperature difference, the hot air created a strong draft, literally sucking people into the fire. The speed of the storm's wind on the streets reached 240 km/h, and its temperature exceeded 800 ˚С. From extreme heat the asphalt was burning, and people in bomb shelters were suffocating due to oxygen burnout, or were burning alive.
Of course, such destructive fire tornadoes do not occur often, but one of them, in 1923 in Japan, lasted only 15 minutes and killed almost forty thousand people! In 15 minutes! That tornado arose after the Great Kanto Earthquake from massive fires, and was not only natural phenomenon, but him destructive force was colossal.
Fire tornado. Alice Springs, Chris Tangey, Australia, 2012
One of the most recent quite large-scale fire tornadoes happened quite recently, at the beginning of September in Australia, in the famous place of Alice Springs, the capital of central Australia.
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