Bouncy grass and other cool things to stay away from.

you're taking a stroll on a warm Summer Afternoon the grass is green the sun is in the sky and suddenly you feel yourself sinking you begin to panic but then immediately you bounce back up you test your footing and jump slightly the grass bounces with you like a trampoline this phenomenon is caused by soil liquefaction excess water from Heavy Rain or floods becomes trapped in the soil causing it to be waterlocked this makes the ground temporarily act like a giant water bed while it may be tempting to run and bounce on the springy grass it's best to tread carefully the grass could potentially break open and if someone fell through it would be incredibly tricky for them to get back out again an erupting volcano is already a pretty terrifying sight with clouds of dark smoke and flowing molten hot lava what's even more terrifying is that they can produce lightning volcanic lightning is pretty hard to study so scientists don't know exactly what causes it a common theory is that during an eruption the ash picks up so much friction that it creates a buildup of static electricity this static electricity then triggers the volcanic lightning a fire whirl or fire tornado is exactly what it sounds like they occur when Ground winds pick up flames and escalate The Embers into a whirling Force these spinning Columns of fire can reach up to one thousand feet tall but luckily they only last for a couple of minutes fire tornadoes are pretty rare but they can be extremely dangerous in Tokyo in 1923 a large city-wide fire produced a gigantic fire tornado the tornado lasted 15 minutes and devastated the city causing significant damage and leaving 38 000 people injured on a cold and cloudless winter night you might have been lucky enough to witness colorful beams of blue and orange light reaching up towards the sky these these are called Light Pillars they occur when light is reflected from Tiny ice crystals that float about in the atmosphere these pillars are more common in cold Northern countries like Canada or Russia we've all seen