SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS: Increase In Weird Weather Phenomenon As Magnetic Polar Migration Escalates - Spectacular Mammatus Clouds And Fiery Red Skies Photographed Over Santos Brazil! [PHOTOS + VIDEO]

I loved the late afternoon. © Meire Ruiz

March 7, 2016 - SANTOS, BRAZIL - These stunningly spectacular fiery red mammatus clouds engulfed the sunset skies of Santos, Brazil during the months of February and March.

The photos were taken by Meire Ruiz and posted on her Facebook page. 

Mammatus are pouch-like clouds that protrude down from the bottom of a thunderstorm's anvil cloud.

The storm's anvil consists of ice crystals but, as it spreads out at the top of a thunderstorm, some of the ice begins falling and cools the clear air below.

Despite popular misconception, mammatus clouds usually are an indication severe weather has passed and thunderstorms are weakening.

They are not a sign that a tornado is about to form.

However, mammatus clouds sometimes form on the upwind, or backside, of severe thunderstorms that at the same time are dropping large hail and unleashing 60-70 mph bursts of wind.

Raining fire in the north to sunset in the west. Last rays of sun coloring the rainwater. © Meire Ruiz

Sunset creating these wonderful landscapes. © Meire Ruiz

A small group and mammatus cloud. © Meire Ruiz

Good night. Another beautiful sunset. © Meire Ruiz

Good night. Another beautiful sunset. © Meire Ruiz

Storms have to have wicked updrafts of rising air, probably moving at 75-100 mph, to spread an anvil into the steering winds in the first place as a thunderstorm's anvil cloud naturally and easily spreads with the wind.

But, in most cases, mammatus can be found beneath the anvils of dying thunderstorms.

Here a good scientific article about the mysteries of mammatus clouds.


WATCH: Mindblowing cloud formations over Brazil.

SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS: Planetary Transformations As Magnetic Polar Migration Takes Effect - Rare Blue, Yellow Light Pillars Surprise Residents In Stockholm, Sweden!

Mysterious light pillars appeared in Stockholm, Wednesday morning.© Raitis Freimanis

January 9, 2016 - STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - When Raitis Freimanis, 54, got up early on Wednesday morning in Bromma, Stockholm, he discovered something unusual outside his window. Several tall columns were shining up from the ground, radiating yellow and blue light.

"I was thinking what the hell is this? At first I thought it was a floodlight or something, I thought to myself, why would they put up a floodlight at 5am?" Freimanis told The Local on Thursday.

The Stockholmer said he had been woken by the family's cat and had decided to go and feed the animal. And after seeing the magnificent strange pillars, he ended up getting his son and wife out of bed to see them too, in case they didn't appear again.

Together the family researched what they had seen. They believe that the lights were an optical phenomenon caused by the reflection of bright lights from Stockholm city centre, by tiny ice crystals, hovering in the air.

"It was -13C here in Stockholm and windless, and there were ice crystals in the air," Freimanis explained, adding that it was hard to judge the height of the pillars. The fact that the lights were yellow and blue - the colours of the Swedish flag - appears to have been a coincidence. The family -- including the cat -- were hooked by the light pillars from 5am until around 6.30am, taking photos of the phenomena - images which have since gone viral on social media in Sweden. Freimanis, who is an amateur photographer, also has experience of catching the region's famous Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) on camera.

© Raitis Freimanis

"This was just as cool as seeing the northern lights," he told The Local.

By breakfast time the lights started to disappear, but Freimanis told The Local that the family had kept watching in case they returned and had seen them several more times since Wednesday morning, although they were not as bright and clear as the first time around.

With cold weather continuing across Sweden, the photographer said he was crossing his fingers that they would return again on Thursday. "It is possible they will show up again tonight," he said, hopefully.

Meanwhile similar light pillars were also spotted in Norway. Light pillars form when there are very cold conditions and humid air. The vertical shafts of light extend from a bright light source.

"It is not very common. The moisture forms a special kind of ice crystals that are suspended in the air. They have flat surfaces that allow the light to gather in this way," Terje Alsvik Walløe from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway) said on Thursday. - The Local - Sweden.

SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS: Increase In Weird Weather Phenomenon As Magnetic Polar Migration Escalates - Spectacular Mammatus Clouds Photographed Over York, England!

 Mammatus clouds over Clifford’s tower in York. Photo by Karen Winship/ authorization by York Weather Station

January 9, 2016 - YORK, ENGLAND - These spectacular mammatus clouds engulfed the sunset sky of York, England on January 7, 2015.

Watch some amazing pictures and learn more about their formation below.

Mammatus are pouch-like clouds that protrude down from the bottom of a thunderstorm's anvil cloud.

The storm's anvil consists of ice crystals but, as it spreads out at the top of a thunderstorm, some of the ice begins falling and cools the clear air below.

Despite popular misconception, mammatus clouds usually are an indication severe weather has passed and thunderstorms are weakening.

They are not a sign that a tornado is about to form.

However, mammatus clouds sometimes form on the upwind, or backside, of severe thunderstorms that at the same time are dropping large hail and unleashing 60-70 mph bursts of wind.

With the light of the sun setting, these weird clouds become magical. Photo: Russ Allen

The mammatus cloud is generally poorly understood. Photo: Hilary Howe

Like big udders or breasts forming in the sky. Photo: Craig Bloodworth

Awesome sunset sky. Photo by Andy Falconer

Photo by Andy Falconer

Storms have to have wicked updrafts of rising air, probably moving at 75-100 mph, to spread an anvil into the steering winds in the first place as a thunderstorm's anvil cloud naturally and easily spreads with the wind.

But, in most cases, mammatus can be found beneath the anvils of dying thunderstorms.

Here a good scientific article about the mysteries of mammatus clouds.

- Strange Sounds.

SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS: Weather Phenomenon - Stunningly Beautiful Pillars Of Light Sparkle In The Skies Above Chinese City?! [PHOTOS + VIDEO]

The natural phenomenon creates an amazing spectacle by creating pillars of light.© Newsflare

January 9, 2016 - CHINA - Sun pillars form when falling ice crystals reflect sunlight during low temperatures

Mesmerizing multi-colored pillars of light appeared in the sky above a city in northern China last week.

Residents were dazzled as the beams appeared to burst from the ground in Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, on Wednesday night.

Light pillars are seen in Xilinhot City, in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Dec. 30, 2015.  Photo: weibo.com

Photo: weibo.com

Photo: weibo.com

The phenomenon is called a sun, light or solar pillar, reports People's Daily Online.
According to NASA, the rare spectacle occurs when falling ice crystals reflect sunlight as the sun rises or sets during extremely low temperatures.


WATCH: Rare pillars of light cover Chinese skies.

"Ice sometimes forms flat, six-sided shaped crystals as it falls from high-level clouds. Air resistance causes these crystals to lie nearly flat much of the time as they flutter to the ground," NASA wrote on its website. "Sunlight reflects off crystals that are properly aligned, creating the sun-pillar effect."

Temperatures in Xilinhot plummeted to -20.2F on Wednesday, reports the Daily Telegraph, meaning it was the perfect condition for the natural light show. - Huffington Post.

SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS: Weather Phenomenon - Stunning Pillars Of Light Captured In Russia! [PHOTOS]

Is there a big party going on in this arctic Russian city?  © Konstantin Lifanov

December 20, 2015 - RUSSIA - If you have ever been privy to the phenomenon of light pillars, then you know it is truly an amazing sight.

They appear when the weather is extremely cold and form vertical columns of light beaming directly towards the sky.

They sometimes look like multiple fireballs heading to the sky.

They are created when light from the sun, moon, streetlamps, or any terrestrial source, reflects on the surface of a flat piece of ice crystal as shown in the diagram below:

© Strange sounds

The mysterious pillars of light phenomenon over Yekaterinburg on December 20, 2015. © Alex Julia

Light pillars in the night between 18 and 19 December 2015 at Sterlitamak.  © Stanislav Gilyazov

Again this eerie sky phenomenon over Sterlitamak. © Stanislaw Gilyazov

They change color according to their source over Sterlitamak. © Stanislaw Gilyazov

These light pillars look like dancing bodies in the night sky. Image shot on December 18, 2015.  © Konstantin Lifanov

These beams of light were captured with a green aurora on December 17, 2015.  © Yuri Yaschenko

Like a multicolor wall beaming to the sky over Izhevsk on December 18, 2015. © Egor Zagrebin

When the light source is close to the ground, the light pillar appears above the floating crystals.

When the light comes from the sun or moon, the light pillar can appear beneath them, too, as the light refracts through the crystals.It is truly amazing!

Light pillars typically scrape the night sky in polar regions.

But sometimes the vertical columns of light appear along with frigid temperatures at lower latitudes.

What an awesome sky phenomenon! - Strange Sounds.

SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS: Absolutely Stunning and Phenomenal Ray of Light Across The Skies Over Brazil?!

December 26, 2012 - BRAZIL - According to the newspaper The Paraná, rays of light appeared in the sky anomalous City Palotina, PR, on Monday evening (December 17th).

James Testa, a resident of the community of Corner Progress recorded the event and photo material would have drawn attention to the SIMEPAR to perform further analysis.

The light was first sighted by the father of James: "He told me that at first thought it was a light gun, but realized that as time passed, the light grew more intense, it was then that I decided to shoot"

The phenomenon remained in the sky for 10 minutes and then disappeared. James Testa says he had never seen anything like it. At first sight it might be a red ball, which would have drawn the attention of observers.

But before anyone talk that was only the sunset, see what was written in the original story: "Many said it was the sunshine, but it is impossible, because the image appeared to 20:15 where the sun rises and not where it goes down." - Minha Mestria [Translated].

WATCH: Stunning light rays over Brazil.