The Tokyo Skytree is one of the tallest towers globally.

The Dust Bowl of the 1930s turned 400,000 square km of US farmland into desert through drought and poor farming practices.

A bolt of lightning contains enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread.

Titan arum, the corpse flower, has the largest unbranched inflorescence (flower cluster) of any plant.

A derecho is a line of severe thunderstorms producing damaging straight-line winds — often mistaken for tornadoes.

Hurricanes gain strength from warm ocean water.

Lightning is hotter than the Sun.

A single bolt of lightning contains enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread.

Street photography as art was pioneered by Henri Cartier-Bresson, who coined the concept of the 'decisive moment.'