Akrotiri was preserved under volcanic ash on Santorini.

Some plants like the telegraph plant move their leaves visibly in response to light — observable without time-lapse.

Volcanic lightning is caused by static electricity from ash particles colliding during eruption.

Tsunamis can travel across entire ocean basins.

Lightning can heat air hotter than the surface of the Sun.

Deforestation is responsible for about 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions annually.

Lightning can heat air hotter than the surface of the Sun.

The corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) blooms rarely and produces the smell of rotting flesh to attract flies.

You are more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.