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The rules underneath, as far as they are known.

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Halo

A halo is an optical phenomenon in which sunlight or moonlight, bent and reflected by ice crystals in the air, makes rings, arcs and spots in the sky.
9:00

Aurora

Auroras are not magic—they’re electron traffic jams in Earth’s magnetic tail, made visible.
9:01

Ball lightning

Ball lightning isn’t weather — it’s a warning that our instruments still miss what the sky actually does.
10:48

Rainbow

A rainbow is not in the sky — it is in your eye, drawn by geometry and water.
8:27

Rogue wave

Rogue waves are not myths—they’re daily, dangerous, and defined: double the sea’s average big waves.
9:01

St. Elmo's fire

St. Elmo’s fire is plasma — not magic, not lightning, but ionized air glowing where geometry meets voltage.
10:24

Sun dog

A sun dog is not a creature — it is ice in the air, bending light like a prism, and it only shows up when the sky gets its geometry right.
8:42

Lightning

Lightning is not alive — but it reshapes the atmosphere, ignites fire, and powers climate science.
9:15

Mirage

A mirage is not a trick of the eye — it’s your brain lying to your camera.