757SeanTaylor21 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 What is the greatest thing you seen happen in Mother Nature? I remember I was riding the bus one day and me and the bus driver was real cool so we used to talk about everything from God to football to whatever. He told me a story about peregrine falcons in the area and described what he seen a few times but I didn't believe him. One day we was riding along and on the side of the road there was a dead falcon and he said that's the bird I been telling you about man they're amazing to watch. Not so long after that day, I got on the bus and we rode a few stops. I noticed on the light pole about 30 pidgeons and he said look look up there, it's coming. And I get up and I notice this peregrine falcon just freediving; all the pidgeons scouring all over and as the falcon got closer he opened his wings and came out that break so fast. All the pidgeons split up and that falcon just snatched it so fast and left. I was in awe and was so pumped! I had no desire to see the pidgeons get away at all! What have you seen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ublestr0ker0ll Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 It's between the Derecho from this past summer and the ice storm from 2000 or so. Both storms knocked out power for a week, both destroyed the area worse than anything I've seen. Obviously there are crazier events out there, but I try not to stick around for them. Those storms snuck up on us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
757SeanTaylor21 Posted December 26, 2012 Author Share Posted December 26, 2012 Storms are pretty crazy but man seeing a falcon just grab its prey so fast man..words couldn't explain how amazed I was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble Screen Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Hurricane Hugo?..Ok, technically, I slept through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrifNick21 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 1994 ice storm here in West TN. I was only 5 at the time, but I'll never ever forget it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 La Plata tornado (F4 IIRC) in the spring of 2002. I remember driving past what was left of a CVS and it looked like a bomb had gone off. Seeing trees completely stripped and houses demolished... surreal to say the least. I'm too young to remember Hurricane Andrew, but as far as experiencing a storm is concerned, it would have to be Hurricane Isabell, getting power knocked out for over 5 days, seeing green/red lightning, and getting lifted off of the ground by high winds. The Cicada invasion of 2004 was pretty cool as well, just listening to the sound they made, and seeing how many there were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IONTOP Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 have seen/saw.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwich Hog Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 It's pretty lame but I work offshore occasionally and saw a shole of sea bass so numerous you felt like you could walk across them was pretty impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Driving down I68 at dawn, watching fog filling in the valleys of the Appalachians driving between Cumberland and Hagerstown...that's a breathtaking view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcl05 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Sitting with a family group of mountain gorillas in the impenetrable forest after a brutal climb up a mountain at the Uganda/Congo border... It was really magical. They were so human and intelligent with each other. Playing, laughing, arguing, eating, etc. Then to remember that there are less than 700 of them left in the wild - made me feel super lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Maybe a 2,000lbs leatherneck turtle lay eggs or watching some of them hatch and hold them. Sun rise caught my breath today, but they usually do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Yosemite national park. I haven't been to many national parks but the beauty of this place just floored me. When I was about 8 we went to this aquaculture operation somewhere out in the Pacific (with my parents) off an island. They are these big nets off shore, think like livestock except for fish in the ocean. I went snorkeling in one of these netted areas and came face to face with a giant fish. Thing was bigger than me! I swam for the surface right quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 In the past couple weeks, I've been chased by senepol cow(HUGE), watched an iguana and a mongoose fight, seen a bunch of hummingbird. I think watching pelicans is my favorite thing ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 inside of the the eye of a hurricane or some sunsets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC9 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 The Northern Lights up in Alaska. Seriously, just an amazing thing to sit and look at. There is absolutely nothing like sitting on top of a mountain with a snowboard strapped on, waiting on the last run of the day... and then the Northern Lights kick up in the sky. It's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 If "great" means "large", then the 38 inches of snow on my 17th birthday in NOVA. The cabin fever got to be crazy, but we didn't lose power, and TV antenna didn't fall off the house. Btw, all of us finished crocheting our afghans in the time off from school. My brother had to use the snowblade to make a path for the dogs to do their business, the snow was taller than the front porch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinC Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Megan Fox in a bikini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Swimming in bioluminescent water is pretty freaking cool. I've done that a few times. Having a 10 foot bull shark try and knock me out of my kayak was not so cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Hmmm. Blizzard of '96 - still the gold standard for the East Coast for snowstorms in the last 50 years. Helped that I was young enough to make tunnels. Hurricane Isabelle - This slightly over Floyd because I've never seen that many downed trees in my life. There are a bunch of fantastic things you see just walking through the Appalachian mountains. Animals, sunsets etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiebear Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 being on the property off of rt9/Cacapon river in WVA between a couple state forests and 5 or so wildlife mgmt areas with no electricity and a billion stars.... lots to absorb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 2 weeks ago a pair of bald eagles flew into a treetop about 50 feet away and raucously carried on.. they may hav e been mating, but they both had the white head and tail, and i don't know enough about bald eagles to know if they were both the same sex or not. So, they were either screwing or arguing loudly. After about 40 seconds of screeching, they both lit off. A few years ago a few friends and i were playing tennis at sunset,, and the clouds were in such a way that just before the sun dipped under the horizon, there was like a tunnel of golden light against this deep purple sky.. looked cool, but then these geese flew toward us and overhead, and they were righti n this tunnel of light, so when they went by, their tailfeathers were lit up like fire, and because of this tunnel of light, as they continued away, the glow on their tails got brighter, and it literally looked like a group of six firelights flying away. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RememberOsaka Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Sunrise at Haleakala on Maui. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grhqofb5 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 The greatest thing: The earth's ability to sustain itself despite some of the **** our species does to it, more specifically though our system of streams, rivers, inlets, bays, and oceans that continue to filter and refresh our planet's water. And plate techtonics, which more or less ensure that everything gets recycled. The most impressive thing: Those two blizzards during snowmaggedon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 One of the best things about living in the Caribbean is that I know at some point today and every day, I'll see something amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 The waterfalls in Hawaii from a helicopter view and the sunsets in Maui. The mountains at Machu Pichu. The views from the Swiss alps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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