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Bumblebro to the rescue.

The Associated Press reports of this amazing occurrence captured on video in North Dakota by retired engineer, George Loegering. According to the AP, experts say the phenomenon developed from a rare combination of "cold, dense air, and an eddy in the river."

In this dramatic footage released via YouTube earlier this week, the 24-acre Bayou Corne sinkhole swallows an entire grove of trees in Assumption Paris, Lousiana.

Check out this footage of a Tokyo commuter train taking a direct hit of lightning while crossing a railway bridge. The carriages briefly lost power as a result of the strike, but no one was injured and the service resumed within 10 minutes.

A new species of spider may have been discovered by biologist Phil Torres that builds decoys of larger spiders to scare away potential predators. In order to verify that the arachnid is in fact an entirely new species, Torres must return to Peru and collect more specimens.

Fishermen use flares to attract fish at night. Also check out the video footage.

A rock-climber takes a massive fall from near the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park before getting yanked up by the rope that saves his life.

Spanish artist Javier Riera's landscape-based artworks explore the relationship between nature and geometry using projectors and geometric pattern filters.

Photographed by former NASA photographer Ben Cooper in Queensland, Australia.

This is a false-color composite image of Valles Marineris, Planet Mars' very own Grand Canyon, captured by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) aboard ESA's Mars Express spacecraft. Stretching across the Martian highlands for 2,485 miles (4,000 kilometers) in length, 124 miles wide and up to 6.8 miles deep, Valles Marineris is considered one of the largest known canyon systems in the solar system.

Last night, people had a chance to see the moon at its closest orbit to Earth while being full. Coupled with Cinco de Mayo shenanigans and the fact that it was a full moon, the streets were probably littered with tears and booze. For every argument gone terribly wrong, however, there are some cool supermoon shots like this one.