The inspiration for L. Frank Baum’s Yellow Brick Road in his book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (published May 20, 190 came from a railroad near his home in Chittenango, New York.
This is an intact human nervous system dissected by 2 medical students in 1925. It took them over 1,500 hours. There are only 4 of these in the world. Credit: Morbid Knowledge
They are a rarely seen form of lightning confirmed only about 30 years ago: red sprites. This image was taken from Las Campanas observatory in Chile. Credit: Yuri Beletsky