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  2. Exploding tree - Wikipedia

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    Cold weather will cause some trees to shatter by freezing the sap, because it contains water, which expands as it freezes, creating a sound like a gunshot. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The sound is produced as the tree bark splits, with the wood contracting as the sap expands.

  3. Hura crepitans - Wikipedia

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    Hura crepitans, the sandbox tree, [2] also known as possumwood, monkey no-climb, assacu (from Tupi asaku) and jabillo, [3] is an evergreen tree in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to tropical regions of North and South America including the Amazon rainforest. It is also present in parts of Tanzania, where it is considered an invasive species. [4]

  4. Geyser - Wikipedia

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    The pressurized water boils, and this causes the geyser effect of hot water and steam spraying out of the geyser's surface vent. A geyser's eruptive activity may change or cease due to ongoing deposition of minerals within their plumbing, exchange of functions with nearby hot springs , earthquake influences, and human intervention. [ 3 ]

  5. Exploring the curious case of the 'exploding' tree in Portland

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    Two oak trees stand on a rain-soaked, burned-over hillside following the Woolsey Fire in Agoura Hills, California, in November 2018. (AP Photo/John Antczak) The Pacific Northwest has endured ...

  6. Frost crack - Wikipedia

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    Frost crack or Southwest canker [1] is a form of tree bark damage sometimes found on thin barked trees, visible as vertical fractures on the southerly facing surfaces of tree trunks. Frost crack is distinct from sun scald and sun crack and physically differs from normal rough-bark characteristics as seen in mature oaks , pines , poplars and ...

  7. List of onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...

  8. Will-o'-the-wisp - Wikipedia

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    The Will o' the Wisp and the Snake by Hermann Hendrich (1854–1931). In folklore, a will-o'-the-wisp, will-o'-wisp, or ignis fatuus (Latin for 'foolish flame'; [1] pl. ignes fatui), is an atmospheric ghost light seen by travellers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes.

  9. List of fictional plants - Wikipedia

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    Sukebind: A fictional flower in the novel Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons. [3] Tesla trees: Large trees from the planet Hyperion in Hyperion Cantos. They can absorb and release electricity via their crown. Tree-of-Life: The ancestor of yams, with similar appearance and taste, from Larry Niven's Known Space novels.