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Natural disasters are devastating to all involved but in pictures they can be absolutely beautiful. Take a look at 8 images of natural disasters in action that will blow your mind!

Over the next few days, meteorologists are predicting that Hurricane Irene (currently a Category 3) could slam the East Coast.

To help you avoid becoming a creepy albino lightning freak like that kid from "Powder", NASA is going to have one of their scientists available this Thursday to answer any of your lightning-related questions.

Methane rain storms on Titan? A storm that has encompassed 2/3rds of Saturn's northern hemisphere? It's been an active few months out 740 million miles from Earth.

A normal, cyclical change in continental air pressure gradients has the world turned upside-down.

A mystery deepens as more redwing blackbirds turn up dead in the America South. It's likely not UFOs or secret weapons, but the birds' instinctual flocking behavior, that's to blame.

As this image from the GOES-13 satellite shows, the snow that hit the Eastern Seaboard was delivered by a formidable storm. Picture after the jump.

"His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead." �James Joyce

Shot on August 30th from the International Space Station, NASA released this photo which shows Hurricane Earl as a category 4 storm from the perspective of space. The photo was snapped by NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock with a DSLR camera. With maximum sustained winds of 135 miles, it’s unique views like this, rather than weather radar animations, that really puts ...

I don’t live in a particularly flood susceptible area. But believe it or not, Jersey has its share of flood zones. I’ve never been in flood waters that went above the soles of my shoes, but from what I hear, it can’t be a fun experience. One thing I know for sure about precipitation levels is that meteorologists cannot be ...