Disneyland had a simple explanation for a mysterious black ring that appeared above the resort The ring was made of smoke ...

A mysterious ring of black smoke was spotted over Disneyland in Anaheim, California, on the morning of Thursday, November 13, but Disney later explained that the smoke was no cause for concern, ...

Smoke rings are being seen in a new light. Doughnut-shaped structures called vortex rings are sometimes seen swirling through fluids. Smokers can form them with their mouths, volcanoes can spit them ...

Lori Nayahalski, who photographed the phenomenon, described the black ring as a “real-life Matrix” and “an orchestrated spoof.” ...

On Sunday July 9, the residents of Yorkshire, England saw something strange when they looked up into the sky. Hovering roughly 300 feet off the ground was an ominous black ring of smoke. The shape ...

A group of hikers look at one of the smoke rings Europe's most active volcano, Mount Etna, is blowing scores of ethereal "vortex rings" every day from a single vent located in one of its most active ...

A smoke ring formed in the sky after a transformer explosion in Branford on Thursday and the mysterious looking formation is called smoke vortex ring. Smoke vortices form when there is a blast through ...

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