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China: Mysterious Glowing Object Spotted Spinning in Circles Above Yichang

On March 29, 2026, residents in Yichang, Hubei, witnessed a mysterious glowing object spinning and shifting colors in the night sky, sparking curiosity and speculation. The luminous object was seen hovering high above the city, circling continuously while changing colors from bright white to shades of blue and red.

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China: Zoo Monkey Gifts Apple Slices to Woman After She Strokes its Hand

On March 7, 2026, at a zoo in Inner Mongolia, northern China, a video captured a woman holding and gently stroking a monkey's hand through a hole in a glass barrier. The monkey appeared relaxed and seemed to enjoy the contact, before suddenly turning and running away. A short while later, it returned carrying two pieces of apple and passed them through the hole to the woman, who appeared delighted by the unexpected gesture.

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China: Striking Fire-Red Clouds Turn Sky Into Fiery Canvas

This is the breathtaking moment fiery red clouds swirled across the sky, creating a spectacular scene. Filmed on December 9, 2025, in Shanxi, China, the video shows glowing clouds rolling across the sky at sunset. Layers of clouds wrapped around the fading light, forming a vivid cloudscape that moved like breaking waves. Red and orange hues shifted continuously, giving the sky a dynamic, cinematic look as color spread across the horizon. The video ends with the clouds still rolling, as the glowing sky slowly fades.

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Hubble Seeks Clusters in Lost Galaxy

Handout Photo shows NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 4535, which is situated about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden). Through a small telescope, this galaxy appears extremely faint, giving it the nickname ‘Lost Galaxy’. With a mirror spanning nearly eight feet (2.4 meters) across and its location above Earth’s light-obscuring atmosphere, Hubble can easily observe dim galaxies like NGC 4535 and pick out features like its massive spiral arms and central bar of stars. This image features NGC 4535’s young star clusters, which dot the galaxy’s spiral arms. Glowing-pink clouds surround many of these bright-blue star groupings. These clouds, called H II (‘H-two’) regions, are a sign that the galaxy is home to especially young, hot, and massive stars that blaze with high-energy radiation. Such massive stars shake up their surroundings by heating their birth clouds with powerful stellar winds, eventually exploding as supernovae. The image incorporat

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China: Black Cat Performs Elegant Walk Chasing Butterfly Projection in Fujian

On June 29, 2025, in Fujian, located in southeastern China, a video captured a delightful moment. A woman used a toy lamp to project a pink butterfly light on the floor, and her black cat, Bingbing, began chasing the glowing butterfly with steps that looked like a practiced dance routine—light and elegant.

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Hubble Seeks Clusters in ‘Lost Galaxy’

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 4535, which is situated about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden). Through a small telescope, this galaxy appears extremely faint, giving it the nickname ‘Lost Galaxy’. With a mirror spanning nearly eight feet (2.4 meters) across and its location above Earth’s light-obscuring atmosphere, Hubble can easily observe dim galaxies like NGC 4535 and pick out features like its massive spiral arms and central bar of stars. This image features NGC 4535’s young star clusters, which dot the galaxy’s spiral arms. Glowing-pink clouds surround many of these bright-blue star groupings. These clouds, called H II (‘H-two’) regions, are a sign that the galaxy is home to especially young, hot, and massive stars that blaze with high-energy radiation. Such massive stars shake up their surroundings by heating their birth clouds with powerful stellar winds, eventually exploding as supernovae. The image incorporates data from an obse

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China: Mysterious Blue Beam Lights Up Night Sky Over Ningbo Beach

On October 4, 2025, in Ningbo, Zhejiang, a video captured a rare phenomenon over Songlanshan Beach, where a bright blue beam stretched across the sky, glowing like a divine ray.

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China: Stunning Bioluminescent Glow Lights Up Eastern Weihai Beach

On June 4, 2025, at Jin Hai Beach in Weihai, Shandong, eastern China, glowing blue bioluminescent “blue tears” appeared as a net was dragged through the sea. The sapphire-like light, caused by marine plankton, captivated viewers, though netizens warned against touching it to protect the ecosystem.

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China: Mysterious Glowing Orb Captured Over Mountains After Storm in Inner Mongolia

This eerie video captures a suspected ball lightning glowing over the mountains after a rainstorm in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, on June 28, 2025. The mysterious orb floated in the dark, flickering like a lantern before fading into the night. No power lines or towers were seen nearby, adding to the intrigue.

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China: Rare ‘Buddha’s Light’ Halo Seen on Sichuan Mountain

This breathtaking moment captures a rare “Buddha’s Light” phenomenon encircling a hiker’s head on a mountaintop trail. On June 5, 2025, while hiking Jiuding Mountain in Sichuan, a man recorded a vivid, rainbow-colored halo — known as a “Buddha’s Light” or Brocken Spectre — forming around his head in the misty air. The optical illusion followed him for several meters, creating a surreal, almost mystical scene as he walked through the fog. According to the hiker, Mr. He, the phenomenon appeared not only around his own head but also around those of other nearby hikers, lasting for about 30 seconds. The video ends with the glowing halo slowly fading as the group continued along the mist-covered trail."

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China: Satellite Launch Illuminates Xi’an Sky

This is the breathtaking moment that a mysterious streak lit up the night sky, leaving a bright, long-tailed trail visible to local residents. On June 6, 2025, in Xi’an, Shaanxi, local residents captured video footage of an unidentified flying object slanting upward from the left horizon, trailing a luminous plume across the night sky. The streak appeared almost ethereal, expanded briefly, and then faded, captivating onlookers below. According to a report by People’s Daily, the remarkable light display had been caused by China’s successful launch of the Low-Earth Orbit Satellite Internet “04 group” from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The video ended with the glowing tail dissipating into the dark sky, leaving only faint wisps as the rocket continued its journey into orbit.

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SpaceX: Glowing Spiral Seen Across European Sky

A glowing spiral was seen across the European sky on Monday, March 24th. It was reported to be caused by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch for the United States' spy satellite agency. The frozen fuel reflected light, creating the striking cloud-like shape.

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Taagepera Castle

Taagepera, 26.11.2024. Taagepera Castle´s display Wagenkülls Winter Wonderland. It is a unique festival of light that will surprise visitors with its impressive installations: for example, the striking solar system with huge planets, the Moon, and the Earth. In addition, there are illuminated alleys, glowing reindeer, colourful trees, flowers, a carriage, and much more! Photo Arvo Meeks, Lõuna-Eesti Postimees

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Taagepera Castle

Taagepera, 26.11.2024. Taagepera Castle´s display Wagenkülls Winter Wonderland. It is a unique festival of light that will surprise visitors with its impressive installations: for example, the striking solar system with huge planets, the Moon, and the Earth. In addition, there are illuminated alleys, glowing reindeer, colourful trees, flowers, a carriage, and much more! Photo Arvo Meeks, Lõuna-Eesti Postimees

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Taagepera Castle

Taagepera, 26.11.2024. Taagepera Castle´s display Wagenkülls Winter Wonderland. It is a unique festival of light that will surprise visitors with its impressive installations: for example, the striking solar system with huge planets, the Moon, and the Earth. In addition, there are illuminated alleys, glowing reindeer, colourful trees, flowers, a carriage, and much more! Photo Arvo Meeks, Lõuna-Eesti Postimees

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Taagepera Castle

Taagepera, 26.11.2024. Taagepera Castle´s display Wagenkülls Winter Wonderland. It is a unique festival of light that will surprise visitors with its impressive installations: for example, the striking solar system with huge planets, the Moon, and the Earth. In addition, there are illuminated alleys, glowing reindeer, colourful trees, flowers, a carriage, and much more! Photo Arvo Meeks, Lõuna-Eesti Postimees

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Taagepera Castle

Taagepera, 26.11.2024. Taagepera Castle´s display Wagenkülls Winter Wonderland. It is a unique festival of light that will surprise visitors with its impressive installations: for example, the striking solar system with huge planets, the Moon, and the Earth. In addition, there are illuminated alleys, glowing reindeer, colourful trees, flowers, a carriage, and much more! Photo Arvo Meeks, Lõuna-Eesti Postimees

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US Voters Head To The Polls

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Illuminated from the glowing light of the touch screen, Carla Kupe votes at the Eleanor Boathouse during Election Day in Chicago on Nov. 5, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Hubble Spots the Little Dumbbell Nebula

Handout - In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula, also known as Messier 76, or M76, located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. The name ‘Little Dumbbell’ comes from its shape that is a two-lobed structure of colorful, mottled, glowing gases resembling a balloon that’s been pinched around a middle waist. Like an inflating balloon, the lobes are expanding into space from a dying star seen as a white dot in the center. Blistering ultraviolet radiation from the super-hot star is causing the gases to glow. The red color is from nitrogen, and blue is from oxygen. Photo by NASA, ESA, STScI via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Participants run in glowing costumes

TOKYO, Japan - Participants start running in glowing costumes, some equipped with light-emitting diodes, during the Electric Run nighttime running/walking event in the Inage Kaihin Park in Chiba, east of Tokyo, in July 2014.

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Wish upon marimo algae ball at Lake Akan

KUSHIRO, Japan - Visitors look at the light bulbs containing people's wish lists and glowing in green, the color of Japan's protected species marimo, a type of floating green algae ball, on Lake Akan in Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture, on July 22, 2014.

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Lotus-shaped lamps light up summer night in E China

STORY: Lotus-shaped lamps light up summer night in E China DATELINE: July 13, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:15 LOCATION: XUANCHENG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of lotus-shaped lamps STORYLINE: Every summer, residents in Shuidong Town of Xuancheng City, east China's Anhui Province would set free lotus-shaped lamps on the Shuiyangjiang River. The colorful lotus lamps drift in the river, glowing like stars. This tradition originated in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) as a way for people to wish for a good harvest and fortune. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xuancheng, China. (XHTV)

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Bamboo lights illuminate Tokyo's Nihonbashi

Glowing bamboo objects set up at Tokyo's Nihonbashi district change colors of light from moment to moment on Jan. 13, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Participants run in glowing costumes

TOKYO, Japan - Participants start running in glowing costumes, some equipped with light-emitting diodes, during the Electric Run nighttime running/walking event in the Inage Kaihin Park in Chiba, east of Tokyo, in July 2014. (Kyodo)

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Wish upon marimo algae ball at Lake Akan

KUSHIRO, Japan - Visitors look at the light bulbs containing people's wish lists and glowing in green, the color of Japan's protected species marimo, a type of floating green algae ball, on Lake Akan in Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture, on July 22, 2014. (Kyodo)

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light bulb, darkness, sparkler

Glowing light bulb in the dark. (CTK Photo/Petr Malina)

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Night Prague, Vltava river, Podoli, light tracks

View of Prague night with Vltava river in the middle of the picture and with traffic light tracks on both embankments. The glowing swimming stadium in Podoli. Zizkov tower and modern high-rise buildings on the horizon. (CTK Photo/Roman Krompolc)

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Night Prague, Vltava river, Podoli, light tracks

View of Prague night with Vltava river in the middle of the picture and with traffic light tracks on both embankments. The glowing swimming stadium in Podoli. Modern high-rise buildings on the horizon. (CTK Photo/Roman Krompolc)