Mysterious Earth

While the cause of lunar eclipses has been know for centuries, just knowing the cause makes them no less mysterious. A lunar eclipse gives you a true sense of the majesty of our solar system and the universe.

Tonight a total lunar eclipse was visible over North America. Mysterious Earth got you a few pictures shot with a regular digital camera through a binocular lens - not exactly high tech!

But the moments of watching the eclipse were truly awesome - and you have to wonder…what all is out there?

So you thought your neighborhood was bad?

Residents of a German village are celebrating victory over an unwelcome invader: thousands of millipedes which have turned their streets, gardens and homes into something from a horror film.

A foot-high wall, which will eventually encircle Obereichstaett in Bavaria, has finally stemmed the nightly flow of the crawling creatures, which have afflicted the village every autumn for hundreds of years.

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This is a real creature from the depths of the South Atlantic ocean.  If only H. P. Lovecraft were alive today - think of the story he'd concoct about this creature!

More information on this bizarre find: Promachoteuthis sulcus

You really don’t have to look beyond our everyday lives to find the mysterious and the weird.  Case in point - the World’s 25 Weirdest Animals.  Some totally bizarre creatures…but all real…all known to science…all living right here with us.

The Mysterious Earth favorite?  The Dumbo Octopus - has a definite Pokemon vibe!