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This is a very beautiful and unusual!
This desert is unique - it is the driest place on earth. It is not excluded any precipitation over several million years. This place is at its closest to the climate of Mars, so is of particular interest to NASA. There are tested rovers, conducted extensive research in all directions. This is the only part of Antarctica not covered by ice. In the valleys of the frozen lake is extremely salty water beneath the ice were found mysterious bacteria and organisms - this finding served as a confirmation of the theory that life on Mars exists.
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In second place is the island of Socotra - landscapes of the island are unique, and looked more like alien. The island is geographically isolated from Africa for 6 million years, replete with a variety of very rare species of flora and fauna - a third of them are endemic and found only here. Despite the hot and dry climate there grows a lot of amazing and beautiful plants, many of whom about 20 million years. More detailed information on this point in the article - Socotra Island
Daleenahoditsya Rio Tinto mine in Andalusia, Spain. The river was painted in bright red-orange color, its acidity and saturation of the metal just rolls over.
Spotted Lake Spotted Lake, "Depending on the weather conditions and time of year, the lake is crystallized, and is painted in a specific color. The lake formed by a plurality of "spots" - circles of minerals. This is the world's largest concentration of magnesium sulphate (Epsom salts), calcium and sodium, as well as silver and titanium.
In Brazil, there is another unusual place - Vale da Lua, which means Valley of the Moon. This rock formation, washed with water, with natural swimming pools. Vale da Lua is located in the Brazilian Chapada Forest and is one of the oldest rock formations in the world, consisting of quartz crystals.
This Bloody Pond, one of the famous Beppu springs. It houses nine unusual sources, geysers, but the most famous among them - Bloody Pond with hot water bright red. This color is due to the high iron content in the water. This pond is also the most photogenic of all sources
Shilin Stone Forest in China - a stunning example of karst topography. Rocks are composed of limestone and formed water, destroying everything except these pillars, similar to the trees. Since the time of the Ming Dynasty stone forest Shilin known as "the first wonder of the world"
Another miracle of nature - Structure Richat in Mauritania. It is also called the Eye of the Sahara. Richat diameter is about 30 miles away, and is visible from space. Formation, as originally thought, formed by meteorite, but modern geologists believe that the structure Richat - the result of erosion. The reason for its circular shape - is still a mystery over which scientists around the world are fighting
Famous gate to Hell - Darwaz in Turkmenistan, too, got into our list. This place is frightening in its power, thousands of tons of lava and heat emanating from the bowels of the Earth. It is burning a crater in the middle of the Karakum desert, its diameter - 60 meters and depth of 20 meters. At its core - Darwaz is a gas well, and the story of its discovery is rather interesting. Researchers are drilled wells to produce gas, but due to the huge gap opened, had set fire to the gas that nobody poisoned. Read more about the interesting history of this unusual place in the article "Darwaz, the gates of Hell"
Completing the list of the most extraordinary places on earth Eysrayzenvelt ice caves. These caves are different from any other of its ice caves unusual. Once here you feel in some other fairy-tale world. In the world there are many ice caves, but the caves Eysrayzenvelt - the biggest among them. Their total length is 40 kilometers, and is open to visit only a small part. But even this is enough to thousands of tourists every day admired the greatness and uniqueness of this place.
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In second place is the island of Socotra - landscapes of the island are unique, and looked more like alien. The island is geographically isolated from Africa for 6 million years, replete with a variety of very rare species of flora and fauna - a third of them are endemic and found only here. Despite the hot and dry climate there grows a lot of amazing and beautiful plants, many of whom about 20 million years. More detailed information on this point in the article - Socotra Island
Daleenahoditsya Rio Tinto mine in Andalusia, Spain. The river was painted in bright red-orange color, its acidity and saturation of the metal just rolls over.
Spotted Lake Spotted Lake, "Depending on the weather conditions and time of year, the lake is crystallized, and is painted in a specific color. The lake formed by a plurality of "spots" - circles of minerals. This is the world's largest concentration of magnesium sulphate (Epsom salts), calcium and sodium, as well as silver and titanium.
In Brazil, there is another unusual place - Vale da Lua, which means Valley of the Moon. This rock formation, washed with water, with natural swimming pools. Vale da Lua is located in the Brazilian Chapada Forest and is one of the oldest rock formations in the world, consisting of quartz crystals.
This Bloody Pond, one of the famous Beppu springs. It houses nine unusual sources, geysers, but the most famous among them - Bloody Pond with hot water bright red. This color is due to the high iron content in the water. This pond is also the most photogenic of all sources
Shilin Stone Forest in China - a stunning example of karst topography. Rocks are composed of limestone and formed water, destroying everything except these pillars, similar to the trees. Since the time of the Ming Dynasty stone forest Shilin known as "the first wonder of the world"
Another miracle of nature - Structure Richat in Mauritania. It is also called the Eye of the Sahara. Richat diameter is about 30 miles away, and is visible from space. Formation, as originally thought, formed by meteorite, but modern geologists believe that the structure Richat - the result of erosion. The reason for its circular shape - is still a mystery over which scientists around the world are fighting
Famous gate to Hell - Darwaz in Turkmenistan, too, got into our list. This place is frightening in its power, thousands of tons of lava and heat emanating from the bowels of the Earth. It is burning a crater in the middle of the Karakum desert, its diameter - 60 meters and depth of 20 meters. At its core - Darwaz is a gas well, and the story of its discovery is rather interesting. Researchers are drilled wells to produce gas, but due to the huge gap opened, had set fire to the gas that nobody poisoned. Read more about the interesting history of this unusual place in the article "Darwaz, the gates of Hell"
Completing the list of the most extraordinary places on earth Eysrayzenvelt ice caves. These caves are different from any other of its ice caves unusual. Once here you feel in some other fairy-tale world. In the world there are many ice caves, but the caves Eysrayzenvelt - the biggest among them. Their total length is 40 kilometers, and is open to visit only a small part. But even this is enough to thousands of tourists every day admired the greatness and uniqueness of this place.
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