Amazing corners of the Earth (16 photos)

A surprising number - you just open your eyes and look around ...
Our planet is beautiful, one of its natural landscape in his own inimitable and delicious, but there are corners of the earth is very different from what we see every day with my own eyes ...

The mosaic pavement of the peninsula on the same island of Tasmania (Australia).
Cracks forming a "bridge", appeared as a result of strong tension of the crust. During low tide the sea water dries forming salt crystals which greatly destroy rocks "bottom" rectangular pools, while sparing the cracks.





The trail the Giants (Ireland).
This amazing trail, formed 50-60 million years ago by volcanic activity.



Wave Arizona (USA).
This fantastic frozen waves formed as a result of water erosion. Age of rocks forming this wave reaches 190 million years.



Dry Valley (Antarctica).
The valley is located just west of McMurdo Sound, Earth Viktoriya.Osadkov falls here so little that rare visitors of these places develops the illusion of visiting another planet.



Black Rock Desert (United States).
This mystical place is situated in Nevada. Brightly painted in different colors geysers, dry riverbeds and sullen cliffs make this place fantastic.



Crystal Cave (Mexico).
In the cave Cueva de los Cristales, (Cave of Crystals) are the world's largest 11-meter crystals. These giant crystals formed over thousands of years because of the unique conditions of the cave microclimate. In this cave is maintained year-round temperature of 58 degrees.



Spotted Lake (Canada).
Located in British Columbia. Most interesting is that throughout the year the lake changes its color, and in the dry season forms numerous pools of water white, green and yellow colors.



Spotted Lake (Canada).
Located in British Columbia. Most interesting is that throughout the year the lake changes its color, and in the dry season forms numerous pools of water white, green and yellow colors.



White Desert (Egypt).
"Mushrooms" from the white limestone in the white desert to the west of Egypt, formed by erosion.



Kaapadokiya (Turkey).
Landscape, spotted by "chimneys" of natural origin, quite an unusual sight for the human eye.



"Bloody" Lake Hotspring Beppu (Japan).
The name of this lake formed by thermal springs, Japanese translated as "hell". This unusual color of the reservoir due to high iron content. Towering over the lake water vapor enhance the effect of unreality.



"Stone Forest" in Yunnan Province (China).
This amazing "forest" occupies an area of ​​400 km. The retreating sea washed away the soft rock, leaving a "stone trunks" more hardwood.



Ice Cave Eisriesenwelt (Austria).
The largest ice cave in the world is located 40 km south of Salzburg.
The length of its tunnels and halls is 42 km away. Frozen waterfalls, streams, rivers, stalactites and stalagmites are a fantastic picture. The cave was created by the Salzach River, flows through the cavities of rocks.



"Cone on Tolbachik" (Russia).
These breakthroughs on the Kamchatka volcano Tolbachik resembling Martian landscape, appeared in 1945. The place where the picture made, called "base Lunohodchik." It is here that experienced Soviet rovers.



Desert "Namib" (Namibia).
The coastal desert in the south-western part of Africa. Extremely dry (only 10-13 mm of rain a year) and, except for a few coastal towns, virtually uninhabitable. It is considered the oldest desert in the world - it was formed during the time of dinosaurs.



Geyser "Strokkur" (Iceland).
The first known mention of it date back to 1294 year. Unfortunately, this geyser albeit powerful - the height of the jet can reach sixty meters, but "lazy", he "wakes up" after the next earthquake, and then gradually silting and "falls asleep." Last time he woke up in 2000, is now asleep again.

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