For billions of years, planet Earth has been influenced by the forces of wind, water, pressure, gravity, and many other factors that shaped its unusual landscape. In the world you can really find many amazing and even strange places, the creator of which is nature: from the Canadian "polka dot" lake to the ice towers of Mount Erebus. We represent the most unusual natural wonders on our planet.
Eye of the Sahara (Mauritania)
This geological formation, 40 km wide, resembles an iris from the air. The huge formation is located in the center of the flat and faceless region of the Moorish desert. Previously, scientists believed that the "eye" of the Sahara is an ancient meteorite crater. But later another theory of its origin was put forward - wind erosion, which took place over millions of years. The wind destroyed various layers of sediment, quartzite and other rocks to give the “eye” such an unusual look.
Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)
The islands located in the northwest of the Indian Ocean have been isolated for millions of years, leading to some oddities in their evolution. There are trees that exude blood-red sap, as well as other bottle-shaped plants. In addition, 180 species of birds nest on an archipelago consisting of 4 islands and 2 rocks, and 700 species of plants grow that are not found anywhere else on earth.
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Spotted Lake (British Columbia)
Canadian Lake Kliluk is another miracle on planet Earth. It has an interesting name because it appears in the summer, when most of its water evaporates, leaving behind large concentrations of salt, titanium, calcium, sulfates and other minerals that form a polka dot pattern on its surface. A unique reservoir during the summer season changes its color: from green to yellow and brown. In addition, Kliluk is a sacred place for the first peoples of the Okanagan Valley.
Moeraki Boulders (New Zealand)
It seems that these giant stone balls were specially placed on the coast of the Otago area. But their creator is nature. Huge spherical structures consist of masses of compacted sediment that formed underground more than 50 million years ago. Sand erosion eventually led to their appearance on the surface. The length of the boulders along the beach is 300 m. Some of them have a perfectly flat surface. Others - are distinguished by cracks and a chipped surface. From afar, a popular tourist attraction resembles bizarre huge turtles that have just climbed out of the water depths.
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Sylfra Rift (Iceland)
This wonderful place allows divers to swim and dive in a giant crack, which is a split between two tectonic plates. At this point, the water is so clean that divers report underwater visibility up to 300 meters. The rift between the two plates occurred due to the melting of glacial ice - a process that stretched for centuries.
Crystal Cave (Mexico)
An amazing natural object located at a depth of more than 305 meters underground. In a working lead and silver mine, you can see giant quartz crystals that cross the cave, growing in all its corners. This amazing place was opened in 2000. The cave must be constantly inspected carefully, because the temperature in it can reach 60 ° C. This is not to mention a 100% humidity level. Some of the crystals are 1.2 meters wide and 15 meters long.
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Firefly Cave (New Zealand)
Bioluminescence is the ability of living organisms to illuminate themselves in the dark. Waitomo Cave is a place where you can see this phenomenon; there are a lot of fireflies. The cave resembles a starry sky; only instead of celestial bodies it is illuminated by flickering insects. When your eyes adjust to the dark, the cave turns into a turquoise starry landscape.
Chocolate Hills (Philippines)
On the island of Bohol, there are about 2, 000 hills of symmetrical form, some of which rise above agricultural land to a height of 120 meters. A curious attraction really looks "appetizing." In fact, the “chocolate” hills are made of limestone and covered with grass.
Sahara El Beida (Egypt)
As you can imagine, the Sahara desert does not have the most diverse landscape in the world, but in some places curious stone columns rise above the sands. In the Sahara al-Beida you can see the sharper and whiter layers of sedimentary rocks. Thanks to this, the place is so beautiful that it is called a paradise of the earth.
