Above is the Grand Prismatic Spring, in Wyoming, USA. These out-of-this-world
photos will make you feel like you're on another planet. Enjoy! :)
Rock Formations in Goreme Valley, Cappadocia, Turkey. The area features churches
made of rock dating back to the Romans.
Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat and is located in southwest Bolivia,
near the crest of the Andes.
The Geyser Hot Springs in Black Rock Desert, in Nevada in the U.S.
The White Desert in Egypt, the area has massive limestone formations that have been
created as a result of sandstorms in the area.
The Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs in northern Arizona and southern Utah, USA,
consist of deep canyons and several mile-long rock columns.
Rock formations in Cappadocia, which is in central Turkey.
The Richat Structure of Guelb er Richat in Mauritania. Originally thought to be a
meteorite impact, it is now known to be a volcanic bulge that never erupted and
was leveled by erosion.
A view from the space shuttle Columbia of the Richat Structure in the Mauritanian
desert.
The 'Chocolate Hills' on the island of Bohol in the Philippines get their name
because the 1,700 naturally formed mounds are covered with chocolate brown grass
in the dry season.
A sunrise over Monument Valley in Utah in the U.S.
The Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia consists of the Namib Desert
(considered the world's oldest desert) and the Naukluft mountain range.
The Strokkur geyser in Haukadalur, Iceland is one of the country's
most famous geysers, and erupts every 4-8 minutes.
A dramatic skyline above South Georgia Island in South Georgia and the South
Sandwich Islands in Antarctica.
Cracked mud playa surface in the Alvord Desert, Oregon in the U.S.
The inhospitable terrain at the southern end of Lake Turkana in Kenya. The fresh-looking
lava flows came from Teleki's Volcano which last erupted about 130 years ago
Salt waters seep out of the ground, forming a slow moving brown river on the north
side of the Dead Sea's south lake.
Sinkholes pock-mark the emerging shoreline of the Dead Sea near Ein Gedi in Israel.
The sinkholes are caused by fresh groundwater disolving subterranean salt deposits
that once formed the bottom of the Dead Sea.
A huge pack of frozen ice in Antarctica.
A dragonblood tree in the Homil Plateau, Socotra Island, Yemen. It gets its name
from the red sap that the trees produce.
The dry lake bed in Nevada's Black Rock Desert in the U.S.
The Waitomo Glowworm Caves is a cave at Waitomo on the North Island of New Zealand.
It is known for its population of Arachnocampa luminosa, a glowworm species found
exclusively in New Zealand.
An amazing look at the turquoise ice of Lake Baikal in Russia, where giant shards
of transparent ice give off a beautiful turquoise hue.
Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepui plateaus in South
America. First described by the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh during his
1595 expedition, its 12-square-mile is bounded on all sides by cliffs rising
1,300 ft. The mountain also serves as the tripoint of Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil.
Hang Son Doong - Son Doong cave is the world's largest cave in Vietnam.
At more than 200m high, 150m wide and 5km long, it is so big it has its
own river, jungle and climate.
Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns,
the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. It is located in
Northern Ireland
A beach in Mudhdhoo Island also known as Vaadhoo Island of Maldives glows at night.
This glow-in-dark is a natural phenomenon called 'Bioluminescence' wherein
light is emitted or created by a living organism.
Located very close to the beach of Benagil in the district of Lagoa,
the 'Algar de Benagil' - the Benagil Cave is in Portugal.
The Naica Mine of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, is a working mine that contains
extremely large selenite crystals. The mine is a lead, zinc and silver mine
operated by Mexico's largest lead producer.
The incredible painted desert in the northern reaches of Lassen Volcanic National
Park in Northern California, USA is one of the least visited due to its remoteness.
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