Unbelievable Places That Actually Exist -P2

You May Think These Images Are from the Movie Avatar Or Perhaps Some Other Distant Earth-Like Planet It's Hard To Believe These Places Exist On Our Own Planet Here Are Unbelievable Places That Actually Exist

Lake Retba Senegal

On The Northwest Coast Of Africa About 18 Miles Northeast Of The Senegalese Capital Dakar Is A Lake Like Anything You'll Find Elsewhere In The World Called Lake Retba It Has An Extremely High Salt Content And This Provides Ideal Conditions For Doudna Hi Ella Celina L Gate To Thrive Which Are Bright Red Colored And Make The Water Appear To Be Pink This Unusual Hue Is Far More Prominent During The Region's Dry Season Between November And June And The Effect Is Accentuated By The Magenta Bushes That Grow Around Its Shores The Lake Is An Important Economic Center Too With Thousands Of People Who Rely On Retrieving And Selling The Salt Deposits As Well As Fishing The Waters Catches Here Don't Quite Match Up To What's Possible In Other Lakes However Because To Survive In Such Salty Water The Fish Only Grow To Around One Quarter The Size They Would Do Elsewhere

Red Beach Pungent China

China Is A Country That's Full Of Incredible Geographic Sights But There's Perhaps None As Surprising As The Red Beach In Paju It's Around The Mouth Of The Penjing Xiangcheng Seat River With Soil Is So Alkaline That Very Few Species Of Plant Can Grow One That Does Particularly Well Is The Sway The Salsa Which Has A Deep Red Color And Is Why The Region Looks So Remarkable Who Was Once Thought That Mars Was Red Because It Was Covered In Crimson Plants And If That Were True The Beach At Punch In Is Surely How It Would Have Appeared With So Many Plants Growing On The Shores The Red Beach Is The Largest Wetland Area In The World And Together With The Largest Reed Marsh In Asia Which Is Also There The Whole Region Is A Protected Area Of Natural Interest It's Home To More Than 260 Different Species Of Birds And More Than 400 Species Of Other Types Of Animals Including The Rare Red-Crowned Crane And Black Mouth Gulls

the Crooked Forest Poland

Deep Within A Forest Near The Town Of Graphene Oh And Poland Is A Phenomenon That Has Confused Researchers And Visitors Alike Ever Since It Was First Discovered Called The Crooked Forest There Are An Estimated 400 Pine Trees That Have For Some Reason Grown Very Differently To Normal It's Thought That They Were Planted During The 1930s When The Region Was A Part Of  Germany And After Emerging From The Ground Like Usual They Bent Towards The North For Several Feet Before Growing Upwards Again It's Not Known Why This Has Happened And Why It's Something That Only These 400 Trees Have Done There's A Couple Of Theories The First Is That It's The Result Of Human Design Perhaps Because Of A Tool That Was Used When They Were First Planted Or The Alternative Suggestion Is That They Were All Subject To A Freak Weather Event Such As A Snowstorm While They Were Young In Their Development No Records Exist To Support Either Theory However So It's Quite Possible We'll Never Know For Certain

Stone Forest Madagascar

 Madagascar Is Usually Thought Of As A Place With An Unparalleled Amount Of Biodiversity But Its Geographical Features Are Equally Impressive The Stone Forest Which Is Within The Singing Daiba Maha National Park Began Life Hundreds Of Millions Of Years Ago As A Lagoon Limestone Deposits Formed On The Bed And Due To Tectonic Activity Were Lifted Above The Water Surface As Lagoon Receded More Limestone Was Revealed And Was Worn Away By The Monsoon Rains Over The Following Millennia This Combined With Groundwater Erosion That Formed Caves That Subsequently Collapsed Has Left A Series Of Towers With Canyons Between Them Which Has Resulted In The Largest Such Formation In The World It's Name Means Where One Cannot Walk Barefoot And That's An Apt Warning These Pillars Some Of Which Are Up To 2600 Feet High Are Sharp Enough To Easily Cut Through Flesh Or Equipment So Have To Be Traversed With The Utmost Of Care

Lake Baikal Russia

Lake Baikal Which Is In Southern Siberia Is The Largest Known Freshwater Lake In The World Which Contains Almost A Quarter Of Our Planet's Non Saline Surface Water At Five Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Seven Feet Deep It's The World's Deepest Lake And Is Also Thought To Be The Oldest After Forming Around 25 Million Years Ago As You'd Expect There's A Wealth Of Plant And Animal Life In The Region And It Supports Countless Villages And Tribes But The Thing That's Particularly Amazing About This Place Is What Happens When It Freezes Over Because It's Formed In A Valley It's Exposed To Freezing Winds That Blow Across Its Surface And This Leads To The Creation Of Unbelievable Eye Structures That Are Hard To Believe Form Naturally Methane Bubbles Are Often Trapped In The Ice Small Particles Are Blown Together Frozen Melted And Refrozen To Join Into Unusual Shapes And Rocks Can Even Be Seen Sitting On Their Own Lacy Pedestals At The Right Time Of Year This Is One Of The Most Serene And Awe Inspiring Places On Earth And Well Worth A Visit If You Get The Chance

 Richat Structure Mauritania

 Also Known As The I Of Africa The Richat Structure Is A Strange Formation In The Desert Rock Near The Small Town Of Donek In Mauritania The Inverse Dome Is 25 Miles In Diameter And Has Exposed Various Layers Of Rock That Appear Like Concentric Rings It's One Of The Easiest Natural Structures To See From Space But Amazingly It's Very Hard To See From Ground Level And If You Were There You'd Probably Be Unable To Notice Anything Different About It From The Surrounding Land Quite How It Was Formed Has Been The Subject Of Scientific Debate Ever Since It Was First Discovered In The 1930s The First Assumption Was That It's An Impact Crater From A Meteorite But The Lack Of Evidence Of Any Superheated Rocks Has Ruled This Out Instead It's Been Formed By Millions Of Years Of Erosion Of Softer Rock That Was Probably Deposited During A Time When The Region Was Underwater Quite Why This Happened In Such A Circular Fashion Is Still Unclear There Are Ridges And Valleys That Follow The Concentric Lines Of The Richat Structure And Evidence Has Been Found That Humans Have Lived Here For Hundreds Of Thousands Of Years Ancient Artifacts Have Been Unearthed That Date Back To The Stone Age Such As Tools And Spears Strangely However None Have Been Found At The Center Of This Depression Which Also Discounts Any Possibility That This Was A Prehistoric Mine Of Some Sort With Such Delicate Rock There Are Calls To Make The Structure A Protected Site To Ensure It Can Be Studied For Years To Come And Hopefully Reveal Some Of The Secrets As To How This Strange Place Came To Be

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