MARVELS OF THE WORLD
Added on: 7th Aug 2015
LAKE TITICACA, BOLIVIA/PERU
One of South America’s largest lakes is also the highest
commercially navigable lake in the world.
CUEVA DE LOS CRISTALES/CAVE OF CRYSTALS, MEXICO
Discovered in 2000, this cave has some of the largest
selenite crystals in the world.
MARBLE CAVES, CHILE
An incredible cave system, it was created over centuries by wave erosion.
WHITE DESERT (SAHARA EL BEYDA), EGYPT
Dotted with clusters of mushroom-like white rocks, this desert
owes its strange appearance to the wind
MOERAKI BOULDERS, NEW ZEALAND
These spherical stones can be up to 7 feet in diameter. They were
Formed by compacted sediment underground and then emerged
when the surrounding layers of earth were washed away.
SPOTTED LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Each summer, most of the water in this mineral-rich lake evaporates,
leaving behind large concentrations of salt, titanium, and other
minerals that form a polka-dot pattern.
ICE TOWERS OF MOUNT EREBUS, ANTARCTICA
On the frozen slopes of Mount Erebus, above the world’s most southerly
active volcano, superheated gas rises from the Earth to form icy
smokestacks in the Antarctic landscape.
SARISARIÑAMA SINKHOLES, VENEZUELA
On the flat-topped mountain of Cerro Sarisariñama in south west
Venezuela, gravity has punched four perfectly circular holes
nearly 1,000 feet deep into a landscape of remote rainforest.
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