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7 Amazing Things You Won’t Believe Actually Exist In Nature
This world is full of wonders you wouldn’t believe existed in Nature.
To truly comprehend these magnificent sights, you must witness them for
yourself. so here are 7 Amazing things you won’t believe actually exist
in nature :
1. Reflective Salt Flats in Bolivia
Salar de Uyuni is the w
orld’s largest salt flat coming in at 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq mi).
Located in southwest Bolivia, These breathtaking salt flats are definitely on the list of things you need to see before you die.
Resulting from the transformation of several prehistoric lakes, which
over eons have left a water salted crust over this vast flat, Salar de
Uyuni is a mesmerizing sight to witness as you watch it reflect the sky
ever so beautifully. Walking through this mirrored wonderland, one might forget which way is up and which way is down.
2. Giant Crystal Cave in Naica, Mexico
Mexico’s Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals) is home to the
largest natural crystal formations found anywhere in the world. Thriving
under unbelievably rare conditions, this cave in mexico provided the
perfect environment for these crystals to grow to incredible sizes.
Geologist Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz explains in an issue of Geology,
that for millennia these crystals grew in a consistent 136 degrees
Fahrenheit (58 degrees Celsius), filled with mineral-rich water that
hyper boosted the growth of these amazing beauties. Garica-Ruiz upon
thinking about these amazing wonders said “There is no other place on the planet where the mineral world reveals itself in such beauty.”
3. Pink Lake Hillier in Australia
When you think of what color a lake might be; blue, brown, maybe even
green may come to mind. But I doubt you would ever associate the colo
r
pink with of body of water. Well for anyone traveling over the western
islands of Australia this unbelievable phenomenon can be witnessed with
their own eyes.
The captivating pink lake is not a trick of the light,
and it retains it’s hue when removed, but the origin of it’s bubble
gum aesthetics remains a mystery the science community is still trying
to solve. best guess right now is that it has to do with the high salt
levels in the water. Being that Lake Hillier is 10 times saltier than
the ocean, it is the perfect breeding ground for the salt loving
micro-algae Dunaliella Salina. These tiny little guys produce
pigment compounds that absorb light like Beta Carotene which is the same
kind of stuff that makes carrots orange and some cabbages purple.
4. Volcanic Lightning in Iceland
This epic display of lightning in Iceland is what scientist call a “dirty thunderstorm.”
The
electrifying phenomena happens when rock fragments, such as ash collide
with ice particles in a volcanic cloud. as it is carried up into higher
than normal parts of the atmosphere, it starts creating static with the
surface of the planet thus providing the electrical charge needed for
lightning.
5. Frozen Air Bubbles in Abraham Lake
Abraham Lake in Alberta Canada is
home to a rare phenomenon that needs to be seen to believe. Trapped
under it’s frozen surface, methane gas creeps its way up creating beautiful air bubbles as it freezes and melts and freezes and melts as the flammable element searches for its way out.
The
methane is created when plants, and animals in the lake sink to the
bottom and react with the bacteria in the water. the bacteria begins to
break down the organic matter, decomposing them, slowly releasing the
gas. Usually the gas floats its way to the top of the lake where it is
released in the air, but when the lake freezes over, methane struggles a
little more to find it’s freedom. It’s hardship shapes moving images,
leaving admirers breathless.
6. Spiderweb Cocooned Trees in Pakistan
This eerie vision of ghost trees is actually an act of survival from millions of spiders in the village of Sindh, Pakistan.
In 2010 massive flooding forced millions of spiders to seek shelter in the higher grounds of the tree tops, and over time the have created intricately beautiful webbed homes for themselves in the most peculiar of places.
7. Shimmering Shores of Vaadhoo Maldives
This midnight light show on the shores of Vaadhoo, Maldives however unbelievable is not the result of an elaborate Photoshop. It is however the result of tiny marine microbes called phytoplankton washing up on the sand.
There
are many types of phytoplankton that are known to have an ability
called bio-luminescence which allows them to glow as a defensive
mechanism to scare predators and lure bigger predators to eat the ones
looking to eat them (Oh, the circle of life). When these plankton are
agitated they let off their glow creating stars in the ocean as the waves ripple them to shore.
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