What’s the most unusual landscape you have ever seen? You must have visited places where you find strange things. We often talk about the beauty of nature and we do inspired by it as well, but there are places where you feel strange and you just relate to the things found there. Below are some of the places, see if can you find ‘em strange too.
1. Rio Tinto, Spain
Through mountains of Sierra Morena to the Gulf of Cadiz, the 58-mile-long Spanish river flows through one of the earth’s largest deposits of pyrite. The rather other worldly landscape is the result of at least 5,000 years of mining activity.
2. Socotra Island, Yemen
There is a small island in the Indian Ocean that has been described as the world’s most alien-looking place. It consists of four islands and two rocky islets of universal importance. The Yemeni island is home to some enthralling species of flora, such as the Dragon’s Blood Tree (Dracaena Cinnabari), the Desert Rose (Adenium Obesium), Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos Socotranum), Dorstenia Gigas and many more. It is also called the “Galápagos of the Indian Ocean”.
3. Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand
The special facts about the Moeraki Boulders is that they formed on the sea bed approximately 65 million years ago, Scattered along the beautiful Koekohe beach in New Zealand, these unusually large boulders attract tourists from all over the world.
4. Chocolate Hills, Philippines
The amazing hills are Philippines’s 3rd National Geological Monument. These hills are located in the Central Visayas region in Philippines. There are more than 1,770 perfectly cone-shaped hills are found there. There are many stories told about the place, unfortunately, these amazing hills aren’t really made of chocolate, but they do look curious. The hills look like a sea of chocolate kisses during the dry season.
5. Gates to Hell, Turkmenistan
Known as The Gates to Hell “ The Darvaza Gas Crater” is burning without interruption since 1971. Nobody knows for sure how much gas has been wasted and for how long it will continue to burn. It’s in the year 1971 when some geologists who were digging in Darvaza for gas deposits, discovered a huge crater filled with poisonous gas and decided to light it on fire to burn off the excess and prevent local poisoning. Unfortunately, the deposit continues to burn to this day.
6. Göreme National Park, Turkey
According to geologists, the eroded plateau of the Turkish valley is an extraordinary example “of the effects of differential erosion of the volcanic tuff sediments by wind and water.” Unesco.org the Göreme National Park is the main attraction of Turkey’s Cappadocia region, located in the Göreme Valley. Entirely sculpted by erosion, this spectacular landscape hides a wonderful historical heritage. Part of the national park includes rock-hewn sanctuaries.
7. Pinnacles Desert, Australia
Australia is famous for its unusual rock formations. This mysterious Pinnacles Desert is also located in Australia. Thousands of limestone pillars rise from the sands of the desert. The strange-looking limestone formations reach up to four meters in height.
8. Ethiopia’s Dallol Volcano
The bizarre landscape with hues of red, green, yellow and white consists of salt ponds, hot mineral springs and geysers. The diverse colors come from potassium salts colored by sulphur and various chlorides & oxides. The regular increase in temperature in the Danakil Depression, where the Dallol volcano is located is 115 degrees. At approximately 157 feet /48 m below sea level, Dallol is the planet’s lowest land volcano.
9. Antelope Canyon, USA
This place is blessed with unusual but superb rock formations; Arizona seems to be the home of natural wonders. The Antelope Canyon is split into the Upper Antelope Canyon & the Lower Antelope Canyon. The meaning of their Navajo names translates into “the place where water runs through rocks, respectively “spiral rock arches”. The Grand Canyon, the Petrified Forest, the Wave are some of the world’s most visited and photographed places.
10. Stone Forests, China
According to Unesco.org, the stone forests of Shilin, Yunnan province represent one of the world’s most spectacular examples of humid tropical to subtropical karst landscapes The Naigu Stone Forest and and the Suogeyi Village are protected UNESCO Sites since 2007. The stone forests of Shilin are considered matchless natural phenomena.
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