10 Weird But Beautiful Places on Earth
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00:00 There are places in this world that appear to be practically alien as though they could
00:04 just exist on a planet that advanced independently from our own.
00:08 These are places that researchers have needed to battle just to see how they actually could
00:12 have been shaped as they seem to follow logical laws that exist nowhere else on this planet.
00:18 Hello guys, welcome to another episode of Forever Green.
00:22 In this video we explore the 10 weirdest places on planet earth.
00:26 And you should stick around for number 1.
00:29 Because some of these earth's weirdest places have stories behind them too petrifying to
00:33 even dare visit.
00:36 Number 10, Red Beach of Hormuz Island.
00:40 The Hormuz Island, situated in Iran, has a mountain rich in red oxide soil, called Gellak,
00:47 which isn't only an important mineral for industrial purposes, but local people likewise
00:52 use it as a zest in their cooking for sauces and jams.
00:56 This mountain is the sole consumable mountain on the planet.
01:00 The island is dry, and throughout the late spring months, the temperature can ascend
01:04 to more than 43 degrees Celsius.
01:07 The mountain, being on the shoreline, makes the curiously red seashore and red waves of
01:11 the ocean an unmissable sight to see.
01:14 Moreover, strolling along the shore, you will experience parts where sand sparkles with
01:20 metal mixes and are particularly hypnotizing at dusk or dawn.
01:25 The red seashore's red soil has a high financial worth and has been traded for quite a while
01:30 so as to use in different businesses, for example, coloring, beauty care products, glass
01:36 and pottery.
01:37 The soil shading around you continues changing as you walk or ride, and you can visit a novel
01:43 red palatable soil and other 70 bright minerals in Hormuz Island.
01:48 Brilliant perspectives, immaculate nature, and different attractions all in Hormuz Island
01:53 are the heavenly highlights of this delightful island.
01:57 Winters in Hormuz Island are agreeably gentle.
02:01 You can appreciate numerous stimulations, ways of life, conventions, attire, and nearby
02:06 dishes of the south of Iran when in Hormuz Island.
02:12 Number 9.
02:13 Lencios Maranhenses National Park - White Sand Dunes Structures
02:18 Every year during the rainy season, Brazil's Lencios Maranhenses National Park treats visitors
02:24 to an amazing sight.
02:26 The question still remains as to how were these sand dunes formed with their thousands
02:30 of clear blue lagoons?
02:33 At first glance, it looks like a picture-perfect desert, miles and miles of sand with almost
02:38 no vegetation.
02:40 But it's not a desert as Lencios Maranhenses gets about 47 inches of rain yearly, making
02:46 it too rainy to be officially considered a desert.
02:50 Two rivers run through the Lencios Maranhenses.
02:53 These rivers push sand from the interior of the continent to the Atlantic Ocean, depositing
02:58 thousands of tons of sediment along Brazil's northern coast.
03:02 During the dry season, especially during the months of October and November, powerful winds
03:07 from the equatorial Atlantic whip the sand back inland, carrying it as far as 30 miles
03:12 and creating the vast, sculpted sand dunes for which the park is famous.
03:17 From the months of January to June, the area is flooded with torrential rainstorms.
03:22 Rainwater pools in the valleys between the dunes, creating thousands of crystal-clear
03:26 lagoons with some as wide as 300 feet and as deep as 10 feet.
03:31 Although these lagoons exist for only a few months a year, they are not devoid of life.
03:36 Interconnected lagoons link up with neighboring rivers, creating channels for fish to enter
03:40 the temporary pools.
03:43 Other fish, like the wolffish, spend the dry season dormant, burrowed far enough under
03:48 the sand to reach still damp mud.
03:50 When the wet season comes and the lagoons appear, the wolffish emerge to feed on insects
03:55 and other fish that make the lagoons their summer home.
03:58 And if you think this place is not that weird, the number one will leave you in awe.
04:05 Number 8.
04:06 Danakil Depression, the place with acid pools.
04:10 In a surreal landscape of colors, dominated by luminescent ponds of yellows and greens,
04:15 boiling hot water bubbles up like a cauldron, whilst poisonous chlorine and sulfur gases
04:21 choke the air.
04:24 The Danakil Depression in Ethiopia is petrifyingly scorching hot and one of the most alien places
04:29 on Earth.
04:31 Danakil is part of the Afar Triangle, a geological depression in the remote northeastern part
04:37 of Ethiopia, where three tectonic plates are slowly diverging.
04:42 There are two highly active volcanoes and hence the vibrant colors are a result of rain
04:47 and seawater from the nearby coast being heated by magma and rising up.
04:52 The salt from the seawater reacts with the volcanic minerals in the magma, creating dazzling
04:57 colors.
04:58 In the hottest and most acidic pools, sulfur and salt react to form bright yellow chimneys.
05:04 In cooler pools, copper salts create bright turquoise.
05:08 The sulfur springs of Danakil are a particular draw, with its stupefying shades of neon green
05:13 and yellow that hiss forth from the rocky terrain set on a vast sea of nothingness.
05:19 Unfortunately, it's common to see dead insects and birds around the perimeter of Danakil's
05:24 sulfur springs, which is likely caused by drinking the water or inhaling too much of
05:28 the carbon dioxide-rich air.
05:31 It's also the reason the springs have been dubbed "killer lakes."
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05:50 Number 7.
05:51 Pamukkale, Turkey - Travertine Pools
05:53 Travertine, a mineral consisting of a massive, usually layered calcium carbonate, is formed
06:00 by deposition from spring waters or especially from hot springs.
06:05 In the southwestern Turkey is a region known as Pamukkale, famous for its snow-white limestone
06:11 springs.
06:12 It is famously known as a city that has been a spa town even in the ancient times.
06:19 Dribbling gradually down the immense mountainside, mineral-rich waters froth and gather in terraces,
06:25 overflowing falls of stalactites into the smooth pools underneath.
06:30 Legend has it that the developments are solidified cotton, the region's chief harvest, that
06:35 giants left out to dry.
06:38 Here there are 17 heated water springs in which the temperature ranges from 35°C to
06:44 100°C. The Travertine pools attract millions of tourists who travel from all the corners
06:50 of the earth just to have a bath in these warm and antique healing waters.
06:57 It is believed that Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, usually had a bath in these pools.
07:02 Tadpoles can be found in the pools.
07:05 Hot air balloon flights are also available at the dawn.
07:10 Number 6 - Pancake Rocks - Natural Staircases
07:16 Near the settlement of Punakaki in Patai area, New Zealand lies the spectacular Pancake Rocks.
07:22 These rocks with pancake layering make delightful attractions as well as what resembles a natural
07:28 flight of stairs.
07:30 These rock shapes were framed as the ocean had disintegrated and eroded through the limestones,
07:35 when minute lime-rich sections of dead marine animals were deposited on the seabed and at
07:40 that point overlaid by more fragile layers of delicate mud and clay.
07:46 Spectacular views, geological oddities and coastal forest, rich bird life and marine
07:51 mammals are highlights along this walk.
07:55 Number 5 - Cat Island - What is Too Many Cats?
08:00 In case you're a cat darling, you may think that it's ideal to be in the company of a
08:04 cat.
08:05 Yet, would you be able to envision that there is an island in Japan with more cat inhabitants
08:10 than people?
08:11 Japan is known for the charming and what could be cuter than cat and little kitten faces.
08:17 In Oshima, Japan, and in excess of a hundred felines lurk the island, twisting up in deserted
08:22 houses or swaggering about in the peaceful fishing town.
08:27 The cats outnumber people six to one on the island, and you were probably wondering, where
08:31 did all these cats come from?
08:34 The felines were initially introduced on ships on the grounds that the fishermen needed to
08:37 manage a rat issue.
08:39 However, the felines at that point stayed on the island and replicated.
08:43 The populace expanded exponentially.
08:45 It is not a spot with helpful transportation as just two rounds of ships go to the island
08:51 every day.
08:52 In any case, it may be a destination to attempt a visit for the amazingly sharp cat darlings.
08:57 There's no vehicles, inns, eateries, or in any event, candy machines on the island.
09:03 Inhabitants there are generally elders.
09:05 They won't dismiss the guests who need to draw near to the felines, but try not to upset
09:09 the occupants on the off chance that you visit the island.
09:12 Don't take care of the felines since they are taken care of by the inhabitants consistently.
09:19 Number 4.
09:20 Sailing Stones.
09:21 See the stones moving.
09:24 Heavy rocks like these seem to slide across the surface of Racetrack Playa in Death Valley
09:29 National Park, California, without the gravitational phenomena.
09:35 Located in a remote area of California's Death Valley National Park, the hefty heavy stones
09:41 seem to move across the dried lakebed known as Racetrack Playa, deserting a trail behind
09:46 them in the cracked mud.
09:50 The rock's apparent movement has been accused on everything from space aliens and magnetic
09:54 fields to pranksters, but no one has actually seen the rocks move, which only adds to the
10:00 puzzle.
10:02 The sailing stones of Death Valley continue to baffle park visitors and scientists alike.
10:07 However, in 2014, scientists believed that they had made a breakthrough on the mystery
10:13 behind the moving stones, some as heavy as 100 pounds.
10:18 The movement of the rocks occurs when large sheets of ice a few millimeters thick and
10:23 floating in an ephemeral winter pond break up on sunny days.
10:28 Frozen during cold winter nights, these thin, floating ice panels are driven by wind and
10:33 shove rocks at speeds of up to 5 meters per minute, and thus credited the movement to
10:39 a balance in ice, water, and wind.
10:43 We may think we have found the answer to their movement, but who knows what other secrets
10:47 lie in Death Valley?
10:50 Pay a visit and see if you can come up with your own theory on this great phenomena.
10:57 Number 3 - Son Dung, Cave, Vietnam.
11:03 Located near the Laos-Vietnam border, Hang Son Dung is the largest cross-section of any
11:07 cave worldwide.
11:10 Formed in the soluble rock limestone, it is the largest known cave passage in the world
11:14 by volume.
11:16 Its name, Hang Son Dung, is variously translated from Vietnamese as "Cave of the Mountain
11:21 River."
11:22 The whistling sound of wind and the roar of a rushing stream coming from the cave can
11:26 be heard through the entrance.
11:29 Permits are required to access the cave and are made available on a limited basis, with
11:33 1,000 permits available for the 2019 and 2020 season, which runs from February to August.
11:41 After August, heavy rains cause river levels to rise and make the cave largely inaccessible.
11:46 The cave is unique for the two enormous dolins, cave roof collapses, and underground rainforests
11:52 as well as home to the Great Wall of Vietnam.
11:58 Number 2 - The Stone Forest.
12:01 The Stone Forest is a notable set of limestone formations about 500 kilometers located in
12:07 the Yunnan province, China.
12:10 The tall rocks seem to arise from the ground in a matter with many looking like petrified
12:15 trees, thereby creating the illusion of a forest made of stone.
12:20 One of the most famous attractions is the Ashima Stone, which legend says was formed
12:25 after the beautiful Sani girl Ashima, ran into the forest and was turned to stone after
12:30 being forbidden to marry the man she loved.
12:33 Every year on June 24, the local Sani people hold a time-honored torch festival, which
12:39 features many traditional performances such as wrestling, bullfighting, pole climbing,
12:45 dragon playing, lion dancing, and the Aksai moon dance.
12:50 Number 1 - Easter Island.
12:53 The Easter Island is located in the southeastern Pacific, Chile.
12:58 Easter Island is most famous for its nearly 1,000 extinct monumental statues called Maui,
13:05 created by the early Rapa Nui people.
13:08 Being a high volcanic island, the inhabitants used basalt stone to carve the huge statues
13:13 from the solidified volcanic ash of Ranu Raraku volcano.
13:20 And that's it for the 10 weirdest places on planet earth.
13:24 Which of these places would you like to visit?
13:26 Let us know in the comments below.
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