10. THE CHOCOLATE HILLS, BOHOL
PHILIPINES
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Chocolate Hills |
The
Chocolate Hills are probably Bohol's most famous tourist attraction. They look
like giant mole hills, or as some say, women's breasts, and remind us of the
hills in a small child's drawing. Most people who first see pictures of this
landscape can hardly believe that these hills are not a man-made artifact.
However, this idea is quickly abandoned, as the effort would surely surpass the
construction of the pyramids in Egypt. The chocolate hills consist of are no
less than 1268 hills (some claim this to be the exact number). They are very
uniform in shape and mostly between 30 and 50 meters high. They are covered
with grass, which, at the end of the dry season, turns chocolate brown. From
this color, the hills derive their name. At other times, the hills are green,
and the association may be a bit difficult to make.
Legend
has it that the hills came into existence when two giants threw stones and sand
at each other in a fight that lasted for days. When they were finally
exhausted, they made friends and left the island, but left behind the mess they
made. For the more romantically inclined is the tale of Arogo, a young and very
strong giant who fell in love with an ordinary mortal girl called Aloya. After
she died, the giant Arogo cried bitterly. His tears then turned into hills, as
a lasting proof of his grief.
However,
up to this day, even geologists have not reached consensus on how they where
formed. The most commonly accept theory is that they are the weathered
formations of a kind of marine limestone on top of a impermeable layer of clay.
If you climb the 214 steps to the top of the observation hill near the complex,
you can read this explanation on a bronze plaque.
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9. MARIANA TRENCH, PASIFIC OCEAN
The
Mariana Trench is located in the Pacific Ocean, just east of the 14
Mariana Islands (11"21' North latitude and 142" 12' East longitude )
near Japan. As you probably already know, it is the deepest part of
the earth's oceans, and the deepest location of the earth itself. It was
created by ocean-to-ocean subduction, a phenomena in which a plate topped by
oceanic crust is subducted beneath another plate topped by oceanic crust. The
deepest part of the Mariana Trench is the Challenger Deep, so named after the
exploratory vessel HMS Challenger II; a fishing boat converted into a sea lab
by Swiss scientist Jacques Piccard.
On
this site, you will find information on the main characteristics of the
Mariana Trench, its exploration, and its ecosystem. The Biology section of
the site covers the fish and various (organisms and microorganisms) of the
deep, what makes these creatures unique, and the fascinating ways in which they
live and survive. The Oceanography section explores the data
pertaining to the Mariana Trench and other deep sea formations.The Exploration
section relates some of the events pertaining to the first survey of the MT,
and the history of deep sea exploration.

8. PAMUKKALE SPRING, TURKEY


7. SALAR DE UYUNI, BOLIVIA

Covering
an area of over 10,000 square km. in the departmentes of Oruro and Potosi (SW Bolivia),
Salar de Uyuni is estimated to have a reserve of 10 billion tons of salt. Some
40,000 years ago the region was covered by the giant salt lake Minchin. At some
point the lake dried, leaving behind two small lakes (Poopó and Uri Uri) plus
two salt lakes: Coipasa and Uyuni.

6. GUAIRA FALLS, BRAZIL-PARAGUAY
BORDER
If you’ve ever seen Niagara Falls, you
know the tremendous amount of water that tumbles over the edge of the falls
each second. Could you believe there’s a waterfall with a flow more than twice
as great as Niagara?
This waterfall, known as Guaira, is on
the Parana River, on the border between Paraguay and Brazil. In Brazil, the
waterfall is known as Sete Quedas. Guaira is just ,ver three miles wide, and
only about 110 feet high. But Guaira has the largest .iverage flow of any
single waterfall on earth.

5. METEOR CRATER, USA
The
story of the Barringer Meteorite Crater is a story about the collisions and
impacts that have shaped the Earth and other planets in our solar system. But
it is also a story about how we know what we know about craters, meteorites,
and the planet we live on.
The
crater is named for Daniel Moreau Barringer, a Philadelphia mining engineer.
Barringer was one of the first people to claim that the crater was the result
of an impact, contradicting the most eminent scientists of his time. Though he
never found the fortune in meteoritic iron he was convinced lay beneath the
floor of the crater, Barringer’s theory of the crater’s origin was eventually
vindicated and accepted by the scientific community.

4. SOCOTRA, REPUBLIK OF YAMEN

The
long geological isolation from Arabia and Africa has resulted in very high
levels of endemism. 308 endemic plants (36 % of the total), 36 endemic vertebrates (reptiles, birds),
more than 300 species of endemic
invertebrates are found on the islands. Rich marine diversity: to-date 33 genera of
hermatic corals found; 3 possible endemic species including an ophichthis-like
eel which may be new to science

3. MOUNT RORAIMA, SOUTH AMERIKA

This
also creates some of the highest waterfalls in the world over the sides (Angel
falls is located on a similar tabletop mountain some 130 miles away). Though
there are only a few marshes on the mountain where vegetation can grow
properly, these contain many species unique to the mountain, including a
species of carnivorous pitcher plant. The mountain marks the border between
Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana, although more than three quarters of the mountain
is in Venezuelan territory. It is the highest mountain in Guyana, but
Venezuela and Brazil have higher mountains. The triple border point on the
summit is at 5°12'08N, 60°44'07W. Roraima lies on the Guiana Shield in the
southeastern corner of Venezuela's 30,000 km² Canaima National Park, which is
roughly located in the Gran Sabana region . The tabletop mountains of the
park are considered some of the oldest geological formations on Earth, dating
back to the Precambrian Era, some two billion years ago.The average height of
the plateau is about 2,500 metres (8,200 feet), making it the highest point for
distance of 549.44 kilometres (341.48 miles) in any direction. The nearest peak
that is taller is Cerro Marahuaca, to the west-southwest. Despite the fact the
steep sides of the plateau make it difficult to access, it was the first major
tepui to be climbed: Sir Everard im Thurn walked up a forested ramp in December
1884 to scale the strangely wind-and-water sculpted plateau. This is the same
route hikers take today. It is thought that the reports from early Victorian
expeditions to the mountain inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write his
classic adventure yarn, The Lost World, in 1912 - now made into countless films.

2. THE GREAT DUNE OF PYLA, FRANCE

This
hight of dune of Pyla reaches upto a height of 107m. At this summit, the view
is spectacular with the ocean coast, the inlet of the Bay, the large pine
forest and, when the sky is very clear, the Pyrenees Range. This Great Dune is
constituted of fine sand which the siliceous grains have about the same size. Since
about ten years, this area is also became a point of start to the lover of
delta planes. The Great Dune of Pyla is located on the “La Teste de Buch”
district (Gironde) and it is a national listed landscape. Since Europe has no
deserts, you’d think the title of “Europe’s largest sand dune” would go to
something that wasn’t particularly impressive. But you’d be wrong.
The Great Dune of Pyla is 3km long, 500m wide and 100m high, and for reasons I
will probably never understand, it seems to have formed in a forest. The dune
is very steep on the side facing the forest and is famous for being a
paragliding site. At the top it also provides spectacular views out to sea and
over the forest (since the dune is far higher than any of the trees surrounding
it). This unique place is great traveling opportunity for those who would like
to experience how it is like to be in desert and this little version of desert
is less than a hour of ride away from Bordeaux. A number of such smaller sand
dunes can be found at the soul of sandy moor of Gascony. This dune is huge
enough to be visible from the space. From above, it looks like huge white
rectangle
1.THE DOOR TO HELL, TURKMENISTAN

Firstly
they would leave the camp and drilling rig down there, as you can imagine
volunteers to enter the crater filled with poisonous gas were thin on the
ground. Instead they would set the gas alight. This would prevent the air being
poisoned and after a few days the crater should burn off any excess gas seeping
through before the fires too died out. Then they could return and see what was
salvageable from the camp. The plan worked. The gas was burnt, preventing the
poisoning, and the crater kept burning over the next few days. It has been 40
years, the crater still burns. It is known as the,’Door to Hell.‘The
cursed craters effects are noticeable to this day and have not made it a nice
thing to be around.From its burning mouth pours the stench of sulphur, fouling
the local air and making anything with nasal cavities flee from the vicinity.
Were the stench not untenable not enough, the roaring flames in the crater do
their part also. In addition it glows day and night, the leaping flames nested
are so ferocious that they produce a hazy glow which can be seen from several
miles away.

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