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THE MOST WEIRDEST AND MYSTERIOUS PLACES TO VISIT ON EARTH (PART I)

Our home planet "Earth" one of the unique and habitable planets in the universe and, surprisingly, it is also the home of some unique, weirdest, and mysterious places. We’ve all heard about some famous destinations like London, Paris, Hong Kong, New York, Los Angels, Dubai, Singapore, etc. However, there are so many unique and strange places that people don't talk about. If you’re an adventure-seeker and looking for a mysterious and strange place, here are some places that will amaze you. These places are worth traveling for their both uniqueness and absolute beauty.

(1) The Tianzi Mountains – China

Tianzi Mountain is located in Zhangjiajie in the Hunan Province of China, close to the Suoxi Valley in South Central China. It is named after the farmer Xiang Dakun of the Tujia ethnic group, who led a successful local farmers' revolt and called himself "Tianzi", meaning son of Heaven and is the traditional epithet of the Chinese emperor.

THE MOST WEIRDEST AND MYSTERIOUS PLACES TO VISIT ON EARTH


These giant, pillar-like mountains have a peak of 1,212 m (3,976 ft). The area taken up by these mountains is about 67 square kilometres (17,000 acres). The Mountains are quartz sandstone and were formed about 400 million years ago through irregular rising patterns of the earth’s crust, and with about 318 million years of erosion, these tall and skinny mountains were formed. This geological formation belongs to the "New Cathaysian" tectonic system (Wikipedia).



(2) The Giant’s Causeway – Northern Ireland

The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.


It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 and a national nature reserve in 1987 by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant's Causeway was named the fourth greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom.


The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven, or eight sides. The tallest columns are about 12 meters (39 ft) high. Around 50 to 60 million years ago, during the Paleocene Epoch, Antrim was subject to intense volcanic activity, when highly fluid molten basalt intruded through chalk beds to form an extensive lava plateau. As the lava cooled, contraction occurred. The size of the columns was primarily determined by the speed at which lava cooled. The extensive fracture network produced the distinctive columns seen today (Wikipedia).



(3) Spotted Lake – British Columbia, Canada

Spotted Lake is a saline endorheic alkali lake located northwest of Osoyoos in the eastern Similkameen Valley of British Columbia, Canada (Wikipedia).


In winter and spring, the lake looks just like any other water body. But during the summers most of the water starts to evaporate and hundreds of huge briny pools are left behind, leaving a polka-dotted landscape of yellow, green, and blue spots. The CBC calls the appropriately named Spotted Lake "the most magical place in Canada" (MNN)


The colorful lakes are the result of a high concentration of minerals, like calcium, sodium, and magnesium sulphates in the water. The minerals and a collection of salts have come from surrounding hills. The variation in colors depends on the concentration of variation of minerals in each pool.

Spotted Lake has been considered a sacred place for centuries by the indigenous people of the Okanagan Nation, according to the British Columbia Visitor Centre.




(4) Pamukkale – Turkey

Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli in southwestern Turkey. The area is famous for a carbonate mineral left by the flowing water. It is located in Turkey's Inner Aegean region, in the River Menderes valley, which has a temperate climate for most of the year.


Pamukkale's terraces are made of travertine, a sedimentary rock deposited by water from the hot springs. In this area, there are 17 hot water springs in which the temperature ranges from 35 °C (95 °F) to 100 °C (212 °F). The water that emerges from the spring is transported 320 metres (1,050 ft) to the head of the travertine terraces and deposits calcium carbonate on a section 60 to 70 metres (200 to 230 ft) long covering an expanse of 24 metres (79 ft) to 30 metres (98 ft). When the water, supersaturated with calcium carbonate, reaches the surface, carbon dioxide de-gasses from it, and calcium carbonate is deposited. Calcium carbonate is deposited by the water as a soft gel which eventually crystallizes into travertine (Wikipedia).


Pamukkale is a tourist attraction. It is recognized as a World Heritage Site together with Hierapolis. Hierapolis-Pamukkale was made a World Heritage Site in 1988.


(5) Lake Hillier – Western Australia

Lake Hillier is a saline lake on the edge of Middle Island, the largest of the islands and islets that make up the Recherche Archipelago in the Goldfields-Esperance region, off the south coast of Western Australia. It is particularly notable for its pink colour. A long and thin shore divides the Southern Ocean from the lake.


This famous pink lake is a sight to watch. It was discovered in 1802 by a Royal Navy explorer its strawberry milkshake colour is awe-inspiring. Exactly what causes the lake in Australia to be pink is up for debate but is probably to do with the microorganisms that make Lake Hillier their home. Most scientists do agree it has probably something to do with the presence of a specific species of microalgae - Dunaliella Salina (C. McFadden).


Lake Hillier is about 600 metres (2,000 ft) in length by about 250 m (820 ft) in width. The lake is surrounded by a rim of sand and a dense woodland of paperbark and eucalyptus trees with a narrow strip of sand dunes covered by vegetation separating its northern edge from the northern coast of the Middle Island. The most notable feature of the lake is its pink, vibrant colour. The vibrant colour is permanent and does not alter when the water is taken in a container (Wikipedia).


(6) Thor’s Well – Oregon, USA

Thor’s Well, as the natural wonder is known, is not actually bottomless; it is, however, very dangerous (Atlas Obscura).


Some call it a "gaping sinkhole," the "drainpipe of the Pacific" even a "gate to hell." It's known as a bucket list item for any thrill-seeking photographer, but a place that will swallow you whole if you venture too close.


Thor's Well is just another interesting feature located in the Cape Perpetua Scenic Area, just three miles south of Yachats. Thor's Well is a bowl-shaped hole carved out of the rough basalt shoreline. According to Gary Hayes, publisher of Coast Explorer Magazine, the feature likely started out as a sea cave dug out by the waves before the roof eventually collapsed, leaving openings at the top and bottom through which the ocean surges and sprays.


At high tide, the waves roll underneath the bowl, filling it from the bottom until it bubbles out the top or bursts up in a violent spray. The water then rolls back into the hole, making Thor's Well appear to fill and drain endlessly. It's fun to watch when the ocean is high but return at low tide to see the mechanisms at work (Jamie Hale).




(7) Badab-e-Surt (Soort ) – Iran

Badab Soort is a natural site in Mazandaran Province in northern Iran, 95 kilometres (59 miles) south of the city of Sari, and 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) west of Orost village. It comprises a range of stepped travertine terrace formations that have been created over thousands of years as flowing water from two mineral hot springs cooled and deposited carbonate minerals on the mountainside.


Badab Soort's springs are two distinct mineral springs with different natural characteristics, located at 1,840 metres (6,040 ft) above sea level. The first spring contains very salty water that gathers in a small natural pool; its water is considered to have medicinal properties, especially as a cure for rheumatism and some types of skin diseases and skin conditions. The second spring has a sour taste and is predominately orange mainly due to the large iron oxide sediments at its outlet.


Badab Soort's terraces are made of travertine, a sedimentary rock deposited by flowing water from the two distinct mineral springs during Pleistocene and Pliocene periods. When the water, supersaturated with calcium carbonate and iron carbonate, reaches the surface, carbon dioxide gases from it and mineral carbonates are deposited. The depositing continues until the carbon dioxide in the water balances the carbon dioxide in the air. Iron carbonate and calcium carbonate are deposited by the water as soft jellies, but they eventually harden into travertine. As a result, over the course of thousands of years, the water from these two springs emanating from the mountain range have combined and resulted in a number of orange, red and yellow-coloured pools shaped as a naturally formed staircase (Wikipedia).



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