TOP : 10
Wonder : The Gates of Hell
Location : Derweze, Turkmenistan
About : A crater that has been ablaze non-stop for around 40 years. Caused when natural gas was set on fire.
The Gates of Hell - Turkmenistan |
TOP : 9
Wonder : Southwestern Slot Canyons
Location : USA
About : Narrow fissures carved into rock by millenia of wind and water erosion. The longest, Buckskin Gulch, stretches for 12 miles.
Southwestern Slot Canyons |
TOP : 8
Wonder : Tsingy of Bemaraha
Location : Madagascar
About : A forest made from limestone needles. Its so dense that it's virtually impenetrable to humans.
Tsingy of Bemaraha |
TOP : 7
Wonder : Belize Barrier Reef
Location : Belize
About : The largest barrier reef in the Western hemisphere. It's thought 90% of its species remain undiscovered.
Belize Barrier Reef |
TOP : 6
Wonder : Grand Prismatic Spring
Location : USA
About : The third largest hot spring in the world. Its remarkable colors are produced by algae and bacteria.
Grand Prismatic Spring |
TOP : 5
Wonder : Wulingyuan National Park
Place : China
About : Home to over 3,000 gigantic sandstone columns, many over 200 meter high. Used to be an ancient tropical sea floor.
Wulingyuan National Park |
TOP : 4
Wonder : Namib Desert
Location : Namibia
About : Thought to be the oldest desert in the world. Its home to huge sand dunes, some measuring 380 meters high.
Namib Desert |
TOP : 3
Wonder : Salar de Uyuni
Location : Bolivia
About : Measuring 4,000 square miles, this is the world's biggest salt flat. Difficult to reach, it sits 3.7 km high in the Andes.
Salar de Uyuni |
TOP : 2
Wonder : Richat Structure
Location : Mauritania
About : A mysterious 50 km wide geological feature in the Sahara desert. Believed to be caused by uplift and erosion rather than a meteor.
Richat Structure |
TOP : 1
Wonder : Socotra Archipelago
Location : Yemen
About : An extremely isolated land form - around 33% of its plant life is found nowhere else on Earth.
Socotra Archipelago |
Data Sources :
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiWO-c6mst0
- www.en.wikipedia.org
- www.destinationspoint.com
- www.mkirste.de
- www.honestlywtf.com
- www.travel.co.jp
- www.cudaprirode.com
- www.travelneu.com
- www.absoluteafrica.com
- www.boomsbeat.com
- www.kuriositas.com
- www.photorator.com
Please be noted that the top 10 that we are including here in our blog are all unofficial rankings unless otherwise noted. Most of the top ten lists are based on Google search results and collected mainly from different blogs and websites around the internet world.
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