jueves, 2 de agosto de 2012

Ten Lesser Known Natural Wonders


Hello everybody~!!!
Welcome to my page again..
On this post I want to introduce the 
TEN LESSER KNOWN NATURAL WONDERS


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No. 10     GATES TO HELL, TURKMENISTAN

A crater that has been ablaze non-stop for around 40 years 
caused when natural gas was set on fire.





No.9     SOUTHWESTERN SLOT CANYONS, USA

Narrow fissures carved into rock by millenia of wind and water erosion.
The longest, Buckskin Gulch, stretches for 12 miles.





No.8     TSINGY OF BEMARAHA, MADAGASCAR

A forest made from limestone needles.
It's so dense that it's virtually impenetrable for humans.





No.7     BELIZE BARRIER REEF, BELIZE

The largest barrier reef in the western hemisphere.
It's thought 90% of its species remain undiscovered.





No.6     GRAND PRISMATIC SPRING, USA

The third-largest hot spring in the world.
Its remarkable colors are produced by algae and bacteria.





No.5     WULINGYUAN NATIONAL PARK, CHINA

Home to over 3000 gigantic sandstone columns.
Many over to 200m high. Used to be an ancient tropical sea floor.





No.4     NAMIB DESERT, NAMIBIA

Thought to be the oldest desert in the world.
It's home to huge sand dunes, some measuring 380m high.





No.3     SALAR DE UYUNI, BOLIVIA

Measuring 4000 square miles, this is the world's biggest salt flat.
Difficult to reach, it sits 3.7km high in the Andes.





No.2     CHOCOLATE HILLS, PHILIPPINES


More than 1770 perfectly cone-shaped hills 
are spread over an area of 50 square kilometres in Bohol, Philippines.
The hills look like a sea of chocolate kisses during the dry season.





No.1     SOCOTRA ARCHIPELAGO, YEMEN

An extremely insolated land form.
Around 33% of its plant life is found nowhere else on earth.

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