10 incredible natural wonders of the world: in pictures
Get ready to feast your eyes and open up your
imagination on 10 amazing natural sights on our planet. And yes, they’re real…
and they’re spectacular.
1. Fly Geyser – Nevada
OK, this geyser just a 2 ½-hour drive from Reno isn’t
100% real, but it was formed by accident. While drilling for sources of
geothermal energy in 1964, the minerals rose up into this striking and strange
form that you can still admire to this day.
2. Great Blue Hole – Belize
This is definitely an all-natural oddity. This hole that’s 984
feet across and upwards of 410 feet deep is among the best places on the planet
to go scuba diving.
3. Plitvice Lakes – Croatia
Linked by waterfalls, the 16 Plitvice Lakes in Croatia are arranged
in steps. You can see them on walkways as seen in this picture, or via boat.
4. Zangye Danxia – China
These sandstone landforms come in idiosyncratic and colorful
formations as their layers reveal thousands upon millions of year of history
for us to see with our own eyes.
5. Striped Icebergs – Antarctica
When it comes to “out-of-this-world” natural wonders, Antarctica
pretty much has the lion’s share. Especially if you like your wonders to come
in white, maybe blue, or in some cases, stripes.
6. The Door to Hell – Turkmenistan
This gorgeous sight has a backstory similar to that of the Fly
Geyser. The Door to Hell in Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert has been burning for
over 40 years, thanks to geologists that tried to burn off natural gases
discovered when drilling at the site.
7. Côte d’Albâtre – France
You’re familiar with the White Cliffs of Dover, but what about
the “White Cliffs of Normandy?” This chalk-white Alabaster Coast stretches out
80 miles and rises with cliffs up to 328 feet high. The result is the formation
of unique structures like the arch at Étretat.
8. Bryce Canyon – Utah
Most everyone knows about the Grand Canyon, but Bryce Canyon,
sitting over 6,500 feet above sea level, is natural wonder of the world in its
own right with its pyramid-like rock formations called “hoodoos.” It's well
worth the four-hour drive from Las Vegas to
experience.
9. Salar de Uyuni – Bolivia
There’s no need to adjust your settings. The largest salt lake
in the world (2,471 acres, to be exact) looks more like a mirror than an actual
lake, making incredible photos like this one a possibility.
10. Pamukkale – Turkey
Looks like it could be part of Superman’s Fortress of Solitude,
right? But the surreal beauty of these mineral hot springs in southwest
Turkey’s Denizli Province draws so many tourists that access to this wonder is
now restricted with hopes that future tourists can admire it for years to come.
Which of these natural wonders
do you want to see in person? Let us know in the comments section below.
