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Friday 11 April 2014

Unique place...

     1. Cano Cristales, Colombia


  Cano Cristales is a river that is located in the mountains of the Serrania de la Macarena. The area is very isolated areas where there is just a way to ride a horse, mule or on foot. The area is dotted with waterfalls, rapids and wells where the water in the surface can be clearly seen. In the period between the rainy season and the dry season occurs between September-November, the river turns to color full. Algae in the water produces a mixture of red, blue, green, black and yellow. The river has no fish because the channel complex and crisscrossed. The river is also called The River of Five Colours.





     2. Fly Geyser Reno, Nevada

  Hot tubs are produced unintentionally from drilling wells to find water, though it was not formed until 1960. Place has the area's geothermal heat has caused water to gush to the surface and mineral begins to form which eventually resulted in a small volcano 5-foot, with layers of terraces. The terrace has a different color due to the minerals found there.



     3. Rio Tinto, Spain

  Rio Tinto River flowing the Sierra Moreno to the Bay of Cadiz in Huelva, Spain. Rio Tinto means red river and this coincides with the red river due to high iron levels. The river was mined for copper, gold and silver since ancient times and continues to this day. , which also has the oldest mines in the world, believed omission of Solomon. Due to mining activities, the river has a high acid levels and home to the only living organisms in extreme conditions. 



     4. Chocolate Hills, Bohol, Philippines

  Chocolate Hills is the most popular tourist attractions in Bohol, Philippines is ranked at number 6 in the seven new wonders of the world. The hill is composed of approximately 1268 limestone cone-shaped grass covered with a height of between 40-120 meters. Chocolate Hills is a wonder of nature is also listed as a national geological monument Philippines. During the summer, limestone hills covered with grass will be dry and browned, turn the area into a line of hills that look like chocolate. Noted that there is no natural formation of its kind in the world.



     5. Great Blue Hole, Belize

  Hole in the dubbed as Blue Hole can be found in the waters of the Bahamas and Belize. These holes are often the gateway to a network of caves and some length to reach up to 14 miles.




     6. Dead Sea, Jordan

  The Dead Sea is also called the Salt Sea is located on the border of Jordan and Israel. It is located at the lowest elevation on the earth's surface. Due to the salinity and density is very high, it is called the Dead Sea and the water saltier than sea water. It is also known for its man can float on the water surface. Aquatic life such as fish also can not afford to live here.



     7.Vale Da Lua, Brazil
  This place is a stone basin formed by the erosion of the San Miguel River. Vale Da Lua means valley of the moon and given the name because the erosion of the river causing the stone to be smooth and gray like the moon. Valley also has the oldest rock in the world,'s possible to reach an estimated age of 1.8 billion years. The river also has formed caves, waterfalls and bizarre rock formations. If viewed from outer space, this is the most luminous in the earth.



     8. Pamukkale, Turkey

  Pamukkale in Turkish means cotton castle, and is also called the white castle white surroundings, due to the concentration of calcite high in the water. Deposition of sediment from the stone travertine produce white terraces, petrified waterfalls and mineral forests that make up the landscape around it. 17 hot springs here are heated by underground volcanic. The area is also a spa to cure thousands of years and attracts visitors from all over the world, as well as the Romans had built the ancient city Hieropolis here.





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