Top 5 Strange and Beautiful Wonders in the World
Author: socialclimber7 May
“You’re about to discover the depth of strangeness and beauty the world holds.”
-Warren Ellis, from the comicbook Planetary
That’s actually a pretty accurate summation of what the not-so-popular parts of the world is: strange and beautiful. The curious mix evokes varying reactions from people … is something fascinating because it’s strange, or is it fascinating because its beautiful?
Here are five examples of strange natural beauty that goes undiscovered most of the time.
Curtain of Fire, Hawaii – Located in volcanic Hawaii, Extreme pressure gushing out of a volcano, a fissure vent, and tons and tons of deadly lava, maybe something even hotter than Damien Rice’s “Volcano” — that’s what the Curtain of Fire is. Imagine a geyser, but instead of one hole to burst out of, think, a whole line — it makes for some spectacular display of the awesome power hidden beneath areas with volcanic activity — and seeing it gobble up a tree just adds to the excitement even more.
Death Valley Moving Rocks – Much like crop circles, these mysterious rocks up in Death Valley, California are being debated upon. Are they man-made occurrences? Does someone move them via air at night? Do the rocks come alive when no one’s looking? Are strange energies pulling the rocks underground? Are there sand people sand-submarines that use these rocks as periscopes? However they happen, these rocks show off a trail, with no external footprints of who, or what pushed them. The thing is, the local authorities have prohibited people from actually going near the rocks, to prevent them from being stolen or moved.
Blue Holes in the Bahamas – We’ve all heard about black holes, but what the heck are blue holes??? Blue holes are, according to Wikipedia, “oughly circular, steep-walled depressions, and so named for the dramatic contrast between the dark blue, deep waters of their depths and the lighter blue of the shallows around them. Their water circulation is poor, and they are commonly anoxic below a certain depth; this environment is unfavorable for most sea life, but nonetheless can support large numbers of bacteria.” What are they exactly? Almost-perfectly circle holes in the water that is noticeably bluer than the rest of the water surrounding it. These deep water caves are said to hold details of almost a hundred million years of history. The fun thing is, 90% of these caves are virgin territory … now wouldn’t that be something to explore one?
Banaue Rice Terraces – Located in the Philippines, these layered rice plantings have been built by the native Ifugaos and are estimated to be 2000 years old. Using minimal equipment, they’ve managed to create a primitive irrigation system that waters the crops from the top to the bottom by utilizing the rainforest areas located on top.
The Matterhorn, the Swiss Alps – This mountain may not be the highest, but there’s something special about it. It is immediately recognizable by its outline. It seems like a mountain that has edges. Four sides make it seem like a pyramid. But wait, there’s more! There’s an interesting story behind it too, from the website I found this info from, it says, that “About 40 million years ago, the Alps were created. When two sections of the Earth’s crust crashed into each other, it threw up rocks into a chain of buckled, folded mountains.” Hence, the origin of this unique natural splendor.
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26 Responses for "Top 5 Strange and Beautiful Wonders in the World"
Awesome stuff. Here’s a related article about Moving Rocks at Death Valley (The Racetrack) that I found on StumbleUpon.
And did you know that even the highest mountain ranges in the world (eg: The Himalayas) are young, fold mountains. :-O
The rocks are probably moved my Tuskan Raiders.
awesome
The Blue Hole is in Belize, off of Caye Cauker
The mountains were indeed formed by folding of the earth’s crust, but the sharp edges are caused by glacial action.
if only i could afford to see them
@sir-jorge:
Yeah. Know what you mean, — I want to explore the blue holes myself.
I’ve read about other blue holes, amazing areas. They often have very different plants and animals around the rim than in the surrounding waters. Be a bit spooky to swim there (near the middle)
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Nice places. I’m not sure but I think all mountains were made in the fashion you described. I know India was upside down and below the africaic land mass and turned as it went up and smashed into the asiac land mass creating the Himalayas. I also heard that the catskills in New York State (USA) would have been the highest mountains in the world except that the glaciers had scraped the tops off.
its really amazing
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When one looks outside one dreams,when one looks inside one awakens…….its both at a time!!!!! wow!!! Go on mother nature…we love you…
Conspiracy of Science - Earth is in fact growing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1oza6jybOA&feature=related
here is an interesting point
wooowww!!:P I’m from the Philippines, but I’ve never gone to Banauerice terraces. been planning to, but yeah, financial constraints. hihih. but soon, i’ll visit.
then next would be Egypt, to see those pyramids 
yaaaaaaaaay!! i’m excited!!
Those moving rocks are absolutely amazing. The only problem is the picture doesn’t really show the scale of how big it actually is. The bigger the crazier, smaller maybe dust storms or tornados.
amazing, nature is the best architecture.
amazing and so interesting…
The blue hole shown is Belize
Found a nice post on the The Matterhorn at
http://www.mycliffbuddies.com/matterhorn-25.html
Death Valley Moving Rock is so amazing.
The rocks are probably moved my Tuskan Raiders.
No, these drag marks are too precise for Sand People. Only Imperial troops have such accuracy.
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I believe that the blue hole you have pictured is the Blue Hole in Belize. I have been down in it diving. It is a long day trip from the coast of northern Belize. It is basically the top of a vast underground cave where the ceiling is collapsed. They say there is a rubble pile lying in the bottom at about 300 feet of depth. You have to go down 140 feet before the ceiling opens up, then you get to have the weird experience of swimming through huge limestone stalagtites that are covered in mussels. Diving deeper than 140 feet is beyond the “recreational dive limit”. You cannot go any deeper unless you are a technical diver who is properly trained and equipped for working at depth. The cave was a freshwater cave that dates from when the sea level was much lower during the last ice age. You are right that there is very little life since tropical fish prefer much warmer water. Nothing much is alive down there. The picture makes it look like it is surrounded by land. This is not true. It is surrounded by a very shallow reef, less than a foot in most places. The whole vicinity looks like water from the vantage point of a boat. I was told by the divemaster that a passable hole in the reef was blown using dynamite by Jacques Cousteau’s team many years ago, and for that he was expelled from the country of Belize for good.
Those are incredible stuff. Its amazing to see an irrigation project of that scale built almost over 2000 years ago. Blue hole is something new for me and so is the mystery of moving rocks of California . Thanks for the share.
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Great pictures, make me jealous because i’m stuck at the computer.
ekkkk those blue holes would scare me to death. i dislike the feeling of sudden drops in open water. you never know what might be hungry lol
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