Devil's bridge, glass beach and the strangest places in the world

No need to search in the distant universe, right on Earth there are also lands containing strange and extraordinary things that everyone wants to see with their own eyes once in a lifetime.

Pink lake

About 50,000 years ago, a meteorite hit the earth in the Indian state of Maharashtra, creating a huge lake more than 113 hectares wide and nearly 170 meters deep. In June 2020, just one night, the water color in the lake changed from green to pink never seen in nature, due to the appearance of a special bacteria called Haloarchaea. From above, contrasting with the green of nature, Lonar lake looks like it came from another world.

Not only in India, on hot days, some lakes in Australia turn pink, attracting crowds to take pictures. For example, the artificial lake in Westgate Park in Melbourne has a high salt concentration during the hot months, causing algae to grow and produce beta carotene pigment, leading to the water turning pink. This phenomenon attracts many curious people to watch and take pictures. However, authorities advise visitors not to get too close to the lake because the high salt concentration can irritate the skin and the water smells of rotten eggs.

Seven-color geyser

Fly Geyser is a colorful geyser located on Fly Ranch in northern Nevada (USA), created by the cooperation of man and nature. In the 20th century, people in this area, in an effort to find an underground water source for farming, discovered the Fly Geyser, but could not use it because the water here has a temperature of up to 200 degrees Celsius. appearance of colorful thermophilic algae, which over time have crystallized in the groundwater, creating the extraordinary sight today.

Statue of God under the sea

In 1954, in the northern Italian port city of Genoa, a bronze statue of Jesus Christ was lowered into the sea 17 meters deep, just off the coast of the monastery. This statue of Christ with outstretched arms is the work of sculptor Guido Galletti, meant to bless the land, and is also a way to commemorate Dario Gonzatti, the first Italian to use a wetsuit. sea and unfortunately died nearby. After many years standing in the middle of the ocean, the statue of Jesus was rusted as well as covered by algae and coral. However, this statue still becomes a tourist attraction because of its high human value. Tourists can dive to see the statue, or if on a calm day, take a boat tour.

Cat Island

Aoshima Island, in the Shikoku region (Japan) has more cats than people. This is a small town, with tiny wooden houses arranged like a maze, a single grocery store that first opened in the Meiji period over 120 years ago, and an equally old school. . The island has about 150 cats, and as of 2019 only six people live on it, most of them fishermen.

Devil's Bridge

At first glance, it seems that nature has created a perfect circle in the middle of a romantic lake in Kromlauer park in Germany. But when you get closer, tourists will realize that this impressive circle is the result of a unique optical illusion. The arched bridge named Rakotzbrcke, also known as the "Devil's Bridge", cleverly deceives your eyes. The building was built of basalt in 1860 by architect Friedrich Hermann Rtschke.

So, why is Rakotzbrcke called the devil's bridge? Local legend holds that only the devil can make a passage across the water without a pillar. Some other opinions said that the name above comes from the special design and magical beauty of the bridge when it forms a circle on good days. During the four seasons of the year, Rakotzbrcke is a tourist attraction to Germany due to the change in the surrounding landscape. However, tourists should note, walking on the bridge is prohibited for the sake of preserving this heritage for future generations.

Sparkling stairs

The town of Pamukkale (also means "cotton castle" in Turkish) is famous for its sparkling white calcite stairs stretching across the hillside, with a source of mineral-rich hot springs flowing through. It also includes Hierapolis, the once Roman and Byzantine spa city, along with numerous monuments and a museum.

The pine forest bends

The city of Szczecin in eastern Poland has a small forest of more than 400 pine trees that has attracted the attention of world travelers in recent years. The whole tree trunk here bends very strangely. Many theories have been proposed to try to explain why they can take on such a shape: the effect of magnetic forces, a blizzard or simply the skillful hands of the growers?

Rainbow Mountain

The spiral and colorful terrain of this national park is due to the erosion of sandstone and mineral deposits over the millennia, and as a result they take on unique shapes. After being officially designated as a national geological heritage in 2011, the mountain range was opened to visitors freely. The ladder system helps visitors to climb to the top without affecting the landscape, and at the same time can observe all the colorful floors.

Glass beach

This beach in California (USA) is the best example of nature's ability to turn trash into treasure. Hidden by cliffs, this place was at first merely a dumping ground for the townspeople of Fort Braggs. In the '60s, everything from broken appliances to old cars - was thrown straight over the cliff into the sea, until the authorities spoke out to stop it. In the decades that followed, the waters did the extraordinary: the great waves from the ocean turned trash into gem-like pebbles.

The Moeraki Rocks

Currently, the mysterious spherical stones scattered along Koekohe beach (New Zealand) are still a great mystery, becoming a tourist attraction back and forth. Each rock weighs several tons and is up to 2m high. According to the scientists, they are the result of large quantities of minerals accumulating and solidifying around fossils from about 65 million years ago, shortly after the dinosaurs became extinct due to giant meteorites.

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