1、血色瀑布(南极洲)
很多人没有机会亲临南极洲观赏血色瀑布,但即使是在照片上看到它,也会为它的雄伟壮观感到震惊:血红色的瀑布染红了雪白的泰勒冰川。这个地方于1911年被地理学家托马斯·泰勒发现,他是一支命运多舛的南极探险队的成员之一。从那时起,冰川学家和微生物学家就在探索导致红色水流的奥秘,他们得出的结论是:地下湖泊丰富的铁元素导致水变得像血一样红。最新的研究表明,在冰下1300英尺、有靠水里的铁和硫磺生存的微生物存活。
2、磁山(加拿大新不伦瑞克)
什么力量能导致没有启动的汽车在上坡时自动后退呢?是一种来自地球内部的磁力,或是某种更为奇妙的力量?从20世纪30年代磁山被发现之后,人们就在试图解开这道谜题。尽管已经证实“磁力”只是一个光学错觉,而所谓的“上坡”其实是一道“下坡”,但仍然不能阻止游客开车来到磁山,亲自体验磁山的魔力。
3、叙尔特塞岛(冰岛)
当有人坚决认为地球上已没有任何新鲜事物时,让他们去冰岛的叙尔特赛岛吧。1963年以前,它并不存在。后来,威斯特曼岛的一座水下火山爆发,当火山活动于1967年停止时,原先没有岛的地方出现了一座小岛。叙尔特赛岛最大时只有1平方英里(约258公顷),但风和水不断的侵蚀使得它面积缩小一半。为保护这个小岛,冰岛政府禁止游客进入叙尔特赛岛,只允许海洋生物学家、地质学家、植物学家和其他科学家进行研究。
4、摩拉基大圆石(新西兰)
许多大圆石散落在新西兰南岛东海岸的海滩上,有些圆石周长达到12英尺(约3.6米)。它们形成于几百万年前的海底,由围绕着一个化石或贝壳核心的沉积物和矿物质聚集、硬化而成。摩拉基大圆石并不是地质学家称之为“龟裂”的惟一例证,还可以去参观新西兰北岛西北海岸赫基昂加湾的圆石。一些摩拉基大圆石是世界上最大的,科学家仍在研究导致圆石内部独特裂缝的原因。
5、午夜太阳(挪威斯匹次卑尔根岛)
从4月20日到8月23日,太阳永远照耀在位于北冰洋格陵兰岛北部的斯瓦尔巴德群岛。6至7月,太阳一直保持在人们头顶,严重破坏人们的生物钟,使人们无法分辨正午与午夜。斯匹次卑尔根岛是体验午夜太阳的最佳地点,它也是群岛中最大的岛屿。亲临那里,游客很快就会明白,为什么岛上的酒店都挂着暗淡的窗帘。
6、棉花堡(土耳其)
土耳其西南部的雪白景观,其实是17处天然温泉的碳酸钙沉积的结果。从公元前2世纪后期起,这个相当于现在的代尼兹利的地区是水疗胜地,因其水中矿产丰富,水温可达华氏100度(约37.7摄氏度)。现今,仍可以看到古圣城希拉波立残留的浴室。棉花堡还拥有惊人的梯田、悬崖和石化的白色瀑布等非凡的自然美景。
7、赛马场盐湖(美国加利福尼亚死亡谷)
石头是怎么“航行”于死亡谷国家公园的赛马场盐湖,是一个从1915年人们就试图破解的奥秘。那年,一位探险家和他妻子注意到干旱的地面上有石头滚过的痕迹。没有宇宙的干预,要移动石头需要地面的力量。当前的主流理论于2011年由一队物理学家提出,他们是这样解释赛马场盐湖的“航行石”的:石头周围形成的冰使得石头移动,并且留下痕迹。但是,游客仍在期待一个更神秘的解释。
8、永恒的火焰(美国纽约果园公园)
在纽约布法罗市郊的栗岭公园岩溪保护地的瀑布后面,你可以看到一个类似光学错觉的现象:闪烁的金色火焰。火焰是真实的,由地球下面的天然气为其提供燃料,页岩地质断层使得每天约1公斤的甲烷气体浮到表面。20世纪初,一名游客将其点燃。水偶尔会将火焰熄灭,但是总会有另一个徒步旅行者用打火机重燃它。
9、老忠实泉(美国怀俄明州黄石国家公园)
黄石国家公园声称是地球上间歇泉最集中的地方。在3472平方英里(约8992平方千米)的公园里可以找到300多个间歇泉,但老忠实泉最为有名。老忠实泉是黄石公园于1872年成为美国第一个国家公园的原因。它的名字来自其喷发的规律性,每55到120分钟发生一次,每次持续两到五分钟。泉水喷发壮观的魅力使得每年超过350万人参观黄石国家公园。
10、卡塔通博闪电(委内瑞拉)
由于湿度、海拔、山风与海的碰撞,委内瑞拉马拉开波湖的西南角有世界上最频繁的闪电活动。 每年超过200个夜晚天空布满了闪电,有时每分钟多达25次,闪电的高峰期在5月与10月。以流经哥伦比亚进入马拉开波湖的卡塔通博河命名,卡塔通博闪电已成为游客通宵观赏的自然奇景。
1, chute of redness of skin (Antarctica)
A lot of people visit Antarctica to view and admire chute of redness of skin without the opportunity, but even if it sees on the photograph, also can be its grand and grand feeling to arrive astonish: Sanguine chute incarnadine snow-white peaceful straps glacier. This place was discovered by geographical home Thoms Taylor 1911, he is one of members of the antarctic expedition of a suffer many mishaps in one's life. Thenceforth rises, glacier learns the home and microbiology home to bring about the mystery of gules current in exploration, the conclusion that they reach is: Underground's laky and rich iron element brings about water to become red like blood. Newest research makes clear, 1300 feet fall in ice, have rely on water the iron in and sulfureous those who live is microbial survive.
2, magnetism hill (Canada is new not Lun Ruike)
What force can bring about the car that did not start to be in uphill when back down automatically? It is a kind of magnetic force that comes from earthly interior, or be some kind of more wonderful force? After from 20 centuries hill of 30 time magnetism is discovered, people is trying graph unlock this enigma. Although had confirmed " magnetic force " it is an optical illusion only, and so called " uphill " it is actually together " declivous " , but still cannot prevent a tourist to drive come to magnetism hill, experience the charm of magnetism hill personally.
3, appraise Er fills in especially island (Icelandic)
When somebody thinks to there already were any strange things on the earth stoutly, let them go Icelandic appraise Er surpasses an island especially. Before 1963, it does not exist. Later, weisiteman an underwater volcano of the island erupts, stopped 1967 when volcanic activity when, the place that does not have an island formerly appeared an isle. Appraise Er has 1 square only when contest island is the biggest especially mile () of about 258 hectare, but wind and water are eroded ceaselessly make its area contractible half. To protect this isle, icelandic government prohibits the tourist enters appraise Er to surpass an island especially, allow marine biologist, rocksy, botanist and other scientist to undertake study only.
4, Malaji boulder (New Zealand)
A lot of boulder scatter on the beach of bank of the East China Sea of the island austral New Zealand, some cobble circumference achieves 12 feet (about 3.6 meters of) . They are formed at the sea floor before hundreds of all ages, by around move the deposit of a fossil or conch core and mineral gather, sclerotic and into. Malaji boulder is not rocksy say for " chap " only is paradigmatic, still can visit He Jiang of coast of northwest of island of New Zealand north to add the cobble of the bay. A few Malaji boulder is the biggest on the world, the scientist still causes the cause with cobble distinctive and interstitial interior in research.
5, midnight sun (Norwegian Si Pi island of root of second low Er)
Arrive from April 20 on August 23, the sun shines Yu Beibing of v/arc be on the throne silvers coin forever the Siwaerbade of Greenland island north archipelago. 6 to in July, the sun maintains all the time in people the top of head, play havoc with the biological clock of people, make people cannot recognize midday and midnight. The optimal ground that island of root of second low Er is experience midnight sun nods Si Pi, it also is the biggest islands in archipelago. Visit over there, the tourist can understand very quickly, why the hotel on the island is hanging dim curtain.
6, pily fort (Turkey)
The snow-white landscape of Turkey southwest ministry, it is the result with the 17 deposit calcium carbonate that are in natural hot spring actually. From BC 2 centuries later period rises, this area that is equivalent to present acting Nicili is hydrotherapy resort, because of its the mineral products in water is abounded, fahrenheit of water Wen Keda 100 degrees () of about 37.7 Celsius. Nowadays, still can see Gu Shengcheng hopes to draw a shower room that establishs remain. Pily fort still has breathtaking terraced field, cliff and petrochemical white chute to wait for extraordinary natural beautiful scenery.
7, racecourse saline (cereal of American California death)
Stone is how " sail " the racecourse saline at park of dead cereal state, it is a mystery that from 1915 people tries to defeat solution. That year, explorer and his wife notice to there is the mark that stone has rolled on arid ground. Without cosmic interpose, want mobile stone to need the power of the ground. Current mainstream theory was put forward by covey physicist 2011, they are such explanatory racecourse saline " voyage stone " : The ice that forms all round stone makes stone mobile, and leave a mark. But, the tourist still is expecting a more cryptic explanation.
8, eternal flame (park of orchard of American new York)
At the back of the chute that in new York cloth the brook of cliff of chestnut mountain park of law collect environs protects the land, you can see the phenomenon with a similar illusive optics: Aglimmer aureate blaze. Blaze is true, provide fuel for its by the natural gas below the earth, shaly and geological fault makes the methane gas surplus that makes an appointment with 1 kilogram everyday arrives the surface. At the beginning of 20 centuries, a tourist ignites his. Water can extinguish blaze now and then, but total meeting has another hiker to light it again with lighter.
9, old faithful spring (park of state of yellow stone of American Huai Eming city)
Park of yellow stone state claims is the geyser on the earth most centralized place. In 3472 square mile (kilometre of about 8992 square) 300 many geyser can be discovered in the park, dan Laozhong real spring is most famous. Old faithful spring is the matter that yellow stone park became park of the first state of American 1872. Its name comes from the regularity that its erupt, every 55 happen to 120 minutes, last every time two to 5 minutes. Spring erupts grand glamour makes exceed 3.5 million person every year to visit park of Huang Shi state.
10, card tower connects rich lightning (Venezuela)
As a result of the collision of wind of humidity, altitude, hill and sea, venezuela horse pulls open the southwest corner of wave lake to have the most frequent lightning activity on the world. Exceeded 200 night sky every year to bestrew lightning, sometimes minutely amount to 25 times, the fastigium of lightning is in in May with in October. The river names the Kadatongbo that enters Ma La in order to flow to open wave lake via Colombia, card tower connects rich lightning to already made the natural wonderful view that tourist all night views and admire.