Unreal Places on Earth

1. Unreal Places on Earth

2. Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia • Located in rural Bolivia, Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat – an entirely reflective lake made entirely from salt located on the crest of the Bolivian Andes.

7. Mendenhall Ice Cave, Alaska • Most glaciers look impressive from the outside. The Mendenhall ice caves – located in remote Alaska – are even more impressive from the inside. As the glacier above melts away, the caves are revealing earth left untouched for thousands of years.

10. Highlands, Iceland • This amazingly isolated country is covered in mind-blowingly beautiful glaciers, craters, and some of the most picturesque lakes and geysers in the world. • Better yet, you can see this incredible scenery underneath the Aurora Borealis – the world famous Northern Lights.

13. Socotra, Yemen • The island of Socotra is home to some of the world’s most incredible scenery. As one of the most isolated islands on earth, Socotra has developed its own bizarre species of plant life. • It’s one of the few places on earth that could easily double for an alien planet.

17. Lake Hillier, Western Australia • Look at a black-and-white photo of Lake Hiller and you might not understand what makes it so special. Surrounded by sand and woodland, Lake Hiller is a typical lake in Australia’s isolated Western region – typical aside from its bright pink color. • The organisms dunaliellasalina and halobacteria give the lake its pink color. These interact with the huge concentration of salt in Lake Hiller’s water and give it a bright pink hue. • Although the bright pink water makes the lake a scary swimming destination, the water isn’t known to have any negative health effects on humans.

20. Mount Roraima, South America • Mount Roraima is the highest in the chain of tepui plateaus in South America. Standing at a staggering 9,219 ft tall, the wondrous peak serves as a triple border for Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana . • Local mythology says that the plateau is the stump of a once great and mighty tree where all fruit and vegetables of the world came from..

24. Tulip Fields in Netherlands • Every March the fields just outside Alkmaar, Holland in the Netherlands turn from sandy patches of dirt into carpets of lime green sprouts signaling the first chimes of spring. • By the time the season is full bloom, the once blank canvas is swimming in an endless sea of reds, blues, pinks and yellows.

28. Giant Crystal Cave in Naica, Mexico • Mexico’s Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals) is home to the largest natural crystal formations found anywhere in the world. Thriving under unbelievably rare conditions, this cave in Mexico provided the perfect environment for these crystals to grow to incredible sizes. • For millennia these crystals grew in a  consistent 136 degrees Fahrenheit (58 degrees Celsius), filled with mineral-rich water that hyper boosted the growth of these amazing beauties.

31. Shores of Vaadhoo Maldives • This midnight light show on the shores of Vaadhoo, Maldives is the result of tiny marine microbes called phytoplankton washing up on the sand. • There are many types of phytoplankton that are known to have an ability called bio-luminescence which allows them to glow as a defensive mechanism to scare predators and lure bigger predators to eat the ones looking to eat them. When these plankton are agitated they let off their glow.

35. Glowworms Cave, New Zealand • The darkness of the cave’s ceiling is illuminated by thousands of tiny glowworms, creating a breathtaking sight that has been drawing people’s attention for 120 years

38. Zhangjiajie Stone Forest, China • Tianzi Mountain or Heaven's Son Mountain is best known for its tall peaks surrounded by fog and mist, peaceful sunrises and awe inspiring sunsets. • This mountain range is at a higher elevation and located in the Northern side of the Wulingyuan Scenic Area. The highest peaks reach over 3,900 feet above sea level.

42. Fly Geyser in Nevada, USA • While only 12 feet wide and 5 feet high, the Fly Geyser’s astonishing visual impact makes up for its scant size • The geyser was created accidentally by well drillers in 1964, after years of not being capped properly or left unplugged altogether. Dissolved minerals began to rise and ultimately accumulated into the formation we see today, and we can only expect it to grow. The mineral water—which continually sprays about 5 feet into the air—is always expanding the formation

45. Grand Prismatic Spring in Wyoming, USA • This hot spring is the largest in the United States and the third largest in the world. • This amazing tint is produced by the pigmented bacteria. They form microbial mats around the edge of the water. • The water is heated by the underground vents, which are a part of the volcanic system that Yellowstone stands on.

48. Son Doong Cave in Vietnam • Part is so massive that a 747 could fly through its largest cavern. • Jungles emerge from inside the cave itself. Misty clouds envelop the whole scene, a result of the cave’s own localized weather system. • Passages adorned with ancient fossils offer evidence of the millions of years that have passed on this Earth.