The vast, immense earth always contains interesting natural phenomena that humans cannot explain.
1. Where thunder occurs the most
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The area of Rio Catatumbo (Venezuela) is known to be one of the most frequent places in the world where storms and lightning occur. Here you can see lightning 160 days/year, 10 hours/day and 160 times/hour.
2. Where red crabs landed simultaneously in the sea
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Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean is known to be home to 120 million red crabs. In autumn, which is the breeding season, crabs simultaneously flock to the sea to find a mate.The Australian government even built a bridge specifically for migrating red crabs to avoid being run over by traffic on the road.
3. Giant spider’s nest as big as a tree
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These strangely shaped trees are in fact giant spider nests inhabited by hundreds of thousands of individuals. Flooding in Pakistan has destroyed the spiders’ natural habitat, forcing them to find new lands to survive.4. Underground river is located below the river bed
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Located in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, there is a mysterious underground river named Cenote Angelita (Spanish for Little Angel). This river above is deep blue water, 18 meters below the river bed is another underground river.
5. Strange luminescent beach
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The images of this magical luminescent beach cause many surprises for tourists when visiting the paradise island nation of Maldives. The reason for this phenomenon is due to the glow of some plankton species that live suspended in sea water.
6. Natural manhole burned continuously for nearly 50 years
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Located in Turkmenistan (in Central Asia), the natural manhole has been burning continuously for 50 years. The people here call this manhole “Hell’s Gate” and now it has become one of the tourist attractions.
7. Walking stones in death valley
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The walking stones in Death Valley (California, USA) are an interesting phenomenon. After many years of research, experts have come up with many theories to explain why these rocks move on their own, including causes such as tornadoes, hurricanes, slippery algae or ice sheets…
8. Lake of death
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One of the places that terrifies creatures is the lake of death Natron (Tanzania). Any unlucky creatures that fall here will die and become calcified like “petrified”.