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16 locations that may be right here on earth, but are amazing to behold and seem to have sprung out of legend, not a physical place that can actually be visited. And yet they are, and are highly recommended! |
| Rice terraces, Bali, Indonesia |
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| Tegalalang Rice Terrace is one of the famous tourist objects in Bali situated in Tegalalang Village north of Ubud Bali featured by the amazing rice terrace set the cliff. |
| Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey |
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| Cappadocia lies in eastern Anatolia, in the center of what is now Turkey. The relief consists of a high plateau over 1000 m in altitude that is pierced by volcanic peaks, with Mount Erciyes (ancient Argaeus) near Kayseri (ancient Caesarea) being the tallest at 3916 m. |
| "Door to Hell," Derweze, Turkmenistan |
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| The Derweze area is rich in natural gas. While drilling in 1971, Soviet geologists tapped into a cavern filled with natural gas. The ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed, leaving a large hole with a diameter of 70 metres (230 ft) at 40°15′10″N 58°26′22″E. To avoid poisonous gas discharge, it was decided the best solution was to burn it off. Geologists had hoped the fire would use all the fuel in a matter of days, but the gas is still burning today. Locals have dubbed the cavern "The Door to Hell". |
| Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K. |
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| The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, and a National Nature Reserve in 1987 by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. |
| The Wave, Arizona, U.S. |
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The Wave is a sandstone rock formation that can be found in the United States, near the Arizona-Utah border, on the slopes of the Coyote Buttes, in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, on the Colorado Plateau.
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| Travertines in Pamukkale, Turkey |
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| Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The city contains hot springs and travertines, terraces of carbonate minerals left by the flowing water. |
| Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park, U.S. |
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| The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is the largest hot spring in the United States, and the third largest in the world, after Frying Pan Lake in New Zealand and Boiling Lake in Dominica. |
| Red beach, Panjin, China |
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| The Red Beach is located in the Liaohe River Delta, about 30 kilometer southwest of Panjin City in China. The beach gets its name from its appearance, which is caused by a type of sea weed that flourishes in the saline-alkali soil. The weed that start growing during April or May remains green during the summer. |
| Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia |
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| Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat at 10,582 square kilometers. It is located in the Potosí and Oruro departments in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes and is at an elevation of 3,656 meters above mean sea level. |
| Dragon's blood trees, Socotra, Yemen |
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| Dracaena cinnabari, the Socotra Dragon Tree or Dragon Blood Tree, is a Dragon Tree native to the Socotra archipelago in the Indian Ocean. It is so called due to the red sap that the trees produce. |
| Sossusvlei, Namibia |
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| Sossusvlei is a salt and clay pan surrounded by high red dunes, in the southern part of the Namib Desert, in the Namib-Naukluft National Park of Namibia. |
| Hitachi Seaside Park, Hitachinaka, Japan |
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| Covering an area of 190 hectares, the park features blooming flowers around the year. The park has become known for its baby blue-eyes flowers, with the blooming of 4.5 million of the translucent-petaled blue flowers in the spring drawing tourists. |
| Giant Buddha, Leshan, China |
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| The Leshan Giant Buddha was built during the Tang Dynasty (618–907AD). It is carved out of a cliff face that lies at the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers in the southern part of Sichuan province in China, near the city of Leshan. The stone sculpture faces Mount Emei, with the rivers flowing below his feet. It is the largest stone Buddha in the world and it is by far the tallest pre-modern statue in the world. |
| Tunnel of Love, Klevan, Ukraine |
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| The tunnel was made over many years as the passing train molded the trees’ lines. The train turned a luscious piece of woodland into a unique passageway as it traveled back and forth 3 times a day over several years. In addition to serving as a train route, the tunnel is used by lovers to make a wish – it is said that if they are sincere in their love, their wishes will come true. |
| Antelope Canyon, Arizona, U.S. |
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| Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. It is found on Navajo land near Page, Arizona. |
| Odle Mountains, Italy |
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| a mountain range in north-eastern Italy. It is a part of Southern Limestone Alps and extends from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley (Pieve di Cadore) in the east. |
