Regarding the earth, we all know that it is a planet, a place on which human beings have lived for thousands of years. Here, due to the magic of nature, many amazing natural works have been carved, just like the top ten geological wonders of the earth that are about to come into your eyes, follow the editor to see the masterpieces of nature.
Top 10 geological wonders on Earth: Antelope Canyon, Eye of the Sahara, Chocolate Hills, Ripple Rock, Stan's Gate of Hell, Ireland's Giant's Causeway, Mexican Giant's Crystal Cave, Blue Lagoon Cave, Pamukkale, Turkish Pamukkale, Midnight Sun
1. Antelope Canyon
Antelope Canyon is located in Arizona, USA, because this area used to have many antelopes resting here, hence the name. Antelope Canyon is also divided into Upper Antelope Canyon and Lower Antelope Canyon, Upper Antelope Canyon is also called Crack, and Lower Antelope Canyon is called Spiral. Antelope Canyon is mainly due to the huge impact of flash floods and the erosion of wind and sand, here often appear in the monsoon season flash floods into the canyon, if there is a little gap in the surface, the rapid flow of water carries all the way down the sand and stone impact on the surface, over time, it will turn the landscape upside down.
Antelope Canyon is a famous photography spot, many photographers come here to photograph, but because the surface of the canyon is uneven, light entering the canyon from above can easily cause reflection, so the photographers carefully adjusted the photos are sometimes not as charming as the light and shadow taken with them!
2. The Eye of the Sahara
In africa's Sahara Desert, there is an Eye of the Sahara known as one of the ten geological wonders of the earth, which is 48 kilometers in diameter and is named for its similarity to the bulge of the eye. At first, people thought it was formed due to meteorites falling from the sky, but after geologists studied it, it was more like it was formed due to erosion after the ground was uplifted, and no one has answered why it is a circle.
3. Chocolate Hills
Hearing this name, does anyone think that it is made of chocolate piled up in a mountain? Let's reveal the origin of Chocolate Mountain. Chocolate Mountain is located in the Philippine Island of Bohol, it is composed of limestone, but there is no common limestone like the underground passage or cave system, these hills are tightly connected, some are round, some are conical, every dry season, the weeds covered on it will be sunburned by the hot sun until dry and brown spread on these hills, from the heights it looks like chocolate, chocolate mountain comes from this!
4. Corrugated rock
Ripple rock is located in the United States Arizona and Utah junction, it is a ripple-like rock belt, it after 1.9 billion years of natural magic, from the sand dunes evolved from the rock structure, ripple rock is composed of granite, after a long time of baptism by nature, its surface is carved into a concave shape, the surface of the corrugated rock is due to the rain in the charcoal and hydrogen wash, washed away the chemicals on its surface and produced chemical reactions to form black, gray and red stripes of various colors. Legend has it that near the ripple rock there are murals of former residents, and the creatures depicted represent legendary figures and patron saints.
5. The Gates of Hell in Uzbekistan
In fact, this place called the Gate of Hell does not care about Uzbekistan, it is in Turkmenistan. In 1974, geologists in the study of natural gas, accidentally found a cave, they found that this cave can not see the end, it is full of natural gas and other harmful gases, so it is impossible to explore, in order not to let the toxic gas leak in the cave, they ignited this cave, when the natural gas in this cave ignited after the fire has been burning, burning for up to 39 years has not been extinguished, so far, no one knows how much natural gas exists in this cave, exactly when it can be extinguished. It can be described as one of the top ten geological wonders of the earth that is breathtaking!
6. Ireland's Giant's Causeway
Speaking of this Giant's Causeway, there is also a legend about the Irish giant Finn McCaul. The name Giant's Causeway comes from this legend. Legend has it that in ancient times, the giant Finn McCool, in order to prove that he was stronger than the Scottish giant Bennando, challenged the Scottish giant Bennando, but because there was no large ship that could accommodate him, he transported one rock pillar after another into the sea to pave the ladder, and when he was finished, he went home to sleep peacefully and went to attack Bennando later. Unexpectedly, the Scottish giant Bennando tried to find out what he was doing, but when he arrived, he was falsely claimed by the wife of the giant Finn McCoul that it was his own child who was sleeping, and the giant Bennando thought that his children were like this, not to mention the giant Finn McCool, so he slipped back, and on the way back he destroyed the stairs paved by the giant Finn McCool, leaving a remnant of the embankment.
Modern geologists have studied and concluded that the Giant's Causeway is a causeway formed by a large number of basalt rock columns of the same size, this natural staircase is formed by continuous volcanic eruptions, and the magma crystallized by the volcano has been spewed out many times, and after a long period of seawater erosion, the stone pillars have been broken to form today's jagged stone pillar landform! Countless stone pillars are lined up everywhere, and the momentum is very magnificent!
7. Mexican Giant Crystal Cave
In this giant crystal cave in Mexico, there is a kind of breathtaking object, that is, a crystal with a length of 50 centimeters, have you ever seen such a magnificent crystal? So he was listed in the Top Ten Geological Wonders of The Earth! This root of water crystals is due to the formation of a kind of water containing calcium sulfate underground by the heating of underground magma, and their colors are translucent gold and silver, which makes people very amazing. Although many of the crystals in the cave have been taken away now, it is still a geological wonder worth visiting!
8. Blue Lake Cave
As the name suggests, the Blue Lake Cave has a mysterious blue lake, which is located west of Bonito, but his peculiarity is that no one knows the source of the lake, and he will also be invisible, making it impossible to see where it is, in fact, the reason for this problem is that when the sunlight shines down, it will make the lake bright through the small hole in the rock wall of the lake cave, as if the cave has disappeared! What is even more peculiar is that the lake is at a temperature of 75 ° F all year round under the sunlight, forming a very beautiful and peculiar scene!
9. Pamukkale, Turkey
Pamukkale sounds like a soft feeling, because its shape is very similar to the piled up cotton, so there is such a cute name, Pamukkale is widely spread is the earliest Romans to build a hot spring resort, when attracted countless dignitaries to come, it passed through thousands of years of hot spring water settled down to form a very hard white travertine layers to form a semicircular step, this is Pamukkale.
10. Midnight Sun (Norway)
In our minds, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west This is the same concept, but on an island in the northern part of Greenland in the Arctic Ocean, there is a sun that does not set, and in June and July, the sun has been hanging on the top of this island, making it impossible to distinguish between day and night, Spitsbergen is the largest island in the archipelago, and it is also the best place to experience the midnight sun, as long as you go there, you will know why there are dark curtains hanging in the hotel rooms on the island!