It all started about six million years ago, when an area of 3625 sq. km separated from Africa (in fact, separated from the supercontinent Gondwana), during the continental drift. It was the time when there were created a unique microclimate and ecosystem, favoring the endemic species. The heaven of botanists and zoologists began to be populated by Arab tribes about three millennia ago, but the island was already known to the Greeks, who called it Dioscorides, and to the Romans,...

   In the hot summer sun, spotted lake (located in British Columbia and Washington), evaporates and crystallizes forming minerals are white circles that contain shallow pools that reflect the mineral content of water in blue and green.      This lake is very rich in mineral concentrations: magnesium sulphate (Epsom salt), calcium and sodium sulphate, including titanium and silver. Native name is Klikuk Lake and its water is used by locals to...

   "The door to hell", as locals called this place is a crater 70 meters in diameter, near the town Darvaza (from Turkmenistan), burning continuously for 38 years.    In 1971, geologists digging to discover gas deposits have stumbled upon a huge underground cave, which made the earth to collapse, taking with him all geological equipment. Since the cave was filled with toxic gas, geologists have never dared to go into the cave to recover the equipment, hop...

   This spectacular view is found in Mauritania in the south-western Sahara and it is called the Richat structure. It is not just a structure, but rather a huge circular formation (50 km in diameter), which account an eye when seen from space.     If initially thought that the massive crater was created by a meteorite impact, scientists have been puzzled by foma pay "bottom" crater, unexplained. Ultimately, concluded that the formation is, ...

  The giant opened mines of Rio Tinto create an incredible landscape. The extension included not only the surrounding mountains and valleys, but nearby houses, whose inhabitants were forced to move to specially built nearby cities. Named after the river that passes through the region, the region itself was named after the color red which is the Rio Tinto river. Red waters of the river are highly acidic and rich in heavy metals. ...

   The most visited and photographed canyon in southwestern America, Antelope Canyon is located on Navajo land, near Page, Arizona. It includes two sections of the canyon. Navajo name for Upper Antelope Canyon is Tse'bighanilini, which means "place where water runs through rocks." Lower Antelope Canyon is Hasdestwazi or coil springs in the rocks. " Both are located in Chapter LeChee the Navajo Nation....

   Mammoth Hot Springs thermal spring is located in Yellowstone National Park, Mammoth Hot Springs is the biggest source of carbon deposit in the world. The most famous is the Minerva Terrace called a series of terraces that were created thousands of years and deposited calcium carbonate....