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Here are some of the most alien-looking landscapes our planet has to offer..๐Ÿ‘ฝ
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1. Waitomo Glowworm Caves in New Zealand.
2. Vinicuna aka 'The Rainbow Mountain' in Peru.
Its colorful stripes of rose, gold, mint, and lavender are created from the mountain's mineral makeup and weathering over time
3. Salto del Agrio waterfall, Caviahue, Argentina
4. Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone
Its wild rainbow pattern is created by thermophilic algae and bacteria along a temperature gradation
5. Danakil Depression resemble scenes from a science fiction movie. But the area is very real and it's one of Ethiopia's top attractions.
6. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China
7. The Wave, Coyote Buttes, Arizona
8. Bubbles of methane under the ice in Lake Baikal
9. Pamukkale in Turkey is renowned for its striking white travertine terraces, created by mineral-rich hot springs.
10. The Avenue of the Baobabs, or Baobab Alley, features Grandidier's baobabs lining Road No. 8 in western Madagascar.
11. Fly Geyser, Nevada, US
Fly Geyser is a technicolor geyser situated on Fly Ranch in the middle of the Nevada desert. The structure spews out hot water, creating shallow pools home to hardy thermophilic algae that flourish in moist, hot environments
12. Lake Hillier, Australia
The pink color is due to Dunaliella salina, a halophilic and extremophilic algae that produces carotenoids, giving it an orange, red, or pink hue.
13. Wadi Rum, Jordan.
It has served as an alien planet in dozens of movies.
14. Haoyang Lake Wetland Park in Yangzhou, China
15. Red Beach in Panjin, China
16. Rainfall lagoons at Lenรงรณis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil
17. Deadvlei is a white clay pan near the famous Sossusvlei salt pan, located in a valley among the dunes in Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia.
18. Salar de Uyuni salt flat in Bolivia
19. White Desert National Park, Egypt
20. The celestial entrance known as 'Heaven's Gate' is located within the breathtaking Tianmen Mountain in China.
21. Cave of the Crystals or Giant Crystal Cave is a cave connected to the Naica Mine at a depth of 300 metres, in Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
22. Cano Cristales, Colombia
This river, known for its clear water, reveals vibrant Macarenia clavigera plants on its bed. These plants are found only in Colombia.
23. Black sand beach in Iceland
24. Tassali n'Ajjer, Algeria
25. Vatnajokull glacier, Iceland
Vatnajokull glacier is the second-largest glacier in Europe. It covers 3,130 square miles
26. Socotra Island in Yemen
27. Svalbard Global Seed Vault
28. There's a place in Iceland where green fields, a yellow river, a black beach and the ocean meet.
29. Hawaii's Kilauea volcano
30. Namibia, where the desert meets the ocean
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