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VIVA – Earth is a planet where humans and other living things live. Earth is full of amazing and natural places or maybe 'enhanced' by humans. Earth has many incredible places.
Nature has many ways to show its beauty to creatures on Earth. One of them is through continuous erosion and corrosion. Like turning a giant rock into unique shapes.
Here are the most extraordinary places on Earth:
1. Elephant Rock, Iceland
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Elephant Rock is a form of rock on the coast of Heimaey Island, Iceland. The appearance of this extraordinary place on earth is very much like a giant elephant drinking by the water.
This rock is located about 7.4 kilometers from the South Coast of Iceland. This reef and other cliffs there were formed by the eruption of the Eldfell volcano.
2. Darvaza Gas Crater, Turkmenistan
The gateway to hell, Turkmenistan
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The Darvaza Gas Crater is known as Hell's Gate. This is a natural gas field located in Derweze, Turkmenistan which collapsed and caused a large hole while making this place a natural gas crater.
Geological researchers burned it with the aim of preventing the spread of methane gas and it has been burning continuously since 1971. The diameter of this crater reaches 69 meters while its depth is estimated at 30 meters.
3. Crystal Cave, Iceland
Crystal Cave of the Giants
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Crystal Cave is a place where seawater flows that carry minerals and then settle for a long time. The ice crystals that cover the walls of this cave reflect a beautiful color when exposed to sunlight.
This cave is in Southern Iceland near the village of Fagurholsmyri. This unique cave has a length of 7 meters with a height of about 1.2 meters and a total vertical passage of 525 meters which was measured in the 1980s. Even so, entering the crystal cave area is not safe, because at any time it can collapse when the weather feels warm.
4. Stone Forest, China
Hutan Batu di China
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China also has a very extraordinary looking place on Earth in the world. It is a UNESCO world heritage site. This rock forest consists of limestone formations with an area of ??500 square kilometers located in Shilin Yi Autonomous County, Yunan Province, China. It is located 90 km from the provincial capital Kunming.
Shilin stone blind forest also has an ancient legend. It is said that the towering rocks as in the picture appeared after a beautiful girl named Ashima drowned in the river. However, experts say that the shape of this rock is due to mineral formations submerged in the water.
5. Tanah Lot Temple, Bali
Tanah Lot.
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Tanah Lot is one of the important temples for Balinese Hindus and the location of this temple is on a large rock located off the coast. Tanah Lot Temple is a tourism icon on Bali because many tourists visit this place.
This temple was built in two different places. One temple is on a large boulder and the other is on a cliff jutting into the sea. The cliff that connects the temple with the mainland and becomes a curved cliff like a bridge. This temple is part of the Kahyangan Jagat Temple in Bali.
6. Baatara Gorge Waterfall Cave, Lebanon
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Baatara Gorge waterfall is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the world. This waterfall located near village of Tannourine. Meanwhile, the water comes from melted ice and descends 250 meters down through a Jurassic limestone cave on the Lebanese mountain trail.
Baatara Gorge is 76 km from Beirut about 2 hours’ drive. Baatara Gorge Waterfall, also known as Balou 'Balaa, presents an amazing view. This waterfall was discovered by Henri Coiffait in 1952 and was completely mapped in the 80s.
7. Firefall, California
Air Terjun Api di Yosemite, California, Amerika Serikat (AS).
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The next place on Earth that looks very extraordinary is a waterfall of fire or Firefall. The orange glow of this waterfall makes it look like hot lava flowing when it is ordinary water. This phenomenon can occur in mid to late February and only lasts for 10 minutes every day.
Before this phenomenon, the snow on the top of the El Capitan cliff in Yosemite National Park would melt and flow to form a seasonal waterfall known as Horsetail Falls. When the waterfall flows and is exposed to sunlight, it will cause a firefall.
