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10 Real Places On Earth That Seem Scientifically Impossible by drsolob2(m): 5:27pm On Sep 04, 2016 |
The Seven Wonders of the Natural World may
have been named too quickly. Wonders like The
Grand Canyon and Victoria Falls are certainly
big, and anyone who sees them will surely be
impressed—but sheer size isn’t enough to truly
leave a person in awe.
There are other places in this world, though, that
are far stranger. Places that seem almost alien,
as if they could only exist on a planet that
evolved separately from our own. These are
places that scientists have had to struggle just
to understand how they ever could have been
formed. Places that will truly make you wonder—
not just because they’re beautiful, but because
they seem to follow scientific laws that don’t
exist anywhere else on earth. |
Re: 10 Real Places On Earth That Seem Scientifically Impossible by drsolob2(m): 5:31pm On Sep 04, 2016 |
Shanay-Timpishka The Boiling River Deep in the amazon lies a river four miles long and unlike any other on earth. The Shanay- Timpishka is so hot that any animal that steps into it gets boiled alive . When a hapless creature wanders in, the eyes cook first, melting in its skull. Soon the animal is in too much pain to keep swimming to safety. Water fills its mouth and lungs, and it is cooked from the inside out. The river gets as hot as 91C (196F)—and scientists aren’t completely sure why. Normally, water that gets this hot is fed by a volcano, but this one is 700km removed from the nearest one. There is a theory, though. Scientists believe that boiling hot water from under the earth cracks through fault lines and heats up the river, making the water a geothermal system unlike any other on the earth. 1 Like
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Re: 10 Real Places On Earth That Seem Scientifically Impossible by youngest85(m): 5:32pm On Sep 04, 2016 |
Even my bedroom |
Re: 10 Real Places On Earth That Seem Scientifically Impossible by drsolob2(m): 5:33pm On Sep 04, 2016 |
Movile Cave The Cave With an Atmosphere of Sulfur In south-eastern Romania, there is a cave that was locked away from the slightest ray of light for 5.5 million years—and that has a completely different atmosphere from the earth. The cave was discovered by workers looking to set up a powerplant. They tested the ground to see if it was a safe place to build—and cracked open a pathway that leads into one of the strangest places on earth. If you descend through the narrow shaft and past a series of tunnels, you enter a chamber with a lake of sulphuric water stinking of rotting eggs. The air there is toxic, filled with hydrogen sulphide and contaminated with 100 times the surface’s levels of carbon dioxide. The strangest part, though, is that a whole ecosystem has survived inside it. Researchers have found 33 species inside the cave that don’t exist anywhere outside of it. They’ve adapted to survive in a sulphuric atmosphere, living by feeding off a foam on top of the stones. 1 Like
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Re: 10 Real Places On Earth That Seem Scientifically Impossible by hotspec(m): 5:34pm On Sep 04, 2016 |
Let me pack here first. |
Re: 10 Real Places On Earth That Seem Scientifically Impossible by drsolob2(m): 5:35pm On Sep 04, 2016 |
In Knaresborough in North Yorkshire is a well
that seems like something ripped out of a story
by H. P. Lovecraft. It’s a place where water
trickles down a cliff side that looks like a
skeleton’s grinning face—and where anything
you place under the water will turn to stone.
The process usually takes three to five months,
but you can leave anything you own under the
trickling water and, when you return, it will be
stone. People have left everything from teddy
bears to bicycles there, and every one has been
transformed into a statue.
For a long time, people believed that the well
was cursed by a witch. Scientists today, though,
have found that the water just has an unusually
high mineral content. As a result, it creates a
hard mineral shell over anything it touches—just
like how stalactites are formed in caves. 1 Like
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Re: 10 Real Places On Earth That Seem Scientifically Impossible by ambitiousLord(m): 5:36pm On Sep 04, 2016 |
ok 1 Like |
Re: 10 Real Places On Earth That Seem Scientifically Impossible by drsolob2(m): 5:41pm On Sep 04, 2016 |
Inside of what was once a Soviet Union nuclear
weapon factory is a lake pumped full of more
radioactive material than anything else on earth.
Lake Karachay is so radioactive that you would
only have to stand near it for an hour for it to
kill you.
The lake was used by the Soviet Union to dump
nuclear waste. They poured obscene amounts
into it, and it caused major problems. In 1957,
an explosion in the factory spread the radioactive
particles in the lake around a 23,330km (9,000
square miles) area. Then in 1967, the waters
dried up and the radioactive dust was blown a
further 1,450km (900 miles) away.
Today, the water is mostly covered up with
concrete to keep these disasters from happening.
The area is still so toxic, though, that it makes
Chernobyl look like a family-friendly tourist
destination. 1 Like 1 Share
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Re: 10 Real Places On Earth That Seem Scientifically Impossible by drsolob2(m): 5:42pm On Sep 04, 2016 |
In Austria, there’s a park with beautiful hiking
trails and benches you can jog through any
autumn morning. If you visit in the spring,
though, it’s a little different—in fact, you’ll need
scuba gear.
The park is near the Hochschwab Mountains,
which get completely covered with snow in the
winter. There’s so much snow on the mountains
that, when it melts, the park’s lake doubles in
size—and drowns the park .
If you swim through it in the spring, you’ll see
benches and bridges under the water. Even some
of the alpine flowers, which normally only
survive above the surface, will bloom under the
water. Then, partway through the summer, the
water starts to recede—and the park emerges
from underneath. 1 Like
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Re: 10 Real Places On Earth That Seem Scientifically Impossible by drsolob2(m): 5:44pm On Sep 04, 2016 |
In the countryside of Piemonte, Italy, there is an
unusual sight. There is a cherry tree there that
looks, in most respects, just like any other
healthy cherry tree—except that it happens to
growing directly on top of a mulberry tree .
This isn’t completely unprecedented. Parasitic
trees have grown out of others before, but
normally they are small, stunted things that live
short lives before falling off. The Double Tree of
Casorzo, though, consists of two fully-formed,
healthy trees, each spreading its branches five
meters across.
Nobody quite knows how it happened. The locals
believe that a bird may have dropped a cherry
seed on top of the mulberry tree. The seed grew
roots that pushed through the mulberry tree’s
hollow trunk and reach all the way to the soil
below—letting it survive and grow into a full,
healthy tree. 1 Like
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Re: 10 Real Places On Earth That Seem Scientifically Impossible by drsolob2(m): 5:46pm On Sep 04, 2016 |
In Western Venezuela over the Catatumbo River,
there is a storm that never ceases. Starting at
7:00 PM every night, lightning crashes over the
water for ten hours every night, 260 nights each
year .
Nobody knows for sure why it happens. Up until
recently, the leading theory was that it had
something to do with uranium in the bedrock—
although scientists are starting to doubt it.
Today, the leading theory is a complicated one. It
posits that the shape of the mountains causes
warm trade winds to collide with cold air from
the Andes. That collision is then fueled by the
rapidly evaporating water below and methane
from a nearby oil field.
Nobody actually knows for sure, though, why it
happens. Everything about is mysterious—
including one moment, in 2010, when it
inexplicably stopped. One day, the storm just
died down without explanation, and seemed, for
a while, to be over. Then, after 6 weeks of
silence, it sparked up again—and has been
raging ever since. 2 Likes
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Re: 10 Real Places On Earth That Seem Scientifically Impossible by drsolob2(m): 5:47pm On Sep 04, 2016 |
On the Japanese Island of Hokkaido there is a
lake that’s unlike any other in the world. The
water is a unique, electric shade of blue that
shimmers and changes its shade when you look
at it from different angles. As the seasons
change the water changes color even more ,
shifting through shades of blue and green.
The lake was actually man-made. The locals set
up a dam in the area and set up a reservoir
where the water blocked by the dam could
collect. To their surprise, though, the water it
collected changed color.
Scientists believe that the water’s strange color
comes from aluminum hydroxide particles that
have mingled in with it. The particles reflect blue
light unusually well, making its reflection of the
sky above far more vivid that any body of water
anywhere else on earth. 1 Like
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Re: 10 Real Places On Earth That Seem Scientifically Impossible by drsolob2(m): 5:49pm On Sep 04, 2016 |
Known to the locals as the “River of Five
Colors,” Cano Cristales is truly a hidden
paradise. Tucked away in the mountains of
Colombia, there are only two ways to reach the
river, and both of them are by plane . The colors
of the river come from a combination of algae,
the natural hue of the river rocks, and the blue of
the water itself. In particular, the red comes from
an aquatic plant called Macarenia clavigera .
Because the coloration comes from living
creatures, the effect shifts constantly, like a
living watercolor painted by God’s own hand.
The most spectacular time to see Cano Cristales
is in the summer , when the heat brings out the
most vibrant shades of red. In addition to the
striking colors and the incredible biodiversity of
the region, Cano Cristales also flows over some
of the oldest rocks in the world—the Guiana
Shield, which formed about 1.2 billion years ago. 1 Like
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Re: 10 Real Places On Earth That Seem Scientifically Impossible by drsolob2(m): 5:51pm On Sep 04, 2016 |
In Indonesia, there is a sulfur mine built into a volcano, and when the workers enter it at night they turn off their lights. They don’t need them— because their way is lit by the strange, glowing- blue liquid trickling down the side like lava. Kawah Ijen is often described as a volcano with blue lava, although scientists now know the blue trickle isn’t really lava—it’s sulfur. Sulfuric gases inside heat up and burst out of it, shooting blue flames up to 5 meters into the air. The gases then condense into liquid sulfur, which spills down the mountain slopes, looking like flowing neon-blue lava . All the sulfur in the air makes it toxic, and researchers and photographers who visit it have to wear gas masks to stay safe. The workers in the mine, though, do not—and suffer through the unbreathable air while they work in the light of a pale blue glow that’s slowly killing them—and is unlike any in the world. http://i1.wp.com/listverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bluefire2.jpg?zoom=3&resize=289%2C192 1 Like
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Re: 10 Real Places On Earth That Seem Scientifically Impossible by cliquevibes(m): 5:56pm On Sep 04, 2016 |
A nice piece, it jst missing pictures to better illustrate d places!!! Some Nairalanders be lyk, Pictures or Adonbelivit |
Re: 10 Real Places On Earth That Seem Scientifically Impossible by jmichlins(m): 5:58pm On Sep 04, 2016 |
there are lots of wonders in this world which am part of |
Re: 10 Real Places On Earth That Seem Scientifically Impossible by delikay4luv: 7:27pm On Sep 05, 2016 |
Interesting |
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