These Places Shouldn’t Exist On Earth But They Damn Well DO! - Part 2

There are some

places

in our world that are wonderfully strange like Area 51, the Bermuda Triangle or Florida, but there are others that seem completely impossible in comparison. I'm talking about

places

where waterfalls

exist

underwater, places where lightning strikes more than a million times a day. year and even

part

s of the ocean that literally catch fire, I have piqued your curiosity, so get ready to take a tour of even more places that should not

exist

on our planet, but somehow still exist, the eternal thunderstorm in Venezuela, something strange hangs in the air above the mouth of the great Karatumbo River as it flows into the enormous Lake of Maracaibo, a strange static electricity begins to build up in the atmosphere.

Shortly after, a huge electrical storm follows, producing up to 280 terrifying lightning bolts per hour. This could look like any other. but this is just one of the 300 nights a year that lightning strikes Karatumbo every 365 days up to 1.2 million lightning bolts light up the sky over the region. It's so much that just 10 minutes of Katatumbo's lightning could power 100 million light bulbs, enough to illuminate all of South America. The storm that locals call Caratombo's Lampango King has hit for as long as anyone can remember, but how is it possible that a storm electricity occur in exactly the same place night after night for decades?

Experts came up with countless theories ranging from uranium deposits in bedrock that attract lightning to the influence of methane from nearby oil fields. Rumors even began to spread that the caratombo produces a special type of rays, some of which are colored due to the presence of methane, but these myths simply do not exist. If true and alleged images of colorful bumps like this are just a product of Photoshop, it wasn't until 2015 that an answer was finally found when scientists discovered that the Lake Maracaibo basin is surrounded by mountains that trap the warm winds coming from the Caribbean Sea when these winds collide with the fresh air coming down from the Andes mountains,

they

are forced to condense into a stream of endless storm clouds, although that is a fairly succinct explanation, it does not make the caratumbo kinglampango any less electrifying to witness the fire of the ocean.

On July 2, 2021, a gas pipeline running along the bottom of the sea ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico near the Yucatan Peninsula. The rupture sent a stream of gas bubbling to the surface of the water, but when services Emergency responders began to surround the incident,

they

detected something truly terrifying: the ocean was not only bubbling with gas, it was boiling with bright orange flames, the water was literally on fire, but surely that's not possible, right? I mean, how can water catch fire? And if water can catch fire, why were those ships using more water to try to put it out?

Well, the methane and other wet gas components like ethane and propane released by the burst pipe are all highly flammable. All that would have been needed was a single spark to ignite it, which could have traveled down the continuous stream of gas during the explosive breach, so in reality, it is not the water that is on fire, but the gas escaping from it. surface, the constant flow of gas from below continued to fuel the fire, resulting in the infernal hot spot seen in that video. Fortunately, the fire was extinguished a few hours later, with workers using nitrogen to starve the area the fire needs to burn of oxygen, a bit like using a huge fire extinguisher.

Now I know that scientists say the oceans are warming, but this is just ridiculous, a sea of ​​stars with its white sands, blue waters and sunny skies. The Maldives are quite charming, but during the summer months the island of Vadu becomes even more magical. The waves lapping the shores are fringed with flashes of electric blue neon that make it appear as if the night sky is breaking onto the beaches. This stunning phenomenon is known as the sea of ​​stars and while it occurs in the summer months, scientists currently cannot predict what specific conditions cause the superimposed light show, what they do know is that they are not actually stars in the sea. , but a bioluminescent photoplankton called lincoludinium polydrum with which they produce light. a chemical substance called luciferen that is activated as a stress response to sudden movement in water as a defense mechanism.

It acts a bit like a burglar alarm with the aim of scaring away any predator that gets too close or attracting even larger predators to eat your predator while it. It might scare away marine predators, but that beautiful blue glow is sure to attract tourists. Now, if you can't afford to take a trip around the world to see these mind-blowing sights for yourself, I have a much cheaper option for you. , simply choose those like and subscribe to the buttons below with just one click. I will provide you with first-class tours of some of the most amazing and incredible attractions in the world.

Hello, and all from the comfort of your home. Everything done wonderfully. Now where are we headed? strange blue hole the coast of belize looks like something out of a dream until you see the gigantic dark spot on the shore that is sinister enough to give you nightmares despite what it looks like this is not the eye of some giant sea monster this is the Dean's Blue Hole is a terrifying water-filled sinkhole, although the light blue shores appear shallow and the hole in the middle appears small, it is actually the entrance to an underground cavern that is 330 feet in diameter and sinks to a mind-boggling depth of 663 feet, it's so deep that if you dropped a 60-story building there, it would almost reach the surface of the water, while the thought of such a bizarre underwater bottleneck would make most swimmers run toward it. the shore Free divers enjoy the challenges of diving into the darkness without any breathing equipment.

Fearlessly jump from the edge of the hole and dive into the depths, although no one has reached the bottom. One free diver has swum an astonishing 331 feet to this hole in a single breath, as badass as that guy makes it sound, just unconsciously. I reached for my water wings, but how can such a cavernous cave with a natural bottleneck exist? Scientists believe it formed during past ice ages, when sea level was about 400 feet lower than it is today. The deep underground water gradually dissolved the surrounding limestone until a small section of the roof collapsed forming a huge bottleneck cavern and then when the sea level rose they filled the hole with water after that explanation, no I'm not sure if I'm more amazed or terrified.

The incredible Mount Rorima, we all know that mountains are formed when two tectonic plates collide. bending upwards into large jagged spiers of rock,

well

if that's the case then how do you explain the perfectly flat plateau of Mount Rorima, aptly named Table Mountain, this incredible ridge of rock forms the highest point of the Pacharaima mountain range in South America, is super This enormous plateau is a staggering 20 square miles in size and rises more than 9,200 feet into the air. Its rise is so sudden that explorers, researchers, and even low clouds have trouble trying to scale its peak, but mountains do form by bending upward.

How come Rorima is flat? This is because Rorima did not arise from the

earth

. Researchers believe this square mountain began to form when sand was deposited and turned into rock, also known as sandstone, at the bottom of ancient oceans, about 2 billion years ago. For perspective, the Earth is only about 4.5 billion years old, so this actually took some time after this sandstone formed, the oceans receded and erosion took over chiseling away the areas around the plateau and Creating a giant super ancient rock platform like that was not mind-blowing enough, there are thousands of species of animals and plants on the plateau that are not found anywhere else in the world, could this place be more unique if I tried the monstrous cave? of mobile in 1986?

Researcher Christian Lascu was hired to help find the perfect location for a thermal power plant in southeastern Romania. During the survey he identified a nearly 800-foot-long cave that was surprisingly not attached to the surface. It was an underground cavern that was formed about 5.5 million years ago and was completely separated from the terrestrial world, called Movila Cave. The air down there is different. It contains less than half the oxygen we breathe on the surface instead of oxygen, its internal atmosphere is rich in hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide, making it a poisonous place for anything that breathes life, it should not exist there and yet, somehow, scientists explore.

The cave was shocked to discover 48 nightmarish species, including spiders, scorpions and centipedes, 33 of which are seen nowhere else on the planet, but how could life have developed within a sealed toxic atmosphere? Well, life here depends on these strange foams. mats that line walls, groundwater and floors, unlike the process of photosynthesis on the

earth

's surface, where sunlight is converted into energy, these mats are made of bacteria that take their energy from a process called chemosynthesis, here It's when the sulfur, methane, and ammonium in the groundwater oxidize, providing a disgusting but bacteria-rich food source for all the strange underground animals.

Somehow the more I learn about this impossible place the more I wish I could forget the big spring. Prismatic, rainbows are usually found arcing in the sky, but in Yellowstone National Park in the United States there is one. On the ground, this is the large prismatic spring found in the Yellowstone geyser basin. It is the third largest natural hot spring in the world and at 370 feet in diameter it is larger than an entire football field, but it is not the largest hot spring in the world. It is certainly the most colorful, the vibrant blues, greens, yellows and oranges coming not from the surrounding rocks but from a variety of heat-loving bacteria.

As the geothermally heated water gushes from the center of the spring, it can reach a stinging temperature of 189 degrees Fahrenheit and this is too hot to support most life, leaving the middle of the spring a beautiful light blue color. , but as it spreads, the water cools creating concentric circles of different bacteria that thrive at different temperatures ranging from 131 to 189 degrees Fahrenheit, I guess this does it. Something like a living thermometer, as amazing as it is to watch, it's mind-blowing to think that if the erupting water was just a few degrees warmer, these incredible colors wouldn't exist at all, so this incredibly colorful spring is an incredibly coincidence. natural.

Mother Nature shines under a waterfall. The island of Mauritius is home to some stunning sights, such as its beautiful beaches and famous seven-coloured sands, but the attraction that sets this small island a

part

from the rest of the world is the presence of an incredible underwater seabed. waterfall right next to its most southwestern point this impossible underwater waterfall of water seems to sink into the depths of the ocean even though we are seeing it with our own eyes an underwater waterfall like this defies everything we know about physics or at least that If it were real to Despite all the moving photos, videos and even satellite images, this is actually the most impressive optical illusion in the natural world.

The coastal sands are being pushed by ocean currents from the massive current plateau towards the sea. By leaving these restricted trails that resemble the movements of a waterfall from the right angle, anyone feels like Mother Nature has just played a prank on them. Moving mountains, did you know that most mountains, even ones as large as Mount Everest, change position each year by only a few millimeters as the tectonic plates below slowly grind and gradually move layers of the earth's crust, but in Tanzania there are mountains that somehow move a phenomenal 55 feet each year. They are now known as the moving mountains, but looking at them here.

I'm not too sure about the last part of its name, a more accurate title would be moving sand dunes found in the Ingarongaro conservation area in Tanzania. However, these 33 foot high and 330 foot wide mounds also do not move like normal sand dunes when I can see that the sand is strangely dark compared to the surrounding landscape. This is because it contains an unusually large amount of magnetized volcanic ash. The magnetism of thedunes is so strong that if you throw a handful in the air it apparently clumps back together and sticks back together. the dune, so the strong winds blow the dune in different directions, the sand sticks together leaving the same crescent shapes scattered across the landscape, but there is almost no other magnetic ash in the area, so where exactly did they come from these strange magnetic dunes if we move away? and following their drag marks we can see that they have descended at least 10 miles to the edge of the now extinct Ingarongaro volcano.

It is believed to have erupted about 2.5 million years ago, but even today ash from its eruption continues to roll across the landscape. and talk about leaving your mark on the world an ice island if you have seen the titanic you will know that icebergs can become large and solid enough to bring down entire ships and one in particular was estimated to be a whopping 100 feet deep. tall and 400 feet long, but alarming lumps of that size – forgive me for this – are just the tip of the iceberg In February 2021, research teams studying the burned ice shelf in Antarctica witnessed a mind-blowing event: a crack gigantic suddenly snaked across the 500 feet. thick ice shelf occurred almost a decade after scientists detected huge cracks growing in the ice, but what happened next took even the most experienced scientists by surprise - instead of the ice breaking up into small sections, a staggering 490 square mile iceberg broke off in one fell swoop.

For perspective, this menacing ice mound is larger than the entire city of Los Angeles. Since it broke off in February, research teams have been keeping a close eye on this island-sized iceberg and naming it a74. Icebergs naturally break off from Antarctica into the ocean as the seasons change but one this size is something else it's a gigantic floating island the size of a city how incredibly big does that sound currently it hasn't strayed too far from its Antarctic location Still, I don't think any boat will risk traveling through those waters anytime soon. The phenomenal Fingal Cave, Scotland, is famous for its world-class whiskeys, but it's also home to a site that's so strange you'll wonder if it's even a drunken hallucination.

If you are sober this is the island of Staffa, an island with a plateau that seems to be impossibly perched on top of a jungle of hexagonal stilts, but it was not man who held up this piece of land of totally volcanic origin. The hexagonal piles are actually basalt columns that were created about 50 million years ago as the island was forming, a very soft and

well

-mixed layer of lava began to cool evenly, probably thanks to its exposure to the sea and, as As it cooled, each part of the lava contracted and shrank, pulling the lava toward evenly spaced centers, which created fractures.

Chunks of cooled lava that are impeccably hexagonal. This is known as a columnar junction, the most fascinating example of which can be found within one of the island's otherworldly caverns. This is Fingal's Cave, a sea cave that opens like a mouth lined with hexagonal basalt teeth into the actually heart of the island, although the cave was formed when a tilt of tectonic pressure forced a crack open. In the impenetrable basalt armor, the sea has slowly eroded parts of the cave inside, producing a perfect path around the edge that could not be seen. It was built better for tourists if it tried.

A ship graveyard in the desert, in the northern reaches of Uzbekistan lies Monak, a city that really

shouldn

't exist even though it is in the middle of a desert. Countless abandoned boats and ships can be found scattered around the world. rusty place beyond repair, the presence of these old ships in such a sun-scorched land is enough to make anyone scratch their head, but if we go back 100 years, Moonok's situation begins to make sense, believe it or No, back then Moonok was a bustling fishing port. It was perfectly situated on the shores of this salty Aral Sea, the fourth largest salt sea in the world, many other port cities grew up around it, but in the 1960s a series of Soviet dams began to divert the two main sources of water from the sea, the Amudarya and Serdaria rivers, this extensive irrigation greatly reduced the amount of water flowing into the arrow and by the year 2000 it had lost a staggering 75 percent of its volume.

A quick look at Google Maps now shows the faint outline of where the sea used to be and the depressing amount that remains today. The devastating dams put ten thousand fishermen out of work, leaving many with no choice but to abandon their boats and look for work elsewhere. Thousands of people still call the city home, but without the vital Erroll Sea, Monok will likely one day be as abandoned as its ships. brutal Bolton Strid if I ask you to imagine the most dangerous stretch of water in the world, what comes to mind maybe some white water rapids maybe a 1000 foot waterfall or even one of those deep dark blue holes, Well what about Astrid, more specifically the Boltonstrid in yorkshire, england, at a glance it looks like a lovely little babbling brook that is probably a few feet deep at best.

You must be crazy to think there was any danger that could compare to a raging waterfall here, just wrong, just 30 feet upstream from the wide, rushing river dock. It moves through this exact stream, so where exactly does this immense amount of water go right instead of staying wide? The creek's bottleneck forces the water to flow vertically as it travels through a narrow natural pool in the rocks. Years of erosion have deepened the channel even further. down, so while the stride may look like a small stream from the banks, there is a river of force flowing beneath the surface and it is this deceptive-looking surface that has carried many a carefree wanderer along the years.

It's so dangerous that local records indicate It has claimed the lives of every person who has ever set foot on it knowing I think I'll go looking for a bridge thanks to ridiculous rocks. Unless you are an avid geologist, you won't think rocks are that interesting, however, there is one mega rock. that seems to defy nature and physics in equal measure and just by looking at it you can see why this is the al-nasla rock formation of tama saudi arabia, although it looks as if someone carved this thing straight in half with some kind of laser Ultra precise, that super straight slit is surprisingly natural, but that's not its only surprising feature.

If you look at the base, two small pedestals are all that separates the strange rocks from the ground. I mean, everything looks like it was built in Minecraft. In real life, then, how exactly did this precariously balanced rock split so perfectly without falling? Leading geological theories suggest that the split was probably caused by some type of massive tectonic movement. Thousands of years ago, the soil moved beneath the middle of the rock causing it to split in two, another theory is that this rock was once part of an underground fault, as the material surrounding faults tends to be weaker and It erodes more easily due to forces like water and wind, although this makes a lot of sense, it is not enough for some.

Non-geologists who claim that perfect division could only have been achieved let me make sure I do it correctly. Aliens with laser beams. I don't know about you, but I think aliens probably have smarter things to do than sawing a rock in the desert. With that said halfway, what do you think caused this incredible crack? Let me know in the comments a peculiar pond. The color of ponds is usually limited to deep blue, murky green or mournful brown, although there is an incredibly color exception to this rule in Hokkaido, Japan, here, the appropriately named Blue Pond is a shade of blue so strange and vibrant that seems to be made of kool-aid and, like kool-aid, there is nothing natural about it;

It was artificially created in 1988 after a dam was built on the Ba River. This was to prevent volcanic mud flows from the erupting Mount Takachi from reaching the nearby city; However, the reason why the color is so vibrant is a mystery; scientists believe it has something to do with the high concentration of aluminum hydroxide in the water. It does not dissolve easily and therefore reflects sunlight in a unique way, this means that, depending on the weather, the water can appear bright blue or jade green. The sulfur in the water from a nearby volcano also whitens the rocks that line the bottom, giving the pond a sort of color. of blank canvas which only adds to the vibrancy of the incredible color I don't know about you but this pond really blew my mind Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert in the entire world with a total area of ​​3.6 million miles square, but not all of it is made up of parched earth and sand in Mauritania, in West Africa, the sands of the Sahara give way to a large structure that looks incredibly similar to a giant eye emphasis on the giant, this thing extends approximately 25 miles wide Its diameter makes it so large that it can be seen from space, but what is this thing doing in the middle of the desert in the middle of seemingly endless sand dunes?

Well, for starters, it's not actually the eye of some continent-sized sleeping monster, so we can all rest easy on that front, scientists believe this strange wonder is actually an ancient volcanic dome that formed a few years ago. 100 million years. A slow increase in pressure from a growing pocket of magma forced this part of the Earth's crust to bulge like a giant grain, however it did. It doesn't explode like a volcano, so after 100 million years of being eroded by desert sands, the bulge eroded away, gradually revealing the onion-shaped layers of rock beneath that ended up looking like a whole. of concentric circles chiseled into the landscape or at least that is the main theory, scientists are not 100 sure that this is the case and some believe that it is actually the impact site of a meteorite that fell to earth, whatever whatever, I'm happy that it's not the eye of a huge desert. monster dweller, which of these incredible places surprised you the most?

Have you ever been lucky enough to see one of them with your own eyes? Let me know in the comments below and thanks for watching.