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Our planet is engulfed in mystery. From history to science, there\u2019s always something that we struggle to explain on Earth.<\/p>\n

Our planet has it all. From mysterious, strange and even scary places, to landscapes and regions that look almost as if they are the result of a Hollywood science fiction movie.<\/p>\n

In this article, we take a look at 20 of the strangest places on our planet.<\/p>\n

Enjoy.<\/p>\n

Nazca Lines<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nazca lines, courtesy Simon E. Davies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We can\u2019t start a list of strange places on Earth without mentioning the famous Nazca Lines.<\/p>\n

Visible (mostly) from the air, the enigmatic figures, symbols and strange shapes were etched by an ancient culture from Peru, thousands of years ago.<\/p>\n

All sorts of theories have been proposed to explain the enigmatic set of lines, ranging from alien visitations to strange and mysterious whipping techniques.<\/p>\n

Red Beach<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo:\u00a0Jia Mi<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A beach in China, more specifically in Panjin is covered with a type of seaweed that is called sueda which turns bright red during the fall, giving off a stunning look like the one above.<\/p>\n

Whale Bone Alley \u2013 Siberia<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This one belongs to the mysterious-weird places on Earth.<\/p>\n

Located around 150 kilometers from the coast of Alaska, there is an area scattered of whale ribs, jawbones, and vertebrae.<\/p>\n

According to scientists, these bones date back to the 1400\u2019s and were a place of worship for ancient cultures.<\/p>\n

Bermuda Triangle<\/strong><\/p>\n

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IMAGE PROVIDED BY CHANNEL 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We had to include the Bermuda Triangle in this list. The Bermuda triangle is a notoriously large, freakish place in the Atlantic ocean covering a staggering 500,000 square miles.<\/p>\n

According to reports, the area is home to an unidentified anomaly which causes ships and airplanes to disappear.<\/p>\n

Lake Hillier<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Lake Hillier, Middle Island, Recherche Archipelago Nature Reserve, in Western Australia, is a saline lake notable for its pink color, April 2011. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This weird-looking, yet beautiful lake is located in Western Australia. The lake retains its pinkish color all year long thanks to its high salt content and presence of salt-loving algae Dunaliella salina, and pink halobacteria.<\/p>\n

Goblin Valley State Park<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Located in Utah, USA, this surreal, almost alien-like landscape of extremely soft sandstone extends a few miles across the desert terrain. It\u2019s a very popular hiking trail in Utah.<\/p>\n

The Giant Causeway<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Chris Lofqvist<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Located in Northern Ireland, this enigmatic scenery is not the result of mankind. According to scientists, some 60 million years ago, a volcanic eruption left behind molten basalt. Once it solidified, it created these amazing cracks in the rock.<\/p>\n

The Door to Hell<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Door to Hell, a burning natural gas field in Derweze, Turkmenistan. Image Credit Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Located in Turkmenistan, the so-called door to hell was actually a gas field once, but the Soviets lit it on fire once, and it has been burning for over 40 years now.<\/p>\n

The hand in the desert<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nope, it\u2019s not an optical illusion. In the Middle of the Chilean desert, sculptor Mario Irarr\u00e1zaba built this stunning, yet kind of freaky statue. The sculptor is known for illustrating loneliness and human suffering, which is precisely what this statue is thought to represent.<\/p>\n

The Zone of Silence<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of the weirdest place\u2019s on Earth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The area situated on the\u00a027th parallel north\u00a0connects the Bermuda Triangle, The Pyramids of Giza and the\u00a0Himalayas. Referred to as the Zone of silence, the mysterious strip of land located near the Bols\u00f3n de Mapim\u00ed in Durango, Mexico, overlapping the Mapim\u00ed Biosphere Reserve. It is believed that once inside it, clocks stop and radios cannot function properly.<\/p>\n

Tesla Towers<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Located in Russia, the \u201cHigh Voltage Marx and Tesla Generators Research Facility,\u201d belongs to the Russian Electrical Engineering Institute. It was created near the town of Istra, some 40 kilometers from Moscow.<\/p>\n

Nan Madol<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of the lesser-known ancient cities on Earth, Nan Madol is an ancient city located off the coast of\u00a0Micronesia.<\/strong> Nan Madol<\/strong>\u00a0means \u201cSpace in between.\u201d The entire city of Nan Madol appears to sit on top of a lagoon, connected by a number of different canals and massive stone walls.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of \u2018Gates\u2019 in the Saudi Arabian desert<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The gates come in a number of different shapes and sizes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the help of Satellite images, archaeologists have identified hundreds of groups of stone walls \u2013 called \u201cgates\u201d\u00a0in the Saudi Arabian desert. Some of these \u201cgates\u201d are located next to a volcanic dome that at one time spewed out basaltic lava.<\/p>\n

Vatnajokull Glacier Caves<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Located in the in\u00a0Vatnajokull glacier\u00a0<\/a>to the south-east Iceland, the caves literally grow and disappear. The Ice inside the Ice Caves literally shapeshifts, changing from what seem to be supermassive teeth protruding from the ice to massive waves trapped in suspended animation in a maze of countless interconnected chambers that show off the caves in a kaleidoscope of colors as light conditions change.<\/p>\n

Lake of Blood<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo by<\/strong>\u00a0Matt Walker<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Located in Bolivia, Laguna Colorada\u00a0is what you would call a bloody lake. A shallow Salt Lake (around 35 cm in depth) which contains borax islands, which are\u00a0white in color and the real contrast with the reddish color of its waters caused apparently due to sediments and pigmentation of some algae.<\/p>\n

Lake Abraham<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In Canada there is an artificial lake that despite the fact its stunningly beautiful, it\u2019s so dangerous that you\u2019d really want to avoid it. The lake is filled with frozen bubbles that are filled with\u00a0frozen pockets of methane which is highly flammable. Beautiful? Yeah. Dangerous? Definitely.<\/p>\n

The Inga Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of the most fascinating ancient sites in Brazil, the Inga stone is an ancient monument which according to experts includes countless symbols and a \u201cStar Map\u201d depicting the constellation of Orion. Experts refer to the Inga Stone as \u201can exceptional archeoastronomy monument, like no other in the world.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Boling River<\/strong><\/p>\n

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You wouldn\u2019t want to swim there,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thought to have been only a myth, the Boiling River in the Amazon was proven to exist. Andres Ruzo, a scientist who, despite the fact that his colleagues believed finding the boiling river was impossible, managed to discover the mythical place in the Peruvian region of the Amazon jungle.<\/strong> The rivers indigenous name\u2014Shanay-timpishka\u2014means \u201cboiled with the heat of the Sun.\u201d<\/p>\n

A 1.7-million-year-old manmade Bridge?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Located between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka is a mysterious \u2018structure\u2019 that according to researchers could be a bridge created by mankind a staggering 1.7 million years ago.<\/p>\n

40,000 km-long Inca Road System<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The ancient Inca were one of the most sophisticated ancient civilizations on Earth. But did you know they managed to create a massive, 40,000-kilometer-long road system? The massive road system is considered as the\u00a0most advanced ancient highway on the surface of the planet giving the ancient empire\u00a0access to over 3,000,000 square kilometers (1,200,000\u00a0sq\u00a0mi) of territory.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Our planet is engulfed in mystery. From history to science, there\u2019s always something that we struggle to explain on Earth.<\/p>\n

Our planet has it all. From mysterious, strange and even scary places, to landscapes and regions that look almost as if they are the result of a Hollywood science fiction movie.<\/p>\n

In this article, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3922065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ancient-code","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3922065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3922065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3922065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3922065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3922065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3922065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}