OUT OF THIS WORLD 

 

Top natural wonders of the 

world that will blow your mind

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The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 

is the world’s third largest hot spring, with the different bright colours

 created by bacteria

Whether it’s huge underground cave systems, wild desert landscapes or enormous waterfalls.

There are several easily recognisable spots, like Mount Everest – the tallest mountain on earth.

Then there are also lesser known areas like the Socotra Island and Archipelago in Yemen, the Darvaza Crater in Turkmenistan and the Living Root Bridges of Cherrapunji in India.

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The Fairy Pools on Isle of Skye in Scotland is a series of atmospheric pools,

 waterfalls and cascades, small caves and caverns

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The Giant’s Causeway in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, is an 

area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an

 ancient volcanic eruption

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Fingal’s Cave on Staffa Island in the Inner Hebrides,

 Scotland is part of the same natural phenomenon as the

 Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland

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The Dragon Blood Trees on Socotra Island and Archipelago

 in the Indian Ocean, Yemen, look so bizarre because they have

 adapted to survive in the harsh environment

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The Grand Canyon in Arizona is 279 miles long and nearly

 19 miles wide, with a deep crevasse that has been created 

over thousands of years by the river at the bottom

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Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, is the largest salt flat on the planet 

and one of the flattest places on earth

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Aurora Borealis, Greenland, also known as the Northern Lights 

are one of the most beautiful sights in the northern hemisphere in winter

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The Moeraki Boulders on the South Island, New Zealand are

 said to be more than five million years old

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Pamukkale, Turkey, is home to these terrace pools, formed by 

the build-up of carbonate mineral from the warm water flowing

 from the thermal springs above

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Marble Caves in Chile and Argentina, created by the waves

 from the glacial Lake General Carrera lapping against a<br />calcium

 carbonate peninsula over the course of more than 6,000 years

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The Beach of the Cathedrals in Spain have been carved by wind,

 rain and sea

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Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia, is a series of 16 terraced 

lakes with sparkling clear water cascading over from one to another