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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

7 most unique places in the world

1. Don Juan Pond, Antartika
Don Juan Pond, 18 times saltier than normal seawater. This location is found by Lt. Don Roe and Lt. John Hickey, in 1961, when they do research in Antarctica. Don Juan Pond is also the name given by the two researchers of this army, possibly merging the two names

Don Juan Pond, a lake with the highest salt content in the world.


2. Socotra, Republic of Yemen
Socotra the oddest and most unique in the world. Almost everything there looks weird, from the shape of the tree and its environment, it's no wonder many are calling Socotra in the Yemeni Republic as one of the alien nest in the world. The place is very isolated, other dry climates than others. This anomaly could be the cause of plant life or anything on there grew a strange look. Call it a well-known plants such as the Dragon's Blood Tree is strange, very unusual shape, looks like paying. This tree produces red sap. There also exist animals native animals, like birds, spiders and other native animals. Not to mention the rocky reef as well, whose shape is not common and there is only on the island. With all the strangeness content of the island, would not be surprised if Socotra, the island in the Arabian sea, into the World Heritage Heritage.

3.The Great Dune of Pyla, France
 All we know that Europe has no deserts, sand dunes at best only mediocre. But this assumption is wrong. Europe has a unique dune Pyla ie, the length of 3 km, width of 500 m and a height of 100 meters. These dunes are very steep part facing the woods. This place is famous for being the place of paragliding activity. In addition to the uniqueness of the dunes, which is also amazing is the surrounding scenery from the heights where we could see the sea and forest. Because the dunes are much higher than the forest, so that from the dunes we could see everything.

4. Mount Roraima, Venezuela, Brazil and Guyan 
 Mount Roraima is a beautiful wonderful place. The rock is shaped like a hood unique because the table that was in the clouds. Height of 400 meters. The only way to reach the roof top of the table it is to climb the ladder track that was already provided by the government of Venezuela. Another way that is not recommended is the usual rock climbers. There, the rain fell almost every day, wash away the ivy plants on the roof. As a result, the roof of the mountain to be unique, because it is clean of any .. aka as 'empty table'.
5. The Door To Hell, Turkmenistan 
 This place is probably already all know, at least have read about or seen the pictures. It is no wonder because the natural phenomenon in Turkmenistan is somewhat unique. People call it 'the Gate of Hell "because the crater roughly 70 meters out fires continuously since last 35 years. Starting from 1971 in which the geologist member region to look for mine gas. What happened next is a burst of flame from under a continuous, even swallowed all their equipment. Geologists are no one dared to go down into the crater that toxic. You can see it on Google Earth at 40 ° 15'8 "N 58 ° 26'23" E.

6. Meteor Crater, USA
Meteor Crater is a crater formed by meteorite. It is located about 43 miles (69 km) east of Flagstaff, near Winslow in the desert of northern Arizona United States. The place was called Meteor Crater because it was close to the post office name. Meteor Crater is reportedly formed since 50,000 years ago in the Pleistocene period when the local climate became cooler and wetter. At that time there was a vast grassland and forests, inhabited by woolly mammoths, giant sloth mashed, and camels. Perhaps the area was not inhabited by humans. The fallen meteor containing the nickel and make a crater of 50 meters.

7. 83-42, Greenland 
Strange and unique. But 83-42, Green Land, believed to be the only area of ​​land in the north. It's just 'a piece' size of 35 mx 15 m high and 4 m. When viewed from above, like just a speck of land surrounded by shards of ice shards. Unique! When the north pole is covered by ice, but the land is not. See the images! The uniqueness is once again toppled the previous record ATOW 1996. The uniqueness of 83-42 was found in 1998.