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- [Voiceover] And if you look carefully straight ahead,
you'll see a wild Canadian in his natural habitat.
Oh, he's a shy one.
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So on Earth there are a lot
of things that have the ability
to strike us with pure wonderment,
many of which you've probably already heard
of, like the Great Wall of China,
the Pyramids of Egypt,
and the Coliseum in Rome,
but as impressive as those things are,
there exists things on Earth
that nature has created naturally
that are so beautiful and complex
that they rival even the greatest
of mankind's architectural accomplishments.
So, this week I gathered some of the most fascinating
creations of nature to share with you all.
So, here they are.
The ten most amazing wonders of nature
that you've never seen.
Number one is the Cano Cristals River in Columbia.
Located in central Columbia,
Serrania de la Macarena National Park,
this river has inspired such nicknames as
"The River of Five Colors"
and "The River that Ran Away to Paradise".
Known as one of the most beautiful rivers in the world,
the water here runs crystal clear year round.
That is until the water level dips during the brief
window between the wet and dry season
and then something really cool happens.
When the water level dips,
the sun's rays provide just enough light to make
the moss in the lake explode into a kaleidoscope
of colors, including pink, blue, yellow, and green,
making the lake look like a liquid rainbow.
This lake is really cool to look at,
but not to swim in,
because you'd probably emerge
from it looking like a furry rainbow Cookie Monster.
Unless, you want to be a furry rainbow,
in which case, you go girl.
Number two is The Stone Forest in China,
located in the Yunnan Province
of China are giant stalagmite-looking rocks
that jut straight out of the ground.
These mountainous rocks cover an area
of 350 km, giving the illusion of a forest made of stone.
Approximately, 270 million years ago,
the entire area was underwater
and the sea floor was covered in limestone.
Over time the seabed rose, the water dried up,
and as the rain and wind eroded the weaker rock,
the stronger limestone spires began to form,
leaving what we see today.
Of course, that explanation isn't quite as curious
as the legend of the forest, which is that the forest
was a birthplace of a girl named Ashima,
who after falling in love, was forbidden to marry
her chosen suitor
and instead turned into a stone in the forest
that still bears her name.
(sniffles)
Gets me right in the feels.
Number three is the Marble Caves in Chile,
located in Patagonia, Chile,
these caves are considered the most beautiful
cave network in the world.
6,000 years of erosion have carved out these intricate
caves out of giant pieces of marble,
giving them a unique look not found anywhere else
in the world.
The walls of the cave shimmer with vibrant colors
of green, deep blue, and turquoise
from the reflection of the Carrera Lake
below it.
What's really interesting about this place is
that the colors observed
and the overall experience for the tourists
who kayak through the caves
are always different depending
on the light, the water level, and the time of year,
which are always changing.
I know where I'm going on my next vacation.
Number four are the Sarisarinama Sinkholes
in Venezuala.
Located in the Bolivar state of Venezuala
near the border of Brazil is a flat-topped mountain
with some very distinct features.
At the top of the mountain are four massive
and perfectly circular sinkholes
up to 352 meters wide
and 314 meters deep.
The sinkholes are surrounded by
an isolated, lush green rainforest filled
with several native species of animals.
In fact, the entire area is so isolated
that the sinkholes weren't discovered
until 1961 when I pilot flying overhead
accidentally spotted them below.
Today, the entire area is completely restricted
so that not even scientific researchers can perform
studies on the site.
Personally I think that's a good thing.
I mean, I'm all in for scientific research,
but not at the expense of disturbing "Fern Gully".
Leave those little creatures alone.
They're just having adventures.
Number five is the Cave of the Crystals in Mexico.
Located in Naica, Mexico is a cave 300 meters
below the surface
that's filled with beautifully clear selenite crystals
of massive proportions.
Also known as "Giant Crystal Cave",
the gypsum crystals found here are so huge
that the largest found was 12 meters
in length, four meters in diameter,
and weighed 55 tons.
Surprisingly, this cave was only discovered
in the year 2000
and the majority of it remains unexplored
due to the extreme heat within it
that can reach as high as 58 degrees Celsius.
This place is truly amazing,
not just because of it's beauty,
but because it's the closest thing
that we've ever seen in real life
to Superman's Fortress of Solitude.
Hella cool.
Number six is the Ice Towers of Mount Erebus
in Antarctica.
Located on Ross Island is the second highest
active volcano in Antarctica called Mount Erebus.
On the frozen slopes of the volcano are 18 meter
tall ice towers that continuously spit out steam
from the caves below them.
In a place where temperatures reach -93 degrees Celsius,
these huge steam spitting ice towers look
almost magical.
What's fascinating is that these majestic glittering
towers don't melt because the ice that makes
them is so thick that it acts as an insulator,
preventing them from melting
from the super heated volcanic gases that pass
through them.
Number seven is The Eye of the Sahara in Mauritania.
Located in west central Mauritania in Africa,
this enormous circular depression stretches
nearly 50 kilometers across,
making it look like a giant bulls-eye.
Also known as the "Richat Structure"
this landmark formed over time
as wind continuously eroded its different layers
of sediment, quartzite, and volcanic rock.
Visually what's incredible about it is
not only did it form in an otherwise featureless desert,
but the salt sediment present makes
it a beautiful blue color.
What makes this structure so incredible is despite
extensive field and laboratory studies,
geologists still lack an explanation
as to its origin.
It was originally interpreted as an asteroid impact.
Then, it was thought to be a structure created
from a volcanic eruption
and now it's argued to be a deeply eroded geologic dome,
that's collapsed,
but that's still just a theory.
Well, until we get solid evidence as
to the origins of this structure,
I think there's a much simpler explanation.
Number eight is the Waitomo Glowworm Caves
in New Zealand.
Located on the northern island of New Zealand
is a cave that glows brilliantly,
like nothing you've ever seen.
Hundreds of thousands of mosquito-sized
bio-luminescent glowworms radiate a tiny blue light
as they have from the ceiling of the Waitomo Cave
creating what looks like a sky of living lights.
The specie of glowworm that's found in this cave
is actually exclusive to New Zealand
and can't be found anywhere else in the world,
making it a very popular tourist attraction.
I was curious,
so I looked up a little more on glowworms themselves
and as it turns out, they're pretty hideous
and on top of that they spin these sticky silky threads
to capture and eat their prey,
which is not at all what I expected based
on the glowworm that I had as a child.
I was pretty devastated.
Number nine is the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River
in the Philippines.
Located in a protected area on the island of Palawan
is the 8 kilometer long St. Paul's underground river.
Not only is the river itself the world's largest navigable
underground river, but the cave that contains
it is the world's largest cave chamber
stretching for more than 24 kilometers.
Only a short time ago in 2010, geologists discovered
a second floor to the underground river,
where they found beautiful waterfalls,
underground river channels,
marine creatures, and even another deep cave.
These newly discovered deep areas
of the cave have yet to be explored due
to extreme oxygen deprivation,
which is just another fancy way of saying
that people that went down there to explore it
ended up like
(gasping)
which is, not good, so yeah in time.
And number ten, The Giant's Causeway
in the United Kingdom.
Located in Northern Ireland are 40,000 interlocking basalt
columns forming what looks like a walkway for a colossus.
Named the fourth greatest natural wonder in the UK,
these stones formed approximately 55 million years ago
as a result of an ancient volcanic eruption.
The columns are mostly hexagonal,
some of which are
12 meters tall and 28 meters thick.
What's interesting is that the tops of the columns
form stepping stones that lead directly into the sea
almost as if it was the entrance of a giant's pool.
This place is of course not without legend,
which is that the structure was built
by a giant named Finn MacCool
as a meeting ground for a fight with another
Scottish giant named Benandonner.
Of course an Irish legend has to involve a fight.
The only thing more stereotypical would be
if the giants went out for a Guinness after the fight.
Anyways, that's all for this video, guys.
If you're wondering why Niagara Falls
or other big landmarks like that weren't on this list.
It's because I wanted to focus on the wonders of nature
that you haven't heard of as opposed
to the ones that you have.
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That's cool.
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