9 Move to southwest coast Australia. Here is the world-famous group of rocks called the Twelve Apostles (The Twelve Apostles).

10 And this incredibly beautiful place is located in southern Africa in South Africa. Dragon Mountains, I think, looking at the photo, it’s not difficult to understand where such a name came from.

11 And back to Australia! Why not? After all, in real life it's hard to make such jumps... Banda Rocks is the place that most of all looks like the real end of the world. The Australian Nullarbor Plain ends abruptly in southern Australia. Imagine what the first sailors who visited here thought.

12 Eleuthera is an island on the border between the shallow Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. The island has a length of 180 km, and in some places it reaches the width shown in the photo above.

13 The volcanic island of Ogashima in Japan. If you want to live inside a volcano, then you are here. Approximately 200 people live here permanently. People are quite satisfied with their position, and do not want to go anywhere.

17 And this is already China: here is such an unusual place as the Stone Forest. Yes, you heard right, although these places have another name - the mountains of Guilin.

The stone forest consists mainly of limestone, that is, it is roughly the bottom of the ancient sea, which eventually rose to the surface. Weaker rocks collapsed and eroded under the influence of erosion (water, wind, rain, etc.) and only these stone idols remained.

18 What can be special about the field? But even here, nature manages to surprise and delight us! Emerald fields Palouse (Palouse) in the USA (states of Idaho, Washington and Oregon). These beautiful meadows are spread over dunes and hills, and look like an emerald sea. These dunes and hills were formed during ice age, and when the ice was gone, green meadows appeared in its place.


On our earth there is great amount unusually beautiful places that you will not see in fantasy films O parallel worlds or other planets. And only the most purposeful travelers manage to get to these most mysterious and beautiful corners created by nature itself. In our review - one of the most picturesque and mysterious places on the planet.

Burning crater "Gates of Hell"





In the heart of the famous desert Karakum(Turkmenistan), there is a hot crater Darvaza "Hell Gate", with a diameter of 60 meters and a depth of 25 meters. The gas in the well bursts right out of the ground, blazing with hundreds of flames. Separate tongues of flame reach 10 -15 meters in height.

Pamukkale, "Cotton Castle"



The main attraction of Turkey is an amazing place Pamukkale, in translation "Cotton Castle", which corresponds to the local special and unusually beautiful natural landscape, which, in addition to everything else, is a medical resort.

Coral Reef "Great Blue Hole"



One of the attractions in Belize is coral reef "Big blue hole" , which is a round funnel with a depth of 120 meters. Most the best views of this recess are opened from a bird's eye view, the boundaries of light and dark water are clearly visible. This place is rich in huge stalagmites and stalactites, which attract diving enthusiasts.

Geological structure "Eye of the Sahara"



Geological structure of Richat(Kalb ar-Riszat), 45 kilometers in diameter, resembles a crater and is located in the Sahara Desert. Scientists consider it a meteorite crater, or an incompletely formed volcano.

To see the outlandish places with your own eyes, it is not necessary to go to the other end of the world. We live in a country where there are many amazing, unexplored lands. This once again will make sure the review of the magnificent.

The nature of Russia is our main wealth. In our country there is the highest mountain in Europe, and the largest forest, and the largest swamp, there is a pink lake and the most unusual desert.

1. Baikal

Baikal is the deepest lake in the world (1642 meters). It ranks first in the world among fresh lakes in terms of volume. fresh water(19% of world reserves). There is more of it than in all five Great Lakes combined. If suddenly all the water on Earth disappears, Baikal will be able to provide water to humanity for five years.

2. Valley of Geysers

There are about 100 geysers in the Valley of Geysers, 20 of them are large. They are not inferior in size to the hot springs of Iceland, Yellowstone national park and New Zealand. Their uniqueness lies in the fact that they are located in a small area (only 5 km along the Geysernaya River).

3. Krasnoyarsk pillars

There is such a phenomenon - "stolbism" - a fanatical desire to conquer Krasnoyarsk rock climbing without insurance. The pillars are located 3-7 km from Krasnoyarsk, there are more than a hundred of them and each has its own name. Their age is 500 million years.
Their height reaches 90 meters. The uniqueness of the pillars is that a reserve was created here back in 1925, on the territory of which there are about 1300 species of plants, 58 species of mammals, 199 species of birds. Every year about 200 thousand tourists come to admire the Krasnoyarsk pillars.

4. Vasyugan swamps

This is the world's largest swamp system in the north of the Tomsk region on a plateau between the Ob and the Irtysh. The swamps are 10 thousand years old. The area is more than 53 thousand km², the length of the marshes from west to east is 573 kilometers.

Every year the swamp captures new territories. It is a source of water, a reservoir of oil and gas, peat, an area of ​​untouched nature inhabited by rare species birds and animals.

5. Forest Komi

The primeval forest of Komi became the first natural object Russia, recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. This is a huge untouched natural massif (15% of the territory of the Komi Republic).
The uniqueness of the forest is that nature here has retained its original appearance. Not so long ago, gold deposits were discovered in the Komi forest. But the state decided that the virgin forest is more expensive than gold, so its production was frozen.

6. Vottovaara

A mountain in Karelia is called the "Russian Stonehenge". There are megaliths, lakes, bizarre trees and even a stone staircase. "Stonehenge" Vottovaara is called because of the seids, huge stones that are located here.
There are several versions of their appearance. According to one of them, the sinking of the glacier led to such an arrangement of stones, according to another, the reason is the earthquake that occurred here BC. Some scholars believe that seids are of artificial origin and had a cult purpose among the Sami.

7. Pillars of weathering

Weathering pillars on Mount Manpupuner in Komi are also called "Mansi Balvans". These are 7 rocks from 32 to 42 meters high. They are called weathering pillars because mountains were located here 200 million years ago, over time they collapsed, exposing the remnants of hard rocks. Previously, these stone statues were worshiped by the Mansi, today the pillars are a unique and hard-to-reach geological monument.

8. Elbrus

Elbrus is a volcano in the western part Caucasian ridge, which has been dormant for about 2 thousand years. Its height is 5642 meters. This is the most high mountain Caucasus, the highest mountain in Europe and the highest point in Russia.
Elbrus is covered by 23 glaciers, the area of ​​which is more than 130 square kilometers. Elbrus feeds almost the entire North Caucasus with water. Its glaciers give life to three major rivers- Kuban, Malku and Baksan.

9. Lena Pillars

Lena Pillars are located just 140 km from Yakutsk (for those places this is a trifling distance). In their present form, they appeared 400 thousand years ago, as a result of the uplift of the Siberian platform, which made the river valleys deeper.
Some of the pillars reach a height of 150 meters. For geologists, the Lena Pillars are a real find: among these rocks, many rare fossils of extinct animals are found, for example, mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, Lena horse.

10. Putorana Plateau

The Putorana Plateau is located in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The name, translated from Evenki, means "lakes with steep banks". Its length is almost 500 km, and its area is 250 thousand km², which is comparable to the size of Great Britain. The city closest to the plateau, Norilsk, is located 300 km from it.
Putorana Plateau - unique nature reserve. There are 25 thousand lakes and a lot of animals, which is not typical for these northern latitudes. Included in the list world heritage UNESCO.

11. Curonian Spit

The Curonian Spit is an almost 100-kilometer narrow strip of land separating the Curonian Lagoon from everything else Baltic Sea. And on it - dunes. Drifting dunes on the Curonian Spit are the highest in Europe (from 30 to 60 meters). Every spring and autumn, 10 to 20 million birds fly over the coma. The Curonian Spit is also unique for its “dancing forests”. Since 2000, the Curonian Spit has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

12. Kungur cave

The Kungur ice cave is one of the largest in the world and the only cave in Russia specially equipped for excursions. It is located in the Urals, between Perm and Yekaterinburg.

The age of the Kungur ice cave is almost 10-12 thousand years. Total length corridors is about 6000 meters, and the length of the tourist path is 1.5 km. The cave has 58 halls and about 70 lakes. Some grottoes reach 50-100 meters in length and 20 meters in height.

13. Lake Trinity

You can’t swim in Troitskoye Lake on the Maly Semyachik volcano - it has a very high concentration of sulfur and acid. This "water" can even corrode the aluminum blades of the oars. This lake has a very bright color - bright green - due to the combination of hydrogen particles with acids.
Due to cracks in the bottom, the depth of Trinity Lake is constantly changing. The temperature also varies - from 20 to 60 degrees.

14. Caldera Uzon

The Uzon caldera in Kamchatka is a unique natural monument and an object of biogeocenosis. There is a rich flora and fauna, but the local lakes are especially impressive. One of them is filled with weak sulfuric acid, mercury and sulfur are released around the others. Literally before our eyes, minerals are formed. The most interesting thing is that these lakes are also inhabited, bacteria that produce acid live in sulfur, and archaea live in others - one of ancient forms life, and thionic bacteria.

15. Lake Elton

Elton is a drainless self-sustaining lake in the Pallas district of the Volgograd region, the largest in Europe salt Lake with therapeutic brine and mud. The largest mineral lake in Europe by area. Its mineralization is 1.5 times higher than in the Dead Sea. Due to the algae Dunaliella salina contained in the water, the color of the lake is reddish. Since the time of Ivan the Terrible, Elton has been used to extract salt.

16. Waterfall Zeygalan

The Zeygalan waterfall in North Ossetia is the highest waterfall in Europe. Its height is more than 600 meters. Most Europeans, however, do not even know about it and consider the Swiss Reinfals waterfall to be the highest. Zeygalan, originates in one of the gorges at an altitude of 4000 meters. Geologists say that this unique natural circus, on the slopes of which waterfalls are born, is the mouth of an ancient volcano.

17. Proval Lake

The unique and one of a kind Lake Proval is located inside the laccolith mountain Mashuk in Pyatigorsk. The diameter of the cave in the form of a tapering funnel with a lake at the bottom is as much as 15 meters at its widest point, and its height is 41 meters.
Due to the sulfur and bacteria contained in the water, the water in the lake is bright turquoise. Its temperature fluctuates from 26 degrees above zero.

18. Rotten Mountain

Rotten Mountain - the largest mud volcano (blevak) in the Russian Caucasus. It is located near Temryuk. Of course, it can be called a mountain with some exaggeration. This plateau is more than a kilometer in diameter, and on it are cones and vents.
Despite the not-too-appetizing name, the dirt of the Rotten Mountain Blewak is not only safe (their temperature is not more than 14 degrees), but also healing.

19. Crater Lake Elgygytgyn

Elgygytgyn means "non-freezing". This Chukchi lake is unique in that it has never been frozen over in all 3 and a half million years of its history. Therefore, its bottom sediments are indispensable soil samples for scientists, which can tell about geological history. In this regard, Elgygytgyn has no analogues in the world.

The most beautiful place on earth is motherland. How many interesting things happened here, how many pleasant memories are associated with this place! Here is a nice house where my mother was waiting from school. You return home, and on the table are fragrant pancakes with milk. Could there be anything tastier!

In whatever corner of the earth a person finds himself, he will never forget his native land. And, of course, each of us has a favorite corner of nature in our homeland. This is the most beautiful place where you can be alone with yourself. So for me it is a forest with a small river. Why is this place so attractive? I remember the winter days, when a snowstorm is circling, the trees put on a luxurious snow-white outfit, it shines bright sun. The forest path becomes bright and spacious, snow crunches underfoot. How nice it is to wander through such a forest, admire its decorations, plunge into your dreams. The walk leads to a beautiful clearing where we often spend time with friends. This is my favorite cozy corner. It's good to be here alone. gentle sun, blue sky, green grass. And how beautiful the mountain ash looks here. From spring to autumn, she is elegant. Every day the berries on it become brighter and more orange. And then rowan bonfires flare up at the forest edge. They burn for a long time and illuminate the forest glade with their brightness. For a merry feast, gangs of thrushes arrive here. Isn't it nice to enjoy the beauty of such a corner of nature? Near the mountain ash, the aspen shudders with its leaves. We all know that the aspen constantly trembles as soon as there is even a slight breeze. A thin long petiole, to which the leaf blade is attached, contributes to this state of the tree. The wind twists the aspen leaves as it wants, so it trembles. amazing tree! It seems that because of his movement, the forest just comes to life.

Of course, in my favorite forest you can find others wonderful places, but it was this clearing that I remember the most. Every time I go there I enjoy it. It is very important to notice the beauty of native nature, peer and see its secrets.

I also want to note that next to my favorite forest clearing there is a small river, where we spent all our early childhood. If you look closely, it seems that the river is bordered by an unusual lace, which seems to be created by the hands of skilled craftswomen. This amazingly beautiful lace is created by birches and sprawling willows, thickets of reeds and poplars. You will come to such a clearing, lie down on the grass and look at the sky, trusting your own dreams to the running clouds, watching how the sun's rays fade and play like bunnies in the trees, in the water, in the foliage.

Therefore, we can say that the favorite corner of native nature is the most beautiful place for each of us. This place is hidden from prying eyes. Here you can sit in silence, stay with your thoughts and dreams. And you can sit with friends by the fire. Nature always helps us to understand ourselves. And we want to return to our native lands again and again. This place will remain in the heart of every person forever.

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    • Our country has always been famous amazing nature and picturesque landscapes. What is not on the territory of our country, this is the purest rivers, deepest lakes, mountain peaks of indescribable beauty, gorges, unique natural formations and much more, from the look of which is already breathtaking. That is why people should know the most beautiful places in Russia in order to be able to visit them and personally enjoy the splendor that Mother Nature has created.

    For the sake of ecological tourism, you can go to the Lena Pillars, which are unique natural formations. unusual shape. They are located near the Lena River in Yakutia. It is worth driving this only 100 km from the city of Pokrovsk and two unique reserve"Pillars" and "Sinsky". Here you can see the remains of the parking lot ancient man, and not so long ago, fossilized remains of a bison and a mammoth were found in these parts.

    Not so far from the center of Russia in the Voronezh region there is the Divnogorye Plateau. It is unique in that here you can see bizarre Cretaceous deposits. Until now, tourists can see the chalk churches built in the 17th century on this Plateau. If you want to see the world's largest "mushrooms", then you should visit the Ak-Kurum tract in the Altai Territory. This place is unique in that there are huge stone blocks in the form of mushrooms. In these parts, you can go on an excursion that lasts a couple of hours, or stay here and go to sightseeing tour for a few days.

    For lovers ski holidays you can talk about the Tsey Gorge, which is located on the northern slopes of the Central Caucasus. Here you can definitely relax your body and soul. Many tourist and sightseeing routes annually attract guests from around the world. If you go here from December to April, then in addition to contemplation natural beauties you can enjoy skiing.

    An amazing sight can be seen in the marble canyon Ruskela, located in Karelia. Here, marble was once mined for government houses and temples. But over time, the canyon filled with water and now the purest water surface reminds people that nature takes care of man and man, in turn, must take care of her.

    Fans of ecological tourism can be advised to go to the Bastak reserve. It is located on the territory of the Jewish Autonomous Republic. If you divide this reserve, then most of it is occupied by forests. Rare animal species and unique plants grow here. A tourist route along this reserve 1.5 km long. Walking through these places will be available for both adults and children. During it, you can observe the life of animals in their natural environment a habitat. Fearless animals come close to a person and are not afraid that harm will be done to them.

    Royal Abbey London

    Westminster Abbey is one of the most popular attractions in London. This abbey is not only one of the main temples of the Anglican Church, but also a symbol of Britain and royalty. This is the church where almost all kings and queens were crowned and buried. The abbey contains the graves of celebrities who faithfully served the nation and glorified the British Empire. Among them are many scientists, writers, politicians. Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Isaac Newton are buried here.

    Egyptian autumn

    IN summer period many countries can offer excellent beach holiday, but when autumn comes, not everywhere you can comfortably swim and sunbathe. Summer sun and pleasant sea ​​water in the autumn period can only be in exotic countries. And there is also Egypt, which can offer a warm Red Sea and a variety of recreation at almost any time of the year. It is comfortable to rest in Egypt even in winter, when most Russian territory covered with snow and severe frosts.