Flowing out of the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys is a five-story waterfall that looks exactly like a continuous stream of blood. Discovered by a geologist in 1911, the crimson color actually comes from an ancient, iron-rich subglacial lake that has been trapped beneath the ice for nearly two million years. As the […]

Deep in the woods outside Gryfino, Poland, sits a grove of about 400 pine trees that grow with a bizarre, 90-degree bend at their base. Planted in the early 1930s, the trees all sweep northward before curving back up to grow straight toward the sky. The exact cause of this strange formation remains one of […]

Located in the Nevada desert, Fly Geyser is a stunning, brightly colored anomaly that was completely accidental. It was created by well-drilling in 1964 when engineers struck a geothermal pocket of boiling water. Left uncapped, the mineral-rich water began erupting, building up massive, alien-looking mounds over the decades. Thermophilic algae thrive in the hot, wet […]

Rising out of the barren Atacama Desert in Chile is a massive, 36-foot-tall stone hand. Built by Chilean sculptor Mario Irarrázabal in 1992, it looks like a buried giant reaching desperately for the sky. It is a surreal, isolated masterpiece located miles from any major civilization. Irarrázabal is known for his works exploring human suffering, […]

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If you are looking for a landscape that looks straight out of a sci-fi movie, head to British Columbia, Canada. Located in the Okanagan Valley, Spotted Lake (known as Kliluk to the indigenous Syilx people) transforms into a massive, colorful polka-dot canvas every summer. Why Does It Turn Into Spots? The lake is landlocked and […]