ABC Reiew 10 Lesser Known Natural Wonders Some are breathtaking, some are seemingly impossible. Did you know these ten natural wonders existed? 1 | The Gates of Hell, Turkmenistan Located in the middle of the desert, a crater has been ablaze non-stop for around 40 years, caused when natural gas was set on fire. Wikipedia.
2 | Southwestern Slot Canyons, United States Narrow fissures carved into rock by millenia of wind and water erosion. The longest, Bucksin Gulch, stretches for 12 miles. Wikipedia.
3 | Tsingy of Bemaraha, Madagascar A forest made from limestone needles. It's so dense that it's virtually impenetrable to humans. Wikipedia.
4 | Belize Barrier Reef, Belize The largest Barrier Reef in the Western hemisphere. It's thought 90% of its species remain undiscovered. Wikipedia.
5 | Grand Prismatic Spring, United States The third-largest hot spring in the world. Its remarkable colors are produced by algae and bacteria. Wikipedia.
6 | Wulingyuan National Park, China Home to over 3.000 gigantic sandstone columns, many over 200m high. Used to be an ancient tropical sea floor. Wikipedia.
7 | Namib Desert, Namibia Thought to be the oldest desert in the world. It's home to huge sand dunes, some measured 380m high. Wikipedia.
8 | Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia Measuring 4000 square miles, this is the world's biggest salt flat. Difficult to reach, it sits 3.7km high in the Andes. When it rains, it becomes the earth's largest mirror. Wikipedia.
9 | Richat Structure, Mauritania A mysterious 50km-wide geological feature in the Sahara desert. Believed to be caused by uplift and erosion rather than a meteor. It's known as the "Eye of the Sahara." Wikipedia.
10 | Socotra Archipelago, Yemen An extremely isolated landform- around 33% of its plant life is found nowhere else on earth. Wikipedia.
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