I-10 Yezinto Zemvelo Ezingakholeki Kakhulu Ongazibona Ngaphambi Kokufa (noma Zihambile)

Amagama Amahle Kakhulu Ezingane

Kusukela epharadesi elishisayo lase-Cook Island ukuya endaweni eluhlaza okotshani e-Scottish Highlands, uhlu lwakho lwamabhakede okuvakasha lulokhu lukhula. Kodwa siphakamisa ukuthi ungeze igumbi lokunyakazisa ohambweni lwakho kwamanye amasayithi okufanele uwabone ukuze uwakholelwe. Amachibi aphinki, izintaba ezinombala we-sherbet namabhishi akhazimulayo—le planethi iyindawo emangalisayo. Kodwa yenza izinhlelo zokubona lezi zimanga ngokushesha, ngaphambi kokuba zinyamalale.

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I-Great Blue Hole (Belize, City Belize)

Uma ubungakwazi ukusho ngegama layo, iGreat Blue Hole iwumgodi omkhulu ongaphansi kwamanzi ophakathi neLighthouse Reef, eqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-73 ukusuka ogwini lwaseBelize. Ngobuchwepheshe, ingumgodi wokucwila owakhiwa kusukela eminyakeni eyi-153,000 edlule, ngaphambi kokuba amazinga olwandle abe phezulu njengoba enjalo namuhla. Ngemva kokuba ezinye izinguzunga zeqhwa zidansa zizungeze futhi zancibilika, izilwandle zavuka zagcwala umgodi (incazelo yesayensi kakhulu, cha?). Indingilizi eseduze (wow) ingamafidi angu-1,043 ububanzi namafidi angu-407 ukujula, okuwunikeza umbala omnyama we-navy. Akukhona nje ukuthi iGreat Blue Hole iyindawo yamagugu omhlaba ye-UNESCO, kodwa futhi ibingenye yezindawo zokutshuza zikaJacques Cousteau eziphezulu, ukuze nawe yazi kusemthethweni. Kufanele ube umtshuzi we-scuba onguchwepheshe ukuze wehlele emgodini, kodwa ukudlala i-snorkeling emaphethelweni awo kuvunyelwe (futhi ngokungananazi kunikeza izigcawu ezinemibala eminingi yezinhlanzi namakhorali ngenxa yokukhanya kwelanga). Kodwa, uma ufuna umbono ongcono kakhulu? Gxumela endizeni enophephela emhlane ukuze uthole uhambo olumangalisayo lwe-flyover.



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I-Salar De Uyuni (Potosí, Bolivia)

Usesimweni sokufuna okuthile okumnandi? Kuthiwani ngamamayela-skwele angama-4,086 kasawoti? Inkulu kangaka iSalar de Uyuni, ifulethi likasawoti elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni. Njengoba iseningizimu-ntshonalanga yeBolivia, eduze nezintaba zase-Andes, le mkhathi emhlophe qwa, eyisicaba ibukeka njengogwadule kodwa empeleni iyichibi. Ake sichaze: Eminyakeni engaba ngu-30 000 edlule, le ndawo yaseNingizimu Melika yayimbozwe ichibi elikhulu elinamanzi anosawoti. Lapho ihwamuka, yashiya uqweqwe oluwugqinsi, olunosawoti phezu komhlaba. Namuhla, ifulethi likhiqiza usawoti (duh) kanye nengxenye ye-lithium yomhlaba. Phakathi nenkathi yezimvula (December kuya ku-April), amachibi amancane azungezile ayachichima futhi amboze iSalar De Uyuni ongqimbeni oluncane lwamanzi, olunganyakazi olubonisa isibhakabhaka cishe kahle ukuze kubonakale inkohliso ekhanyayo. Uma umgomo wakho uwukubona iflethi eliningi ngangokunokwenzeka, phuma ngesikhathi sesomiso (May kuya kuNovemba). Ukuvakasha kuyatholakala kusukela ezindaweni zokuqala e-Chile nase-Bolivia. Vele uqiniseke ukuthi ufaka amanzi.

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Izintaba-mlilo zodaka (Azerbaijan)

Ephakathi kweMpumalanga Yurophu ne-Western Asia yiRiphabhulikhi yase-Azerbaijan, ikhaya lamakhulu ezintaba-mlilo ezihlala zikhafula udaka olumpunga. Lezi zintaba-mlilo ezimfushane (amafidi angu-10 ubude noma ngaphezulu) zigcwele indawo ewugwadule kuyo yonke i-Gobustan National Park (enye indawo ye-UNESCO yamagugu omhlaba) eduze noLwandle lweCaspian. Njengoba ukuqhuma kubangelwa amagesi aphuma emhlabeni esikhundleni se-magma, udaka luvame ukubanda noma lupholile lapho luthinta. Ungesabi ukujoyina uma ezinye izivakashi zigeza odakeni, oluye lwasetshenziselwa izifo zesikhumba nezamalunga kanye ne-pharmacology. Impela akugunyazwanga i-FDA, kodwa uma use-Azerbaijan, akunjalo?

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I-Vaadhoo Island (Maldives)

Ngemva kokuthatha i-dunk odakeni lwe-volcanic yase-Azerbaijan, sincoma ukugeza emanzini olwandle akhanyayo-in-the-dark esiqhingini esincane esishisayo sase-Vaadhoo. Izivakashi zingabona ugu lolwandle lukhanya ebusuku ngenxa ye-phytoplankton encane emanzini. Lezi zimbungulu ze-bioluminescent zikhipha ukukhanya okukhanyayo lapho amanzi azizungezile eshaya umoya-mpilo (owaziwa nangokuthi, amagagasi ashaya ulwandle) njengesivikelo ezilwaneni ezidla ezinye. Sinenhlanhla yethu, lokhu kudala ukucwazimula koketshezi okwenzeka ngokwemvelo esingabhukuda kukho. Njengoba ihlezi ibalwa njengenye yezindawo zokuvakasha eziphezulu emhlabeni, i-Maldives nayo iyanda ngokuduma ngoba ishabalala kabuhlungu. Cishe iziqhingi eziyikhulu kwezingu-2,000 ezakha iMaldives ziye zaguguleka eminyakeni yamuva nje futhi amazinga amanzi ayaqhubeka nokuncipha kweziningi zazo. Kungase kube isikhathi sokuhambisa le nto ohlwini lwakho lwamabhakede.



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I-Blood Falls (i-Victoria Land, i-East Antarctica)

Kunezimpophoma ezinhle eziyizigidigidi ongazibona emhlabeni wonke ngaphambi kokuba ufe (noma zome), kodwa i-Blood Falls empumalanga ye-Antarctica ingenye yohlobo lokugeleza kwayo okufana negazi, kahle. Abahloli bathola umfula onombala obomvu ogeleza usuka eTaylor Glacier ngo-1911, kodwa kwaze kwaba yilapho. ngonyaka odlule ukuthi sithole ukuthi kungani ngempela amanzi abebomvu. Kuyavela ukuthi kunensimbi emanzini (evela echibini elingaphansi komhlaba) ekhipha i-oxidize njengoba ishaya emoyeni. Kuwubuqili ukufika e-Antarctica, yebo, kodwa kuwufanele uhambo lokuyozibonela mathupha lesi sigameko esinezitezi ezinhlanu—ikakhulukazi njengoba kungenakwenzeka ukusho ukuthi i-ecosystem yamanje yase-Antarctica izoba isikhathi eside kangakanani.

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Ichibi Natron (Arusha, Tanzania)

Uma ufisa ukubona amanzi abomvu enzeke ngokwemvelo kodwa ungakuvumeli ukubanda kwe-Antarctica, iLake Natron eTanzania iyindlela eshisayo. Amanzi anosawoti, i-alkalinity ephezulu kanye nokujula okungajulile kwenza iLake Natron ibe ichibi elifudumele le-brine kuphela amagciwane angalithanda—futhi alithande akwenzayo. Ngesikhathi se-photosynthesis, i-microorganism yaleli chibi ishintsha amanzi abe ngobomvu-owolintshi. Njengoba leli chibi lingeyona into ejabulisayo ezilwaneni ezinkulu ezidla ezinye zase-Afrika, le ndawo yenza kube indawo ekahle minyaka yonke yokuzalanisa ama-flamingo angaphansi kwezigidi ezingu-2,5, uhlobo olusohlwini lwezilwane ezisengozini. ILake Natron ukuphela kwendawo yokuzalanisa, okusho ukuthi izinhlelo ezingaba khona zokwakha indawo yokuphehla ugesi ogwini lwayo zingacekela phansi abantu abambalwa. Kuphinde kukhulunywe ngokwakha indawo kagesi eKenya, eduze nomthombo wamanzi oyinhloko waleli chibi, enganciphisa iNatron futhi iphazamise isimiso sayo semvelo esintekenteke. Ngakho fika lapho ngokushesha. Futhi siqabule i-flamingo.

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I-Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Michoacán, Mexico)

Lokhu okufakiwe ohlwini lwethu akukona kangako ngendawo ethile njengoba kumayelana nokwenzeka lapho. Njalo ekwindla, izimvemvane ze-monarch ziqala ukufuduka okungamakhilomitha angu-2,500 ukusuka eCanada ukuya eMexico. Izimvemvane ezingaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-100 zihamba ndawonye, ​​ziguqule isibhakabhaka sibe orange sibe mnyama, zehle e-U.S., ngaphambi kokuthi zizinze maphakathi neMexico. Uma sezifinyelele ezindaweni ezishisayo njenge-Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, cishe amamayela angu-62 ngaphandle kweDolobha laseMexico, zihlala, zithatha wonke ama-intshi ayisikwele ezingawathola. Izihlahla zikaphayini ziwohloka ngokoqobo ngesisindo samakhulu ezimvemvane ezinamathela emagatsheni. Ukuvakashela ngoJanuwari noFebruwari kungcono kakhulu, lapho inani labantu liphakeme kakhulu ngaphambi kokuba izimvemvane zibheke enyakatho ngoMashi. Iqiniso elijabulisayo: Amakhosi abuyela eCanada entwasahlobo ayizizukulwane zezimvemvane ezazihlala eMexico ebusika. Ngeshwa, inani lenkosi liye lehla kakhulu eminyakeni engu-20 edlule, ngenxa yokuncipha kokutholakala kwe-milkweed, ukudla okuyintandokazi yenkosi.



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I-Jeju Volcanic Island kanye neLava Tubes (eNingizimu Korea)

Kubathandi be-spelunking, i-Jeju Island iyinto okufanele uyibone. Lesi siqhingi esitholakala kumamayela angu-80 enyakatho yeNingizimu Korea, isiqhingi esingamamitha-skwele angu-1,147 siyintaba-mlilo eyodwa enkulu ethule enamakhulu ezintaba-mlilo ezincane ezisizungezile. Okuphawuleka kakhulu, nokho, iGeomunoreum Lava Tube System ngaphansi kobuso bukaJeju. Uhlelo olukhulu lwemigudu engaphansi komhlaba engama-200 nemigede eyakhiwe udaka olugeleza phakathi kweminyaka eyi-100,000 kuya ku-300,000 edlule lunikeza isikhala esanele sokuzenza sengathi unguLara Croft. Sishilo ukuthi eminingi yale migede inamazinga amaningi? Futhi kukhona ichibi elingaphansi komhlaba, futhi? Ngeminye yemigede ende kunawo wonke—futhi emikhulu—emhlabeni, akumangazi ukuthi lena enye iNdawo Yamagugu Omhlaba ye-UNESCO ohlwini lwethu.

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I-Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park (Gansu, China)

Ayikho enye indlela yokuchaza lezi zintaba njengamatshe ama-sherbet awolintshi. I-Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park iyikhilomitha ngemva kwemayela lentaba enemibala egqamile, enemigqa eyenziwe ngetshe lesanti kanye nezimbiwa phansi. Yakheka ezigidini zeminyaka njengoba amapuleti e-tectonic eshintsha futhi esunduza idwala elingaphansi emhlabeni, lokhu-uqagele ukuthi i-UNESCO World Heritage Site iyisifundo kukho kokubili i-geology kanye nobuciko. Izintaba ezifanayo ezinombala wothingo zingatholakala ePeru, kodwa lolu hlu olusenyakatho ye-China yesifundazwe saseGansu kulula ukuhamba ngezinyawo futhi lunikeza ukubukwa okumangazayo ngokulinganayo kwetshe elibomvu, eliwolintshi, eliluhlaza kanye neliphuzi. Vakashela phakathi kukaJulayi noSepthemba ukuze uthole ukukhanya kwelanga nokukhanya okuhle.

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I-Cascate del Mulino (Saturnia, Italy)

Intaba-mlilo ishisa amanzi ngaphansi komhlaba, idale amagiza abilayo noma amabhavu ashisayo apholile, ashisayo, emvelo. Sizothatha inketho #2. Nakuba kunezindawo eziningi zokuzwa izakhiwo ezipholile zemithombo yamanzi ashisayo (Blue Lagoon, Iceland; Khir Ganga, India; Champagne Pool, New Zealand), kanye nathi kakhulu sincoma ukuthi uthole okungenani okukodwa ekuphileni kwakho, iziphethu ze-Cascate del Mulino e-Saturnia, e-Italy, zidonse ukunaka kwethu. Yakhelwe ngokwemvelo impophoma enesibabule edweba indlela yayo edwaleni, le ndawo enwebekayo yamachibi ingena ku-98° F futhi igeleza njalo. Amanzi kuthiwa anezindawo zokuphulukisa ngenxa yesulfure namapulangwe azungezayo. Ingxenye engcono kakhulu? I-Cascate del Mulino imahhala ukubhukuda futhi uvule 24/7. Uma usesimweni sokuthola isikhala esithe xaxa seziphethu ezishisayo zaseTuscan, hlala e-Terme di Saturnia, indawo ye-spa nehhotela eliseduze nomthombo wamanzi ashisayo.

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