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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Six Most Beautiful Natural Holes In the Earth

Dean's Blue Hole, Bahamas




The Blue Hole is known worldwide Dehaene as an ideal place for a free dive. It is situated in the bay to the west of the town of Clarence, the island of Long Island, Bahamas.



Blue Hole has a circular base, with a diameter of 25 to 35 meters (82-110 feet). After a descent of 20 meters (66 feet), significantly expanding the hole in the cave with a diameter of 100 meters (330 feet)





The failure of the Bimah, Oman





The failure of the Bimah, limestone crater filled with blue-green water, is a popular attraction of tourists coming to Kuarayat. It is located in Oman.





The failure is located 500 meters from the beach





The water is salty because the lake is connected to an underwater cave with the sea.




Great Blue Hole




Great Blue Hole - is situated in the center of Lighthouse Reef Atoll in the Belize Barrier Reef. The hole is circular sinkholes diameter of 305 meters, leaving a depth of 120 m




Blue Hole became famous thanks to the French explorer Jacques Yves Cousteau, who included it in the top 10 places in the world for diving. In 1972, on his vessel Calypso, he measured the depth of the hole and confirmed the theory of its formation.Going down to the single U-boat in the hole, the expedition discovered a massive stalactites, some of which were placed at an angle of 10 ° -13 ° from the vertical, suggesting a geological shift and tilting lying below the plateau




 This is one of the most beautiful karst lakes, Ik-Kil (which means "place where the wind is born"). Each Cenote Maya considered sacred.



The height of the walls is about 25 meters, and depth - more than 50 meters



Red Lake, Croatia



Red Lake (Crveno jezero) - Kastrov lake. Depth of 287 meters of the Red Lake Red Lake is the deepest lake in Europe.



The height of the lake above the sea level 281 m Elevation 528 m Red Lake is nearly three times smaller in area than the blue and is surrounded by steep slopes. On their side is equipped with an observation deck.



Morning Glory Pool, United States



It is a beautiful lake with unique properties in Yellowstone National Park in the U.S.



Just a small hot lake depth 2200 meters, of which there is a pair and still it changes its color from pale turquoise to deep purple, and then suddenly turns green. All this creates a multi-colored splendor of bacteria living here, which is very favorable temperature conditions.

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