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The nature of Russia is our main wealth. In our country we have both the highest mountain in Europe and the most big forest, and most big 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 freshwater lakes by 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 comparable in size to the hot springs of Iceland, Yellowstone National Park and New Zealand. Their uniqueness is 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 1,300 species of plants, 58 species of mammals, and 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 the plateau between the Ob and Irtysh. The age of the swamps is 10 thousand years. The area is more than 53 thousand km², the length of the swamps 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. Komi Forest

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

6. Vottovaara

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

7. Weathering pillars

The weathering pillars on Mount Manpupuner in Komi are also called “Mansi balvans”. These are 7 rocks with a height of 32 to 42 meters. They are called weathering pillars because 200 million ago there were mountains here, but over time they collapsed, exposing the remains hard rocks. Previously, these stone sculptures were worshiped by the Mansi; today the pillars are a unique and inaccessible 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 highest point Russia.
Elbrus is covered by 23 glaciers, the area of ​​which is more than 130 square kilometers. Elbrus feeds almost the entire North Caucasus. Its glaciers give life to three large rivers- Kuban, Malku and Baksan.

9. Lena Pillars

The Lena Pillars are located only 140 km from Yakutsk (for those places this is a trifling distance). In their current 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 Lena Pillars - 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 closest city to the plateau, Norilsk, is located 300 km away.
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 that separates the Curonian Lagoon from the rest of the Baltic Sea. And on it are dunes. The drifting dunes on the Curonian Spit are the highest in Europe (from 30 to 60 meters). Between 10 and 20 million birds fly over the coma every spring and fall. 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. The total length of the 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 cannot swim in Trinity Lake on the Maly Semyachik volcano - it has a very high concentration of sulfur and acid. This “water” can even corrode aluminum oar blades. This lake has a very bright color - bright green - due to the combination of hydrogen particles with acids.
Due to cracks at the bottom, the depth of Trinity Lake is constantly changing. The temperature also changes - from 20 to 60 degrees.

14. Uzon Caldera

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

15. Lake Elton

Elton is a closed self-sedating lake in the Palla district of the Volgograd region, the largest in Europe salt Lake with medicinal 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 for salt extraction.

16. Zeygalan Waterfall

Zeygalan waterfall in North Ossetia- most high waterfall in Europe. Its height is more than 600 meters. Most Europeans, however, don’t even know about it and consider the Swiss Rheinfalls Falls 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 crater of an ancient volcano.

17. Lake Proval

The unique and one-of-a-kind Lake Proval is located inside the Mashuk laccolith mountain 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 ranges from 26 degrees above zero.

18. Rotten Mountain

Rotten Mountain is the largest mud volcano (vomit) 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 there are cones and vents on it.
Despite the not very appetizing name, the mud of the Rotten Mountain vomit is not only safe (their temperature is no more than 14 degrees), but also medicinal.

19. Crater lake Elgygytgyn

Elgygytgyn means “non-freezing.” This Chukotka lake is unique in that it has never 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.

9 Let's move to the southwest coast of Australia. The world is here famous group rocks called The Twelve Apostles.

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

11 And again to Australia! Why not? After all, in real life it's hard to make such leaps... Banda Rocks is the place that most closely resembles the real end of the world. Australia's 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 is 180 km long, and in some places the width reaches the one shown in the photo above.

13 Ogashima volcanic island in Japan. If you want to live inside a volcano, this is the place for you. Approximately 200 people permanently live here. People are quite happy with their situation and do not want to leave anywhere.

17 And this is China: here is such unusual place, like Stone Forest. Yes, you heard right, although these places have another name – the Guilin Mountains.

The stone forest consists mainly of limestone, that is, roughly speaking, it is the bottom ancient sea, which eventually rose to the surface. The weaker rocks failed and were washed away by erosion (water, wind, rain, etc.) and only these stone idols remained.

18 What could be special about a field? But even here nature manages to surprise and delight us! Emerald fields of the Palouse in the USA (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 disappeared, green meadows appeared in its place.

Our homeland has always been famous amazing nature and picturesque landscapes. What we don’t have on the territory of our country are the cleanest rivers, deepest lakes, indescribably beautiful mountain peaks, gorges, unique natural formations and much more, which will take your breath away. 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 eco-tourism, you can go to the Lena Pillars, which are unique natural formations unusual shape. They are located near the Lena River in Yakutia. All you have to do is drive 100 km from the city of Pokrovsk and two unique reserve"Pillars" and "Sinsky". Here you can see the remains of a parking lot ancient man, and not so long ago the 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 bizarrely shaped chalk deposits. Tourists can still see chalk churches built in the 17th century on this Plateau. If you want to look at the largest “mushrooms” in the world, 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 shape of mushrooms. You can visit these parts on an excursion that lasts a couple of hours, or stay here and go to sightseeing tour for a few days.

For lovers ski holiday you can talk about the Tseysky Gorge, which is located on the northern slopes Central Caucasus. Here you can definitely relax your soul and body. Many tourist and excursion routes annually attract guests from different countries peace. If you go here from December to April, then in addition to contemplating the natural beauty, you can enjoy some downhill skiing.

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

Fans of eco-tourism can be advised to go to the Bastak Nature Reserve. It is located on Jewish territory autonomous republic. If we divide this reserve, then most of it is occupied by forests. Rare species of animals live here and grow unique plants. The tourist route through this reserve is 1.5 km long. A walk through these places will be available to both adults and children. During it you can observe the life of animals in their natural environment a habitat. Unfrightened animals come close to humans and are not afraid that they will be harmed.

Royal Abbey of 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 royal power. This is the church where almost all kings and queens were crowned and buried. The Abbey contains the graves of celebrities who served the nation faithfully and brought glory to the British Empire. Among them are many scientists, writers, and politicians. Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Isaac Newton are buried here.

Egyptian autumn

During the summer, 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 it can only be in exotic countries. And there is also Egypt, which can offer the warm Red Sea and a variety of recreation at almost any time of the year. It is comfortable to relax in Egypt even in winter, when most Russian territory covered with snow and severe frosts.

Last week, the world was shocked by the discovery of a legendary boiling river in the Peruvian Amazon jungle, in which you could literally be boiled alive. However, this is far from the only natural phenomenon, the beauty of which can leave you speechless, which we invite you to see by looking at our selection.

The illusion of an underwater waterfall off the coast of Mauritius.
At first glance it may seem that off the coast of a tropical island in Indian Ocean a whirlpool has opened, but in reality it is optical illusion created by deposits of silt and sand on seabed.

Sprites.
Airplane pilots are the only lucky ones who have the opportunity to witness this amazing a natural phenomenon. Red flashes of light lasting a few milliseconds appear more than 80 kilometers above the Earth during severe thunderstorm.

Methane bubbles on the Vermilion Lakes in Canada.
Thousands of methane bubbles frozen into the ice on Lake Vermilion in national park Banff in Alberta, similar to mysterious inhabitants underwater depths.

Lake Natron in Tanzania.
Salt Lake Natron is located in the East African Rift Valley in Tanzania near the Kenyan border. Algae gives the water its red tint.

The Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.
This natural monument, consisting of more than 40 thousand basalt columns formed as a result of a volcanic eruption tens of millions of years ago, looks like a movie set.

Eucalyptus rainbow.
Rainbow eucalyptus bark may have a green, orange or purple hue depending on the age of the tree.

Carpet of flowers in the Atacama Desert in Chile.
The Atacama is the driest desert in the world, but during the rainy season it is wonderfully transformed. Every 5-7 years the lifeless desert is covered with a carpet of pink flowers.

Crab migration on Christmas Island, Australia.
The tiny island is home to more than 43 million red land crabs, which flock to the coast to spawn during the breeding season.

Great Blue Hole in Belize.
Underwater sinkhole more than 300 meters in diameter and 124 meters deep off the coast of Belize, it is a popular diving site.

Caño Cristales River in Colombia.
The river is called the “liquid rainbow” due to the abundance of colorful algae of the species macarenia clavigera, which is found only on the Macarena mountain range.

Lenticular clouds.
Lenticular clouds form over mountain ranges when there is strong wind And high humidity. This is a fairly common natural phenomenon, but at the same time it is difficult to notice due to the presence of other clouds.

“Door to the Underworld”, Turkmenistan.
Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan. Natural gas, emerging from the crater, has been burning continuously since 1971.

Migration of monarch butterflies.
In late summer and early fall, monarch butterflies migrate from the United States and Canada to Mexico, during which the females lay eggs.

The fishing village of Hotuwan in China, covered with climbing plants.

Richat, Marvitania.
Richat geological formation in the Sahara Desert in Mauritania.

Flowers in Death Valley.
IN winter time arid National Park Death Valley is covered with a carpet of flowers.

Mother of pearl clouds.
Mother-of-pearl clouds, turning the sky into an impressionist painting, appear over Norway and other polar regions.

Trees with twisted trunks in Poland.
About 400 pine trees with mysteriously twisted trunks grow in a forest in northwestern Poland.

Zhangye Danxia National Geopark in Gansu Province, China.
What makes this landscape so colorful is the sandstone and mineral deposits that formed over 24 million years.

Spotted Lake Kliluk in British Columbia, Canada.
At first glance, it may seem that the multi-colored spots on the surface of the water are accumulations of algae, but in fact these are islands of minerals that are exposed when the lake becomes shallow in the summer due to water evaporation.

On our Earth there is a huge number of unusual beautiful places, which you won’t see in science fiction films about 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 - some 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 straight out of the ground, blazing with hundreds of flames. Selected languages flames 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 is also a medical resort.

Great Blue Hole Coral Reef

One of the attractions in Belize is coral reef "Big Blue Hole", which is a round funnel 120 meters deep. The most best views This recess opens 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 that attract diving enthusiasts.

Geological structure "Eye of the Sahara"

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

To see strange places with your own eyes, you don’t have to go to the other side of the world. We live in a country with many amazing, unexplored lands. In that Once again will make sure the review is magnificent.