Al Naslaa – Saudi Arabia’s Mysterious Rock Formation
Saudi Arabia’s Tayma Oasis is home to a 4,000-year-old geological mystery – a strange rock formation perfectly split down the middle with the precision of a laser beam. The world-famous Al Naslaa rock formation is made up of two large sandstone boulders supported by a natural pedestal that appears much too small for its purpose. […]
English Village Has Been Rising By 2 Cm Every Year, And No One Knows Why
The people of Willand, a small village in Devon, UK, can say that they are literally moving up in the world. Scientists have discovered that Willand is rising by 2 cm (0.7 inches) every year, but they have no idea why. The mysterious elevation was spotted by researchers at Geomatic Ventures Limited (GVL), an offshoot […]
The Mysterious Giant Craters of Siberia
Something bizarre is happening to Siberia and it’s got experts all over the world worried. It seems that the vast Russian province is simply cleaving into unexplained giant craters that are so huge they can be viewed from outer space! It all started in 2013, when helicopter pilots spotted a mysterious hole in the permafrost […]
The Trovants of Costesti – Romania’s Unique Growing Rocks
When I first read about trovants, I couldn’t believe they were real. They sounded like objects Captain Kirk and his crew would discover on an alien planet. Strange rocks that grow when it rains and move from one place to another without any assistance. Totally sci-fi, right? As I kept reading about them, I discovered […]
The Seven-Color Earths of Chamarel
The strange formation known as the Colored Earths is located near the village of Chamarel, in southwest Mauritius. The exposed hills form seven different color patterns: red brown, violet, green, blue, purple and yellow. Promoted as the most beautiful attraction of Mauritius, during the 1960s, the Colored Earths are still one of the most popular […]