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Amagama Aphezulu Ebantwaneni

Ukusuka kwiparadesi etshisayo yeSiqithi saseCook ukuya kwindawo eluhlaza yaseScottish Highlands, uluhlu lwakho lwebhakethi lokuhamba lukhula njalo. Kodwa sicebisa ukuba wongeze igumbi elincinci kuluhlu lwakho lohambo kwezinye zezi ndawo kufuneka uzibone-ukuzikholelwa. Amachibi apinki, iintaba ezinemibala ye-sherbet kunye neelwandle ezikhanyayo-le planethi yindawo emangalisayo. Kodwa yenza izicwangciso zokubona ezi mimangaliso ngokukhawuleza, ngaphambi kokuba zinyamalale.

ENXULUMENEYO: Ezona ndawo ziGqwesileyo kwihlabathi ukuya kwi-Snorkeling



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Great Blue Hole (Belize, City Belize)

Ukuba ubungakwazi ukuchaza igama layo, iGreat Blue Hole ngumngxuma omkhulu ongaphantsi kwamanzi kumbindi weLighthouse Reef, iikhilomitha ezingama-73 ukusuka kunxweme lwaseBelize. Ngokobuchwephesha, ngumngxuma wokutshona owathi wavela emva phayaa kwiminyaka eyi-153,000 eyadlulayo, ngaphambi kokuba amaqondo olwandle abe phezulu njengoko enjalo namhlanje. Emva kokuba imikhenkce ethile idanisa ijikeleza kwaye inyibilika, iilwandle zavuka kwaye zazalisa umngxuma (ingcaciso yenzululwazi kakhulu, akunjalo?). Isangqa esikufutshane-egqibeleleyo (wow) yi-1,043 yeenyawo ububanzi kunye neenyawo ze-407 ubunzulu, inika i-navy hue emnyama. Ayisiyiyo kuphela iGreat Blue Hole eyindawo yeLifa leMveli yeUNESCO, kodwa yayiyenye yeendawo zokuntywila zikaJacques Cousteau eziphezulu, ukuze wena. yazi isemthethweni. Kuya kufuneka ube yingcali ye-scuba diver ukuya ezantsi emngxunyeni, kodwa ukuntywila emiphethweni yawo kuvumelekile (kwaye ngokungafihlisiyo kunika imiboniso enemibala emininzi yeentlanzi kunye nekorale ngenxa yokukhanya kwelanga). Kodwa, ukuba ufuna umbono ongcono? Tsibela kwinqwelo-ntaka ukuze ube nokhenketho olumangalisayo lwe-flyover.



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USalar De Uyuni (Potosí, Bolivia)

Ngaba ukwimood yento emnandi? Kuthekani nge-4,086 yeemayile zesikwere setyuwa? Yiyo indlela enkulu ngayo iSalar de Uyuni, indawo enkulu yetyuwa yehlabathi. Imi kumzantsi-ntshona weBolivia, kufuphi neeNtaba zeAndes, esi sibhakabhaka simhlophe siqaqambileyo sikhangeleka ngathi yintlango kodwa eneneni silichibi. Makhe sicacise oku: Malunga neminyaka engama-30 000 eyadlulayo, lo mmandla waseMzantsi Merika wawugutyungelwe lichibi elikhulu elinamanzi anetyuwa. Xa yaba ngumphunga, yashiya ngasemva uqweqwe olungqindilili, olunetyuwa phezu komhlaba. Namhlanje, iflethi ivelisa ityuwa (duh) kunye nesiqingatha se-lithium yehlabathi. Ngexesha leemvula (ngoDisemba ukuya ku-Epreli), amachibi amancinci ajikelezileyo ayaphuphuma kwaye agqume iSalar De Uyuni kumhlaba obhityileyo, othe gqolo wamanzi abonisa isibhakabhaka phantse ngokugqibeleleyo kumbono oqaqambileyo. Ukuba umgomo wakho kukubona ubuninzi beflethi kangangoko kunokwenzeka, phuma ngexesha lexesha elomileyo (ngoMeyi ukuya kuNovemba). Ukhenketho luyafumaneka kwiindawo zokuqala eChile naseBolivia. Qiniseka ukuba ufaka amanzi.

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Iintaba-mlilo zodaka (Azerbaijan)

Ephakathi kweMpuma Yurophu kunye neNtshona ye-Asiya yiRiphabliki yaseAzerbaijan, ikhaya lamakhulu eentaba-mlilo ezihlala zikhupha udaka olungwevu. Ezi ntaba-mlilo zimfutshane (iinyawo ezili-10 ubude okanye ngaphezulu) zithe thaca indawo eyinkqantosi kuyo yonke iGobustan National Park (enye indawo ye-UNESCO yeLifa leMveli yeHlabathi) kufutshane noLwandle lweCaspian. Ekubeni ugqabhuko-dubulo lubangelwa ziigesi eziphuma emhlabeni endaweni ye magma, udaka ludla ngokuphola okanye lude lubanda xa luchukumisa. Ungesabi ukujoyina ukuba ezinye iindwendwe zihlamba eludakeni, oluye lwasetyenziselwa ulusu kunye nezifo ezidibeneyo kunye ne-pharmacology. Ngokuqinisekileyo ayivunywanga yi-FDA, kodwa xa eAzerbaijan, akunjalo?

ENXULUMENEYO: Iilwandle ezi-5 zeBioluminescent eziya kuPhepha ingqondo yakho

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Isiqithi saseVaadhoo (eMaldives)

Emva kokuthatha i-dunk kudaka lwe-volcanic yaseAzerbaijan, sincoma ukuhlamba emanzini olwandle olukhanyayo-kumnyama kwisiqithi esincinci saseTropiki saseVaadhoo. Iindwendwe ziyakwazi ukubona unxweme lolwandle lukhanya ebusuku ngenxa ye-phytoplankton encinci emanzini. Ezi zinambuzane ze-bioluminescent zikhupha ukukhanya okuqaqambileyo xa amanzi azijikelezileyo ebetha ioksijini (aka, amaza abetha unxweme) njengendlela yokuzikhusela kumarhamncwa. Sinethamsanqa lethu, oku kudala imenyezela yendalo yolwelo esinokuqubha kuyo. Ngokuhlala ibekwe kwindawo enye yezona ndawo ziphezulu ekhefini ehlabathini, iMaldives nayo iyanda ekuthandeni kwayo kuba iyanyamalala ngokulusizi. Malunga ne-100 yeziqithi ezingama-2,000 ezenza iiMaldives zikhukulisekile kule minyaka yakutshanje kwaye nomgangatho wamanzi usaqhubeka nokuphethuka uninzi lwazo. Inokuba lixesha lokususa le nto kuluhlu lwakho lwebhakethi.



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I-Blood Falls (uMhlaba waseVictoria, eMpuma ye-Antarctica)

Kukho i-bajillion yeengxangxasi ezintle zokuzibona kwihlabathi lonke ngaphambi kokuba ufe (okanye zome), kodwa i-Blood Falls empuma ye-Antarctica yenye yohlobo lwegazi layo, kakuhle, ukuhamba. Abaphengululi bafumanisa umlambo onombala obomvu ophuma kwiTaylor Glacier ngo-1911, kodwa akuzange kube njalo. kunyaka ophelile ukuba siqonde ukuba kutheni na kanye amanzi ebomvu. Kuyavela, kukho intsimbi emanzini (esuka kwichibi elingaphantsi komhlaba) ekhupha i-oxidize xa ibetha emoyeni. Kuyakhohlisa ukuya e-Antarctica, ewe, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo lufanelekile uhambo lokuya kubona le nto inemigangatho emihlanu-umde emntwini-ingakumbi kuba akunakwenzeka ukuchaza ukuba i-ecosystem ye-Antarctica iya kuhlala ixesha elingakanani.

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Ichibi Natron (eArusha, eTanzania)

Ukuba uyafa ukubona amanzi abomvu eyenzeka ngokwemvelo kodwa ungakhethi buso kwi-Antarctica, iLake Natron eTanzania lukhetho olushushu. Amanzi anetyuwa, ialkalinity ephezulu kunye nobunzulu obunzulu kakhulu benza iLake Natron ibe lichibi elifudumeleyo lebrine kuphela iimicroorganisms ezinokulithanda-kwaye ziyalithanda ezikwenzayo. Ngexesha le-photosynthesis, i-microorganism ehlala echibini iguqula amanzi abe bomvu-orenji. Ekubeni eli chibi lingeyonwabisi kwizilo ezikhulu zaseAfrika, eli chibi lenza indawo efanelekileyo minyaka le yokuzalela iiflamingo ezingaphantsi kwezigidi ezisisi-2,5, uhlobo oludweliswe njengesele lusengozini. ILake Natron kuphela kwendawo abazalela kuyo, nto leyo ethetha ukuba izicwangciso ezinokubakho zokwakha iziko lombane elunxwemeni zingatshabalalisa abantu abambalwa. Kukwakho nentetha ngokwakha umzi-mveliso wombane eKenya, kufutshane nomthombo wamanzi wechibi, onokungxengxeza iNatron kwaye iphazamise inkqubo yayo yendalo ebuthathaka. Ngoko yiya apho ngokukhawuleza. Kwaye siphuze i-flamingo yethu.

ENXULUMENEYO: Kukho uLwandle lwaBucala eAruba apho unokutshisa khona ilanga ngeeflamingo

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IMonarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (eMichoacán, eMexico)

Oku kungeno kuluhlu lwethu akukho nto ingako malunga nendawo ethile njengoko imalunga nokwenzeka apho. Rhoqo ekwindla, amabhabhathane emonarch aqalisa ukufuduka okuziikhilomitha ezingama-2,500 ukusuka eCanada ukuya eMexico. Ngaphezulu kwe-100 lezigidi zamabhabhathane ahamba kunye, ajike isibhakabhaka sibe-orenji kwaye sibe mnyama, ezantsi e-US, ngaphambi kokuba azinze kumbindi weMexico. Nje ukuba bafikelele kwiindawo ezishushu njengeMonarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-62 ngaphandle kwesiXeko saseMexico, bahlala kwindlwane, ngokusisiseko bathatha i-intshi nganye yesikwere abanokuyifumana. Imithi yompayina iyawohloka ngokobunzima bamakhulu amabhabhathane abambelele emasebeni. Ukutyelela ngoJanuwari noFebruwari kungcono kakhulu, xa abantu bephezulu kakhulu ngaphambi kokuba amabhabhathane aye emantla ngoMatshi. Inyani eyonwabileyo: Iinkosi ezibuyela eCanada entwasahlobo zizizukulwana-zinkulu zamabhabhathane ezazihlala eMexico ebusika. Ngelishwa, inani leenkosi liye lehla kakhulu kule minyaka ingama-20 idlulileyo, ngenxa yokucutheka kokufumaneka kwe-milkweed, ukutya okuthandwayo yinkosi.



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Isiqithi seJeju Volcanic kunye neLava Tubes (eMzantsi Korea)

Kubantu abathanda i-spelunking, iSiqithi saseJeju kufuneka sibonwe. Ibekwe kumgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-80 ukusuka kwincam esemazantsi yoMzantsi Korea, isiqithi esiziimitha ezisisi-1,147-square-foot yenye yentaba-mlilo enkulu eleleyo enamakhulu eentaba-mlilo ezincinci ezisingqongileyo. Okona kubalulekileyo, nangona kunjalo, yiGeomunoreum Lava Tube System engaphantsi komphezulu weJeju. Inkqubo enkulu yeetonela ezingaphantsi komhlaba ezingama-200 kunye nemiqolomba eyenziwe ludaka oluqukuqelayo phakathi kwe-100,000 ukuya kuma-300,000 eminyaka eyadlulayo ibonelela ngesithuba esaneleyo sokuzenza ngathi unguLara Croft. Ngaba sikhankanye uninzi lwale miqolomba inamanqanaba amaninzi? Kwaye kukho ichibi phantsi komhlaba, kwakhona? Ngeminye yemiqolomba emide kakhulu kwaye inkulu kwihlabathi, ayimangalisi le yenye indawo yeLifa leMveli le-UNESCO kuluhlu lwethu.

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

Ngokwenene ayikho enye indlela yokuchaza ezi ntaba ngaphandle kwamatye e-orange sherbet. I-Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park yimayile emva kweemayile ezinombala oqaqambileyo, induli enemigca eyenziwe ngelitye lentlabathi kunye neediphozithi zeminerali. Yenziwe ngaphezulu kwezigidi zeminyaka njengoko iipleyiti zetectonic zatshintsha kwaye zatyhala ilitye elingaphantsi komhlaba, oku-uqikelele ukuba i-UNESCO World Heritage Site sisifundo kuzo zombini i-geology kunye nobugcisa. Iintaba ezifanayo ezinombala we-rainbow zinokufumaneka ePeru, kodwa olu luhlu kwiphondo lase-China lase-Gansu elisemantla kulula ukuhamba kwaye lunikeza iimbono ezintle ngokulinganayo zelitye elibomvu, i-orenji, eliluhlaza kunye nelityheli. Ndwendwela phakathi kukaJulayi noSeptemba ukuze ufumane ukukhanya kwelanga kunye nokukhanya.

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ICascate del Mulino (eSaturnia, eItali)

Intaba-mlilo itshisa amanzi ngaphantsi komhlaba, idala iigiza ezibilayo okanye ezolile, ezishushu, iibhafu zendalo ezishushu. Sizakuthatha ukhetho #2. Nangona kukho iindawo ezininzi zokufumana iimpawu ezithomalalisayo zemithombo yamanzi ashushu (iBlue Lagoon, eIceland; iKhir Ganga, eIndiya; Ichibi leChampagne, eNew Zealand), kunye nathi kakhulu sicebisa ukuba ufike ubuncinane ebomini bakho, imithombo yeCascate del Mulino eSaturnia, eItali, yatsala ingqalelo yethu. Idalwe ngokwemvelo yingxangxasi enesalfure ekrola indlela yayo ematyeni, le mbonakalo-mhlaba inyakazayo yamachibi ingena kuma-98° F kwaye isoloko iqukuqela. Amanzi kuthiwa aneempawu zokuphilisa ngenxa yesulfure kunye neplankton ejikelezayo. Inxalenye engcono? ICascate del Mulino isimahla ukuba uqubhe kwaye uvule 24/7. Ukuba ukwimo yokufumana isithuba esiphezulu semithombo yemithombo eshushu yaseTuscan, hlala eTerme di Saturnia, indawo yespa kunye nehotele ekufutshane nomthombo wemithombo eshushu.

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