Six places you won't believe exist!

They might be unimaginable, but they exist within this very realm. Extraordinary looking, science defying places that are going to blow your mind away, here is a list of eight places across the globe that you won’t believe exist!

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1. Waitomo Glow worm caves, New Zealand

Imagine being on a boat in a silent, quaint river under the roof of a still and magnificent cave that shines brighter than the night sky. Except for, don’t fool yourself for the stars that you see are a huge, huge population of a kind of glowworms that are endemic to New Zealand. These glowworms also create strings of sticky bead-like structures that they make from their own saliva, that often looks like fairy lights.

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2. Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

This is known as the world’s largest mirror, that too, a natural mirror. The Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flats, so flat that the average altitude variation over the entire stretch of the 11,000-square kilometer landscape is no greater than one meter. It was once the base of a huge prehistoric lake that dried up, leaving the salt behind. One can see beautiful reflections of the sky and of other people from a distance in this serene landscape. It is popular among flamingos.

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3. Mendenhall Ice Caves, Alaska

The Mendenhall Ice caves are a surreal site to behold. The Mendenhall is a giant 13.6-mile-long glacier in South Eastern Alaska. The ice caves were formed when the lower layer of the glacier started to melt, causing a river flow inside and under the glacier. The river flow over time carved this beautiful cave, the insides of which make you feel like you are trapped in a stunning turquoise bubble-house. The view of the glacier from under it is absolutely breathtaking. However, the ice that is constantly melting at a high rate due to global warming can cause the ice caves to fade away sooner or later.

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4. Tianzi mountain natural reserve, China

This one might just remind you of the movie Avatar. The Tianzi mountain reserve is one of the four scenic spots of the Wulingyuan Scenic Area, that has magnificent, giant mountain peaks, rising one after the other. One can find spectacular views of the peculiar-looking mountain peaks that became the inspiration for the planet ‘Pandora’ in James Cameron’s Avatar. The entirety of the area is sacred to many Chinamen.

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5. Lake Hilier, Australia

Lake Hilier, or the ‘Bubblegum lake’ is a lake in Southern Western Australia that has baffled people for centuries since its discovery. The salt content of the lake is comparable to that of the Dead Sea itself and the only way by which it is accessible is through a helicopter. The logic behind the pink colour of the lake is the presence of a microorganism that react with the salt in the lake to give out a pink hue. So basically, you can fill an empty bottle with water from the lake, but its colour will remain pink!

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6. Zhangye Danxia Landforms, China

Yes, this image is real and no, we did not use Photoshop to create this image. These vividly crazy mountains are part of the Zhangye Danxia Landforms located in Northern China. Several layers of colourful sandstone was stacked over 24 million years by geological activity to create the beauty that this marvel is. Do visit the landforms once in a lifetime and be a part of this crazy colour show!

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