Tuesday 19 June 2012
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Top 5 Mysterious Places on Earth

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1. Mystery Spot

The Mystery Spot is a gravitational anomaly located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California. It is a circular area of effect around 150 feet or 46 meters in diameter. Within the Mystery Spot you will be stunned as your perceptions of the laws of physics and gravity are questioned. But don’t take our word for it, see and decide for yourself!

The Mystery Spot was discovered in 1939 by a group of surveyors and opened to the public in 1940. The Mystery Spot has amazed and perplexed hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world, and many return time and time again to experience these puzzling variations of gravity, perspective, and height.

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You can visit their official website here for more info.

2. The Bermuda Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil’s Triangle, is a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and surface vessels are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

The Bermuda Triangle is located off the Southeastern coast of the United States in the Atlantic Ocean, with its apexes in the vicinities of Bermuda, Miami, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. It covers roughly 500,000 square miles.

The area may have been named after its Bermuda apex since Bermuda was once known as the “Isle of Devils.” Treacherous reefs that have ensnared ships sailing too close to its shores surround Bermuda, and there are hundreds of shipwrecks in the waters that surround it.

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3. Socotra

If you visit the Republic of Yemen, your not far from Socotra Island. Socotra Island is a wonder to behold.  There are 55,000 people who live there and there’s no shortage of amazing things to experience. Socotra is one of the most isolated landforms on Earth of continental origin. The archipelago features narrow coastal plains, a limestone plateau with caves, and mountains which rise to 1,525 meters above sea level.

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4. Mount Roraima

Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima mountain chain in South America. The 31 square kilometer summit area is defined by 400 meter tall cliffs on all sides and includes the borders of Brazil, Venezuela, and Guyana. The tabletop mountains of the Pakaraima’;s are considered some of the oldest geological formations on Earth, dating back to some two billion years ago.

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5. Rio Tinto

The Rio Tinto is a river found in Southwestern Spain. Due to the large amount of iron and sulfur ionising bacteria the river has a bizarre colour of a very deep shade of red. The extreme conditions in the river are thought to be similar to that on Mars, with NASA scientists claiming the chemistry of the water is similar to the chemistry of rocks from the red planet.

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