The earth is filled with many wonders and these have left many people awe-struck by mother nature. Take a look and be amazed by the phenomena of the earth.
Cave Formations
BIG ROOM, CARLSBAD CAVES – Composed of almost 100 interconnected caves, situated in New Mexico, the Carlsbad Caverns have distinct names such as Queens Chamber and The Spirit World.
SARAWAK CHAMBER – Situated inside the Good Luck Cave, on the island of Borneo in Malaysia, it’s the largest cave known in the world by area. It’s big enough to park a Boeing 747 inside.
THE MIAO ROOM –
Only discovered in 2001, The Miao Room is part of the Gebihe cave system in Guizhou, China and is the largest known cave chamber in the world by volume.
The Cicada
The spectacular insect, the cicadas, is another example of mother nature’s wonderful natural phenomena occurring only once every 17 years in North America.
The nymphs of Cicadas come out from the ground (often at night) and there will be billions of them (yes, billions!) marching towards the nearest tree and they start climbing the trees. This is the biggest insect emergence that occur on the planet. They reach the top and shed their skin and come out in their winged forms. This transformation takes one full night and they are ready to fly the next morning.
The sounds of the cicadas fill the air the next day, some fall in the water and some to the ground.
This is a lucky feast for the carnivores, including turtles, birds, cats and many other animals in the wild.
The cicadas keep coming and the survived cicadas begin the process of mating, laying eggs that ultimately fall to the ground.
In only a few days all the cicadas fall to the ground and die. They will only be seen in another 17 years again but the nutrients left by them will help the trees grow for a very long time.
The Murmurings
This happens when a flock of Starlings (‘Murmuration’) fly together with a variety of twist and turn movements, all in complete synchronization to create this spectacular coordinated show. Not quite sure about the rarity of its occurrence though.
The Manhattenage
The “Manhattanage”, also referred to as the Manhattan solstice which occurs twice a year, during which the sun aligns with the east and the west of the main street grid in the borough f Manhattan, in New York City.
Green Lake, Austria
Explorers discovered on the bed of Greenlake Austria, a floor covered in grass, benches, bridges and a landscape that looks like it belongs over ground.
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