 Mono Lake in Sierra Nevada is a closed hydrological basin, water flows into it but it doesn't flow out. The only way for water to leave is through evaporation. |  Lake Baikal in Siberia freezes over but the water is so clear that you can see 50m below you. Wind, frost and sun cause cracks and ice hummocks to form. |
 A lightning bolt crashed against the Grand Canyon. It is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. |  |
 The elephant rock formation in Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada is a natural sandstone rock formation. |  |
 The Great Blue Hole in Belize is a submarine sinkhole which is over 250m across and 130m deep. It formed during episodes of glaciation when sea levels were lower. |  The Dune of Pilat is the tallest sand dune in Europe. It is located in La Teste-de-Buch in France, 60 km from Bordeaux. |
 The Wave in Utah is carved rock eroded into a wave-like formation made of jurassic-age Navajo sandstone that is around 190m years old. |  Aogashima is south of Tokyo in the Philippine Sea. The island is known for having a volcanic caldera within a larger caldera. |
 The sliding stones of Death Valley, California - The movement of the rocks baffles experts, with some rocks sliding across a flat bed despite weighing up to 700 pounds. |  Urup is an uninhabited volcanic island near in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean |  The Beauty Pool of Yellowstone National Park. The hot spring allows luminous algae and bacteria to flourish creating an array of colors |
 Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world.  Danxia Landforms in Zhangye, Province of Gansu |  Thor’s Well, Oregon |
 The Moeraki Boulders of New Zealand started forming on the ocean floor and can now be seen on the coastline thanks to erosion. |  |
 Seaside lava ledges on Kauaʻi of the main Hawaiian Islands. |  The Fly Geyser, near Gerlach, Nevada |
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