Fantasy Landscapes That Exist [SLIDESHOW]

Watching movies and seeing the places that they take the viewer is an extraordinary event. Some of those landscapes are so fantastical that they seem like they could never exist in reality. While some places are a bit too incredible, some such places do exist in the world today.

Flatiron Mountains: Boulder, Colorado

A flatiron is a type of rock formation that, as the name states, is mostly flat along one side. Similar to the sloping side of a triangle, this kind of landmass is caused by one side being resistant to erosion and stuck at a steep angle while the other is not. In Boulder they have five such flatirons that jut out of the ground as if thrown into it by an angry god. They rise above the surrounding mountain and trees, giving them both distinctive and easy to spot. From this area might evoke stories of adventurers and knights traversing the harsh landscape to defeat a difficult foe.

Beauty Pool: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

One state over, this little beauty of nature lies much lower than the previous one. The Beauty Pool is a multihued hot spring that resides in Yellowstone National Park. It is connected to another hot spring called the Chromatic Spring. When one spring's water level rises, the other recedes, and vice-a-versa. The reason for the pools multiple hues is because of different kinds of bacteria that thrive in the heated waters. Over the years different bacteria have been able to enter the pool and have added more colors to the body of water.

Lake Hillier: Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia

Across the globe lies the incredibly pink Lake Hillier. This body of water sitting on Middle Island has the odd characteristic of being entirely pink. It's as if dye was added to the water, or it is covered in cherry blossoms. Scientists have yet to determine exactly what is the cause of the strange coloration, but have been able to prove that it is harmless for humans to ingest. From a distance it seems to be a bright pink, getting closer reveals it is more of a clear pink hue.

Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve: Melaky, Madagascar

Poking throughout the Tsingy de Bemaraha Nature Reserve are sheer limestone rock faces. These rock formations are called karst formations and come to be when soluble rocks, like limestone, dissolve. While most of the time these form underground, if they exist on a non-soluble rock then interesting kinds of landscapes like these can be found. The way that they have been formed make them extremely difficult to pass over as they are capable of shredding through materials and flesh easily. Like the teeth of a dangerous animal these kinds of landscapes are best left alone

Sliding Stones: Death Valley National Park, California

Compared to the previous landscapes, these ones are much smaller, but no less impressive. Found in several places around the South Western US, these stones have the uncanny ability to move across flat surfaces with no outside assistance. The rocks, sometimes weighing hundreds of pounds, leave lines in the ground as they travel across the land. The stones move every few years, and the tracks they leave may take even longer to form, but once they are there it is difficult to argue that nothing is going on. At times the rock may abruptly turn ninety degrees and continue on. Scientists have yet to definitively prove what is going on with these rocks, but several hypothesis have been made.