Some travel destinations will dependably be more well known than others, yet one of the best adventures of travelling is finding little-visited destinations. You've known about the Grand Canyon, the Galapagos Islands and Venezuela's Angel Falls; you've presumably even known about more obscure natural wonders similar to the needle-like rock forests at Tsingy de Bemaraha. But regardless how much of the Earth we cover, there's continually something stunning just around the bend.
Kirkjufell Mountain is best known for the amazing pictures brought back by sightseers. Situated on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula in Iceland, there isn't anything astonishingly significant about the mountain itself. It can't claim to be one of the numerous volcanoes that have given Iceland the reputation of delivering a third of all the basaltic lava ever.
Referred to local people as the River of Five Colors, Cano Cristales is really a hidden paradise. Concealed in the mountains of Colombia, there are just two ways to reach the river, and both of them are via plane. The shades of the river originate from a blend of algae, the natural hue of the river rocks and the blue of the water itself. In particular, the red comes from an aquatic plant known as macarenia clavigera.
Taylor Glacier Blood Falls
One striking example of Antarctica's uniqueness can be found at the Taylor Glacier, which shows a continuous stream of iron-rich hypersaline water onto the surrounding snow. The icy mass was found in 1911 by an explorer named Thomas Griffith Taylor, who concluded that the reddish tint was brought about by an unknown type of microscopic organisms. It wasn't until much later that we found the genuine purpose behind the spring of blood-hued water is an old underground pool of saltwater around 400 metres (1,300 feet) underneath the surface of the ice.
Beppu Hot Springs
Beppu, Japan, is one of the world's hot spring destinations. There are more than 2,500 springs in the zone and the second biggest cluster on the planet. The springs are conversationally known as the Eight Hells since there are eight main regions, each producing a unique type of spring. Blood Pond Hell is saturated with iron, giving both the water and the steam a dark reddish tint.
Spotted Lake
The affirmed healing properties of the lake are still promoted today. There are high concentrations of 11 unique minerals, including calcium and magnesium sulfate and some trace amounts of titanium and silver. In the mid-year, when the lake in part evaporates, the minerals precipitate into rounded holes. Each opening takes on different color, depending on which minerals are more concentrated in that specific spot.
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