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The Moving Rocks of Death Valley leave trails in the desert without any human or animal intervention.
In Death Valley's Racetrack Playa, rocks weighing up to 700 pounds move across the desert floor, leaving long trails behind them. Scientists discovered that the movement occurs when thin sheets of ice form under the rocks during rare rainfalls, allowing wind to push them across the smooth lake bed.
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The Cave of Crystals maintains constant conditions that haven’t changed in 500,000 years.
This remarkable cave system has maintained the same temperature and humidity levels for half a million years. These...
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The Crystal Cave of Giants in Mexico was discovered by accident during mining operations.
Found in 2000 by miners working in the Naica Mine, this cave contains some of the largest natural...
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The Underwater Forest of Lake Kaindy in Kazakhstan was created by an earthquake.
This submerged forest was created when a 1911 earthquake triggered a landslide that formed a natural dam. The...