Developed by the erosion of some of the world's oldest rocks, it's hard to believe that Karijini National Park was once an ancient seafloor. A gorgeous view of Kermit's Pool, surrounded by the Hancock Gorge in Karijini National Park.Wikimedia Commons Water flowing over the Wittenoom dolomite at Hamersley Gorge. This dolomite is almost 2.6 billion years old, and possibly represents the biological fallout from a mass extinction of marine bacteria. Read More...
Jacob's Well Natural Area is a park outside of Austin, Texas, with a water system that goes at least 4,500 feet underground — and has killed at least nine people trying to explore its depths.Jacob’s Well is a spring located in Central Texas, just outside the town of Wimberley. While it may look like a giant puddle at a glance, it’s actually the mouth of an underwater cave system that can take daring divers more than 130 feet below the surface of the Earth. Read More...
Explore Russia's closed cities that were founded by Stalin in the 1940s to house the Soviet Union's nuclear programs. A sign at the entrance of the city of Ozyorsk warning foreign citizens that entrance is prohibited. Also known as City 40, Ozyorsk is the place where the Soviet nuclear weapons program was initiated after World War II. 2007. Wikimedia Commons A checkpoint at the closed town of Zheleznogorsk, home to a military reprocessing facility and commercial nuclear waste storage facility. Read More...
