Man is the most complex creation of nature (21 photos). Unique creations of nature! Reed Flute Cave
Man is the most complex and perfect creation of nature. Many processes occurring with us and the features of our structure still raise many questions among scientists. Next, we will not look for answers to various riddles, but will get acquainted with amazing facts about us.
Scientists have determined that all chemicals in the human body can be valued at approximately $160.
If we could hear frequencies below 20 Hz, we would hear our muscles moving.
Theoretically, people could live on butter and potatoes alone.
When our body does not receive adequate nutrition, testosterone levels drop, while estrogen levels remain unchanged. This can lead to gynecomastia - breast enlargement in men.
Because fertility falls as wealth increases, the world's population will likely not increase as much as it did in the last century. According to some estimates, it will stop at about 10 billion.
In the vacuum of space, you won't explode or freeze to death, but will most likely die of suffocation.
Every person has a unique tongue pattern, just like their fingerprints.
Some historians believe that humans developed agriculture to produce alcohol.
The oligosaccharides in breast milk are not intended for the baby, but for intestinal bacteria.
Humans are the best long-distance runners on our planet. In the past, they hunted prey to the point of exhaustion.
Scientists have observed that people tend to create spontaneous order when they are left to their own devices (ranging from a large-scale society to a small roundabout system).
In Kentucky, there once lived a family with blue skin. The Fugate family acquired their blue skin color due to inbreeding and a rare genetic disorder called methemoglobinemia.
Only Europeans have lactase intolerance (milk tolerance in adulthood). Most other people are lactose intolerant to some degree.
Yawning is contagious not only in humans, but also in dogs.
You have many more than 5 senses (vision, hearing, smell, touch, taste). For example, balance and thermoception are just a few of the many senses that are not included in the core five.
Earwax has antimicrobial properties, preventing the accumulation of fungus and bacteria in the ears.
Scientists have not been able to find enough evidence linking GMOs (genetically modified foods) to health problems in humans.
The only potential case of human-to-human transmission of cancer occurred when a surgeon performing surgery on a cancer patient cut his own arm and transplanted cancer cells into himself.
Many of these natural phenomena are impressive in their unusualness and mysterious origin, but behind this lies natural processes, such as a volcanic eruption or a meteorite fall.
Great Blue Hole
Outside of Belize, a country in South America, there is an almost perfect circular hole with a diameter of 0.4 km. The water depth in this hole is -145 m, which gives it a deep blue color. Tourists from all over the world dive into Belize's Great Blue Hole to admire the amazing fish species in its clear waters. This fascinating geological feature is believed to have been formed billions of years ago when water rose above the caves.
Eye of the Sahara
The Sahara Desert in Mauritania is home to one of the most amazing geological wonders, the Eye of the Sahara, also called the Richat Structure. In the middle of this barren desert land you can see a bull's eye-like formation that is 50 km in diameter. Spaceship crews even use the Eye of the Sahara as a landmark. It was initially believed that the Eye of the Sahara was caused by a meteorite falling to Earth. But scientists now believe that this geological creation was formed by the uplift and erosion of the earth.
Hell Gate
Darvaza is a city in Turkmenistan that is home to an impressive geological formation called the Gates of Hell. This hole in the ground has inexhaustible reserves of flammable gas. It is believed that about 35 years ago, geologists who were drilling into the ground to find gas dug too deep and the ground caved in. The geologists did not dare climb into the hole to retrieve their equipment. Fearing that poisonous gas might come out of the ground, they set fire to the gas in the hole and since then the fire has been burning here constantly.
Ice towers of Erebus
On the coldest continent of Antarctica lies Erebus, a volcanic mountain covered with hundreds of ice towers. The towers are located at a height of 20 meters and constantly emit steam. When the steam freezes in the cold, the inner walls of the towers grow and expand. These earthly geological creations are similar to the towers on the planet Mars, on the moons of Saturn, Jupiter and Neptune. This constantly active volcano is another natural wonder where ice and fire meet. Erebus last erupted in 1978.
Devil's boulders
The Australian Aborigines who live here call the Devil's Boulders Karlu Karlu. These huge round boulders of red granite are located against the backdrop of a beautiful landscape. The diameter of these boulders can range from 50 cm to 60 m in cross section. Some are arranged in a very bizarre way, balancing on top of each other. Devil's Boulders formed millions of years ago when molten magma found its way beneath sandstone and cooled to form granite.
Years and environmental factors have caused erosion, allowing us to witness these amazing natural phenomena today. For Australian Aborigines, Devil's Boulders have a special spiritual meaning.
Reed Flute Cave
The Reed Flute Cave in Guangxi Autonomous Region of China is a famous landmark, also called the Palace of Natural Arts. Natural limestone caves are filled with amazing and bizarre icicle-like formations and rock formations with the added effect of colored lighting.
This geological feature was named after the reeds found outside the cave, which are used to make musical flutes. Its length is about 240 m and it is a huge area with a beautiful landscape. The site is ancient as there are inscriptions on its walls from the Tang Dynasty dating back to 792 AD.
Salar de Uyuni
The Uyuni Salt Flat is located in the southwestern part of Bolivia. This geological wonder is the largest dry salt lake, located more than 3000 m above the Andes, covering an area of more than 10,000 km2.
This unique landscape was formed by numerous layers of salt and water. In the middle of the salt marsh, the thickness of the salt reaches 10 m. When it rains, the Salar de Uyuni sinks and looks like a huge mirror. It is believed that it was formed by the confluence of geothermal springs and salt lakes. Several species of pink flamingos gather here to breed.
Antelope Canyon
The most photographed canyon in the southwestern United States is Antelope Canyon. It is located on Navajo Nation land in Arizona. The Navajo people call it Tse bighanilini, which means “the place where water flows through the rocks.” Antelope Canyon is divided into two separate canyons, Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon.
As rainwater flows through the area, it smoothes the rocks, giving them a curving shape. Antelope Canyon was formed during severe floods that eroded rock formations that opened up passages that reveal deep corridors with interesting rock shapes. In 2006, authorities closed Antelope Canyon for 5 months due to flooding.
Chocolate Hills
More than 50 km? Bohol Province in the Philippines is home to a geological creation called the Chocolate Hills. There is actually no chocolate on these hills, but all the hills, estimated to be between 1,268 and 1,776, appear chocolate brown in the dry season. Chocolate Hills is the third National Geological Monument in the Philippines and is featured on the flag of the Bohol province. Chocolate hills have a perfectly uniform shape, and their height is about 30-50 m. According to one version, they were formed during the self-destruction of an active volcano. According to legend, they were formed from the tears of a giant who lost his love.
Stone forest
The Tsingy Du Bemaraha Nature Reserve in Madagascar is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a place where you can see the Stone Forest. The stone forest consists of tall and extensive eroded limestone, covering an area of 666 km², resembling limestone towers. Locals warn that this is a place where you cannot walk barefoot as the terrain is quite steep. The Stone Forest is home to unique animal species such as the white lemur.
There are many very unusual places and breathtaking natural creations in the world. But sometimes, when a person takes on the task of “improving” Mother Nature, this leads to very unexpected results and very strange, incredible wonders of nature arise. See for yourself!
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1. Darzava or “Gate of Hell” is a gas crater in Turkmenistan that has not stopped burning for 40 years. This “great” creation is the work of Soviet engineers who were looking for oil in the 70s of the last century. (Photo: Tormod Sandtorv/Flickr.com).
While drilling wells, part of the soil, under which there was a large gas deposit, collapsed. Fearing toxic fumes, Soviet engineers came up with nothing smarter than setting the gas on fire to get rid of it. So it has been burning for four decades, never ceasing to terrify and remind us how destructive people can be.
2. Fly Geyser or Fly Geyser. In fact, this is a permanent thermal spring, which again appeared thanks to human intervention. In 1916, drilling work was carried out in that place, and in the 60s, underground water containing minerals from the wells broke through to the surface, creating this amazing creation. (Photo: Ken Lund/Flickr.com). 
3. The waters of Rio Tinto in Spanish Andalusia are the color of blood. This water has a pH of 2, which makes it almost impossible for most organisms existing on Earth to live in it. In fact, this river is poisonous. But why, you ask? The thing is that for centuries copper, silver, gold and other minerals were mined in this region, as a result of which the river was polluted. The red color of its waters is given by copper, which is contained in large quantities. (Photo: RioTinto2006/WikimediaCommons). 
4. The Blue Lagoon in Iceland is a large pool filled with salty geothermal water. The warm lagoon appeared thanks to human activity, namely, the nearby Svartsengi geothermal power plant, which needed somewhere to store excess pumped water. The Blue Lagoon is located near Iceland's international airport and is one of the island's largest tourist attractions. Its highly mineralized water is believed to have beneficial effects on the skin (Photo: Michelle Lee/Flickr.com). 
5. Emerald Lake in Szczecin (in Poland) got its name because of its color. The emerald hue of the water is given by the high content of calcium carbonate, formed as a result of the breakdown of calcite. The lake is located right on the site of an ancient chalk and marl mine. During mining operations, on July 16, 1925, the miners reached a layer of sand from which water began to ooze. The mine was partially flooded, and the remains of mining equipment can still be found at the bottom of the lake. Fortunately, all the workers managed to escape during the flooding. (Photo: Tomasz Przywecki/Flickr.com). 
6. This huge yellow mountain is not the beginning of the construction of a pyramid, but a landfill formed as a result of oil sands mining. A byproduct of this process is sulfur, which miners don't quite know what to do with. The employees of the Syncrude company came up with a brilliant idea: to make an unusual, but very attractive pyramid out of sulfur. (Photo: Gord McKenna/Flickr.com). 
7. Desert in the center of Europe? The Błędowska Desert is a huge area of 33 square kilometers (at worst 150 square kilometers) of flying sand, which lies on the border of the Silesian Upland and the Fatherland Plateau in Poland. It was formed as a result of human activity, including deforestation and the development of mining and metallurgy. The groundwater level there has dropped so low that plants have stopped growing. (Photo: Dominique Cappronnier/Flickr.com). 
8. These unusual, colorful lakes right in the middle of the mountains in the US state of Utah are so-called evaporation reservoirs. They are used to gradually evaporate water in the process of producing potash (potassium carbonate), which is used today mainly in the production of fertilizers. (Photo: Doc Searls/Flickr.com). Our home, planet Earth, is truly a beautiful creation. Over billions of years, nature and the forces of the earth have created a countless number of miracles, each of them unique and inimitable! Here are some of them.
1. The White Desert is a unique place, there is no such place anywhere on Earth. It is part of the Sahara Desert, 300 sq. km, located in the west of Egypt, 500 km from Cairo. Many millions of years ago there was an ocean floor here, and the white rock is the remains of marine microorganisms - limestone. More precisely, what is left of it. Over the centuries, wind and sand have turned the former bottom of the sea into something like the surface of some other planet. Since 2002, this place has officially been a national park.
2. Chocolate Hills. This interesting name was given to geological formations in the Philippine town of Bohol. This miracle of nature spreads over an area of 50 square meters. km, specific hills have a population of 1268 pieces and they are completely covered with vegetation, which, when burned in the sun, acquires a chocolate color, and because of this it stands out very much against the general background of bright green forests.
The hills, ranging in size from 30 to 100 m, are creations of limestone and have regular conical shapes with steep slopes. The Chocolate Hills were included in the ranking of the famous new Seven Wonders of the World and took an honorable sixth place there.
3. Huanglong Valley
One of the most beautiful places in the world - the Huanglong Valley - is located in the highlands in the northwest of the Chinese province of Sichuan. This protected area is known for its unique landscape, picturesque forests and clear waters. Since 1992, it has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The name of the valley translates as “yellow dragon”. The calcareous coastal bends and the unusual grid of mountains truly resemble the discarded golden scales of a fairy-tale monster.
Travertine terraces are the main feature of Huanglong.
The variety of minerals colors the stone floors of the valley in hundreds of colors and shades - turquoise, soft blue, golden, etc. Of all similar geological formations, Huanglong is the most saturated in color.
4. In the Sahara Desert in west-central Mauritania there is a unique geological formation, which, due to its scale, is clearly visible even from space. It is called the Eye of the Sahara or the Richat structure. This formation is a series of concentric rings and has a diameter of about 50 km.
The Eye of the Sahara was originally thought to be an ancient meteorite crater. Today, another theory of its formation is considered reliable. Thus, the rocks lying in the shape of a dome were gradually “cut off” under the influence of erosion, eventually exposing the concentric rings that we see now.
Interestingly, the concentric circles of the Richat structure are alternating layers of rocks of different origins, which are millions of years old. For example, the sedimentary rocks at the center of the Richat structure are about 2.5 billion years old, and the sandstone that makes up the last circle of this formation is about 480 million years old.
5. Mono Lake is one of the saltiest places on the planet, one of the oldest lakes in North America and the second largest after the Great Salt Lake in this arid mountain region bounded on the east by the Rocky Mountains and on the west by the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains. . Its area is 150 km², and its average depth is 17 m.
Mono Lake is believed to have formed about 760,000 thousand years ago after a major volcanic eruption, but sediments below the ash layer indicate that it is the remnant of a larger, older lake that once covered much of Nevada and Utah. Scientists also fully admit that during the last Ice Age its depth was about 270 meters.
Mono Lake gained fame thanks to the thoughtless activities of people - for many decades the Owens River was one of the rivers from which water was taken to supply Los Angeles. As a result, the water level in the lake dropped significantly, revealing unique natural formations of the most unusual shapes that had formed over millennia, calcareous-tuff towers, which became real wonders of the lake. Because of them, the local landscape looks very fantastic, and Mono Lake is called a museum of surreal sculpture, the author of which is nature itself.
6. Moeraki Boulders. These mysterious large stones (boulders) of regular spherical shape with a diameter of 1 to 2 meters are located on the east coast of New Zealand on the Pacific Ocean in a place called Moeraki.
About 15 million years ago during the Miocene period, the ocean floor rose above sea level and the forces of erosion began their work to form a new landscape. As a result, previously formed solid spherical formations were washed out of the soil, which ended up lying on the shore of the modern Pacific Ocean in New Zealand. It is curious that in some places there are places where these stones have just emerged from the thickness of the steep bank.
Mother Nature, with her endless bounty, has given the world a variety of living creatures, varied and strange. A curious and caring person, by studying them, will be able to learn something about himself, and about nature as a whole, and about the Universe. Some creatures have such a strange appearance that if you look closely at them, you can’t help but think - are they aliens? See for yourself.
15. Star-nosed mole
In general, an ordinary mole, but on its nose is a miracle star, which contains more than 25 thousand sensory receptors.
This thing is so sensitive that it can detect seismic vibrations. So, if such an animal has come out and is hanging out under your feet, perhaps you should wait for an earthquake.
But, in general, he needs the receptors on the nose of the starfish (this is his middle name) to find prey. Twenty-two mobile fleshy tentacles are used to search for worms and insects. The tentacles of the starfish are extremely sensitive thanks to the smallest organs of touch that cover them. They are called Eimer's organs and are tiny papillae.
Unlike ordinary moles, the star-nosed mole is able to find prey not only underground, but also in the water. He exhales under water and inhales his bubbles back - the odors manage to get into them. This is how he finds delicacies in the water!
14. Toothed squid (Promachoteuthis Sulcus)
Such a handsome man with a Hollywood smile fell into the hands of scientists only once. The toothed squid was pulled from a depth of 1,750-2,000 meters on the German research vessel Walther Herwig in the South Atlantic Ocean. So it's not photoshop. But these, of course, are not teeth at all, but a special fold covering the beak of the mollusk.
13. Mantis Shrimp
Mantis shrimps, with their bright colors, seem to be hinting: stay away from us! Although they are small sea creatures, they have unique vision and deadly weapons. These guys can fend for themselves and are sometimes called "killer shrimp" or "finger crushers." Colorful beauties live in the tropical and subtropical waters of the world's oceans. Their grasping pair of powerful limbs is terribly reminiscent of a pocket knife, with the help of which they actually hunt and snatch off the fingers of offenders. They say that a larger shrimp can easily break the glass of an aquarium.
12. Dugong
Pokemon fans will, of course, recognize the prototype of Dewgong (#087 on the Pokedex). A marine mammal from the order Sirens, the dugong is the only exclusively herbivorous marine mammal. In general, this is such a seabug. Humans have largely exterminated them, but if the dugong can successfully avoid fishing nets and harpoons, it can enjoy a long life of more than 70 years. Despite their terrifying size, they are very vulnerable and are on the verge of extinction.
11. Gerenuk - giraffe gazelle
What happens if you mix an antelope and a giraffe? It turns out you get this adorable little monster called a gerenuk. They belong to the antelope family and live in the African Great Lakes and Horn of Africa. The long thin neck and long legs distinguish the gerenuk from other animals of the artiodactyl order. They are very slender: the animal reaches a height of 95 cm with a body weight of up to 50 kg. Huge ears and a thin neck make their appearance very unusual. A gerenuk can go without water for a long time, for months (is it not related to camels?). To preserve the population of gerenuks, of which there are only 70 thousand individuals left, they were listed in the International Red Book.
10. Tardigrade
This is our favorite micro-critter - the tardigrade (kleiner Wasserbär, "little water bear"). An arthropod measuring about 1 mm that can live anywhere: in water and on land, in the Himalayas, on the ocean floor, and survive under unrealistic conditions. For example, this baby can swim in boiling water for an hour, sit endlessly in ice, chill for hours in a cryogenic bath -271, she likes to sunbathe in the ultraviolet light of a vacuum solarium in space, she gets high at a pressure of 600 atmospheres, and only every second person will die with radiation 1000 times higher more lethal to humans. If she is completely tired of her current life, she can easily leave herself with 1% moisture, slow down her metabolism to 0.01% of the norm, comfortably draw her paws in, become covered with a waxy crust and lie in suspended animation for 20-30 years until everything resolves. . In short, if you thought that when we destroy the Earth, only rats and cockroaches will remain on it, then no - the planet will be inhabited only by such miracle vacuum cleaners.
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And one more thing: the Japanese cartoonist-storyteller Miyazaki knew exactly how this micro-bear moves, his “cat bass” from the cult cartoon “My Neighbor Totoro” simply repeats the style of movement of the tardigrade!
9. Narwhal
This sea unicorn has a magnificent spiral fang on its face - a tusk. As far as scientists know, the tusk is primarily used by males in mating rituals to impress ladies and fight their ex-husbands. The purpose of the narwhal tusk is still unclear, but in 2005, a research team led by Martin Nviiya suggested that the tusk is a sensory organ. Under an electron microscope, it was discovered that the tusk was riddled with millions of tiny tubes containing nerve endings. Presumably, the tusk allows the narwhal to sense changes in pressure, temperature and the relative concentration of suspended particles in the water. By crossing their tusks, narwhals apparently clear them of growths. These mystical animals are found in Russian and Greenlandic waters, as well as in the Canadian Arctic. People tried their best here too, killing them in huge numbers. Today, the world population of narwhals numbers 23 thousand animals, which gives reason to consider them an endangered species.
8. Giant isopod
Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to the giant isopod! No, this is not a prehistoric monster or an alien from another planet. This is such a deep-sea woodlouse, only terribly huge. Like some woodlice, they can roll up into a “ball”, so that only the hard shell is exposed. They live throughout the Western Atlantic from Georgia to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
7. Shoebill
Shoebill is a very serious bird. It somehow becomes uncomfortable under his gaze. Unlike most other birds, the shoebill's eyes are located at the front of the skull rather than on either side, allowing it to see in three dimensions (and look menacing).
The bird is large, its height on average is 1.2 m, its wingspan is 2.3 m, and its weight is 4-7 kg. It lives in the tropical swamps of East Africa, where protoptera lungfishes are found - this is its main food. The huge beak makes the shoebill a skilled fisherman, but the same beak prevents it from getting any other food, and if the usual food becomes tight, the shoebill faces starvation. Its beak is very heavy, and the shoebill places it on its chest when resting.
6. Blue Dragon
Blue dragon or blue angel (Glaucus atlanticus) is a species of gastropod mollusk from the order Nudibranchs. In appearance it really looks like a sea dragon - along the edges of its elongated body there are 6 appendages with tentacle rays. These are finger-like outgrowths, or cerates. The cerata serve to maintain the blue angel's buoyancy at the surface of the water, and they also serve as the digestive tract. The blue dragon has excellent camouflage in the water: its blue-blue back hides them from birds above, camouflaging them under the water, and its white or silver-gray belly hides them from fish below.
It’s interesting how they move: the blue dragon prefers not to go to the bottom; almost all the time it glides along the water surface. In its stomach it has a gas-filled sac, into which the mollusk swallows an air bubble, and the wind drives the light dragon along the waves.
5. Sea hare
The sea slug of the species Jorunna parva was discovered back in 1938 by the Japanese marine biologist Kikutaro Baba, but then the information did not spread beyond publications in scientific journals. Now the whole world has learned about the unusual slug: first in the Japanese segment of the Internet (kawaii!), and then everywhere, photos of the mollusk, which received the unofficial name “sea rabbit” or “sea bunny,” began to appear.
The bunny is small, about 2.5 centimeters long. Its tiny needle-like structures (spicules) make it appear to be covered in fur. Scientists don't know exactly what these organs are for; most likely, they play the role of sensors, writes Gismeteo. On the head of the mollusk there are sensory organs in the form of antennas - their function is to detect chemicals in the water, which helps to navigate and find food. And the gills, located on the back of the body, are shaped like a flower.
Like many other slugs, sea bunnies have both male and female reproductive organs. In addition, they are extremely toxic, which allows them to effectively defend themselves against predators. And their life cycle is only a few months. We can’t understand why everyone hasn’t yet acquired such a charm and bred them in aquariums?! Are you really afraid of toxicity?
4. Blanket octopus or purple tremoctopus (Tremoctopus violaceus)
When designing this creation, Mother Nature decided that a large fluorescent blanket would be included. The blanket octopus is also called the floating octopus, the Batman of the underwater world, and the blanket octopus. This “ghost flying on the wings of the night” floats in the water, spreading its purple mantle. He looks like he came from another planet and settled in the ocean. Octopuses are generally strange creatures - they have three hearts, poisonous saliva, the ability to change the color and texture of their skin with unimaginable ease and speed, and their tentacles are capable of performing certain actions without instructions from the brain. But these octopuses stand out from their fellows.
Only representatives of the weaker sex have a purple mantle (by the way, the female of this octopus is 40,000 times heavier than the male!) Females, growing up to two meters in length, store their cloak in a special bag near their mouth and, in case of danger, straighten it, trying to appear larger and scarier.
3. Monkfish
Unless you are a marine biologist equipped with the specialized cameras and equipment needed to dive, you will never, ever see a monkfish in its natural habitat. He lives at great depths and in complete darkness. “And a small flashlight burns in its forehead...” Any fish that lives in deep waters knows that the light emanating from the monkfish means certain death for it. Isn't this devil an amazing creature? In Europe it is also called "anglerfish", for this long, luminous growth on the head containing phosphorus. This device is similar to a fisherman's fishing rod and serves to attract and lure gullible and curious fish.
2. Wonderful bird of paradise
What a name! The wonderful bird of paradise (Lophorina superba) has pronounced sexual dimorphism. To put it simply, the males are bright and attractive, while the females are modest, gray birds. The magnificent velvety black plumage of the males has a contrasting blue-blue “chest shield”, which can be raised during mating displays. During his amazing courtship dance, the male raises his wings, “chest shield” and black feathers on the sides of his head and turns into a solid black circle, against which only a sparkling shield and spots near the eyes stand out. In this form, the male jumps around the female, emitting specific calls and making noise with sharp movements of his wings. Males of the wonderful bird of paradise are polygamous and can mate with several females.
1. Drop fish
You've probably seen her images before. This is a famous Internet meme, because the face of this fish is simply a collective image of all the sad losers. But it's unfair! The blobfish looks completely different when it is at home - underwater, at a depth of 600 to 1200 meters, where the pressure is 60-120 times greater than on land. And there she is sweet and pretty, that’s where she would be photographed! But no, it's too difficult. And so far, the poor fish has been recognized as the most unattractive in the world and even ended up on the logo of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society.
