Strange Places: The eye of the Africa also known as The Earth’s bulls eye

The eye of Africa from NASA Satellite

The eye of the Africa is a prominent circular feature in the Sahara desert near Quadane. It has a 40 kilometer diameter. Others suspect it to be a meteor impact and other conspiracy theorist suspects that it was cause by an underground nuclear blast.  


Whatever the cause it is really a magnificent site, the Eye of the Africa is visible from space and from the photos taken by NASA it really looked like an eye.

The eye of Africa taken at google maps



STRANGE PLACES: Sailing stones of Death Valley

The Sailing Stone of Death Valley

Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California; it is the lowest and driest area in North America, and currently the hottest in the world.

Death Valley is one of the flattest places on the face of this planet. Here you can see a geological phenomenon called Sailing stones, it is when rock move and scribble long tracks along smooth valley floor without the aid of human or animals.

Many scientists are baffled about this sailing stones, they observed and studied these phenomena and until this that there is no clear conclusion what causes the stone to move. Some suggest that high winds are responsible, some of the rocks move at almost perfect 90 degrees angle.

Sailing Stone of Death Valley Almost Perfect 90 Degrees Turn


Others said it was an alien doing or a result of some sort of magnetic field but no matter the cause of the sailing stone it still remain a mystery and it adds a mystique to the place. That is why Death valley is still one of the strange places in the world.  

Sailing stones of Death Valley, some of them traveled great distance
The sailing stones of Death Valley, even NASA can't explain


STRANGE PLACES: THE DOOR TO HELL




The Darvasa gas crater also know as “The Door to Hell” is a natural gas field located in Ahal province Turkmenistan. Some 35 years ago soviet geologist taped into a cavern filled with natural gas. The ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed leaving a hole 70 meters in diameter. To avoid poisonous gas, they decided to set the gas on fire hoping to consume the  gas in a couple of days. The gas is still burning till this day.


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