Mai ka paradaiso ʻoluʻolu o Cook Island a hiki i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ka Scottish Highlands, e hoʻonui mau ana kāu papa helu huakaʻi. Akā, manaʻo mākou e hoʻohui i kahi lumi wiggle liʻiliʻi i kāu huakaʻi no kekahi o kēia mau pūnaewele āu e ʻike ai. Nā loko ʻulaʻula, nā mauna ʻulaʻula a me nā kahakai ʻālohilohi—he wahi kupaianaha kēia honua. Akā, e hoʻolālā e ʻike koke i kēia mau mea kupanaha, ma mua o ka nalo ʻana.
PILI: ʻO nā wahi maikaʻi loa o ka honua e hele i ka Snorkeling
Nā Kiʻi Mlenny/GettyHole Polū Nui (Belize, City Belize)
Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻi i kona inoa, ʻo ka Great Blue Hole he lua nui ma lalo o ka wai ma waena o ka Lighthouse Reef, 73 mau mile mai ke kahakai ʻo Belize. ʻO ka ʻenehana, he pūnāwai i hoʻokumu ʻia a hiki i 153,000 mau makahiki i hala, ma mua o ka piʻi ʻana o ke kai e like me kēia lā. Ma hope o ka hula ʻana a me ka heheʻe ʻana o kekahi mau glaciers, piʻi aʻela ka moana a hoʻopiha i ka lua (ka wehewehe ʻepekema loa, ʻaʻole?). ʻO ka pōʻai kokoke loa (wow) he 1,043 kapuaʻi ke anawaena a he 407 kapuaʻi ka hohonu, e hāʻawi ana i kahi hue moana ʻeleʻele. ʻAʻole wale ka Great Blue Hole he kahua hoʻoilina honua o UNESCO, akā ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi luʻu kiʻekiʻe o Jacques Cousteau, no laila ʻoe. ike he pono. Pono ʻoe e lilo i mea luʻu scuba akamai e iho maoli i loko o ka lua, akā ʻae ʻia ka snorkeling ma kona ʻaoʻao (a hāʻawi pololei i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻoniʻoni o ka iʻa a me ke koʻa ma muli o ka lā). Akā, inā makemake ʻoe i ka ʻike maikaʻi loa? E kau ma luna o ka helikopa no kahi huakaʻi lele lele.
sara_winter/Getty ImagesSalar De Uyuni (Potosí, Bolivia)
Ma ke ʻano no kahi mea ʻono? Pehea he 4,086 mile kuea o ka paakai? ʻO ia ka nui o Salar de Uyuni, ka paʻakai nui loa o ka honua. Aia ma ke komohana hema o Bolivia, kokoke i nā mauna ʻo Andes, ua like kēia ʻano keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo me ka wao nahele akā he loko maoli nō. E wehewehe kākou: Ma kahi o 30,000 makahiki aku nei, ua uhi ʻia kēia wahi o ʻAmelika Hema i loko o ka loko wai paʻakai nunui. I ka wā i mahuʻi ai, ua waiho ʻia kahi ʻōpala mānoanoa a paʻakai ma ka ʻili o ka honua. I kēia lā, hoʻopuka ka paʻakai i ka paʻakai (duh) a me ka hapalua o ka lithium o ka honua. I ka wā ua (Kekemapa a hiki i ʻApelila), kahe mai nā loko liʻiliʻi a puni ʻo Salar De Uyuni i loko o kahi ʻāpana wai ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele e hōʻike pono ana i ka lani no kahi hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi. Inā ʻike kāu pahuhopu i ka nui o ka palahalaha, e hele i waho i ka wā maloʻo (Mei a Nowemapa). Loaʻa nā huakaʻi mai nā wahi hoʻomaka ma Chile a me Bolivia. E mālama pono i ka hydrate.
Nā kiʻi ʻo Ogringo/GettyNā pele ʻala (Azerbaijan)
Aia ma waena o ʻEulopa Hikina a me ʻAsia Komohana ʻo ka Repubalika o Azerbaijan, kahi home o nā haneli o nā lua pele e hoʻopuka mau ana i ka lepo ʻeleʻele hina. ʻO kēia mau lua pele pōkole (10 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole) e kau ana i ka ʻāina wao nahele ma Gobustan National Park (kahi kahua hoʻoilina honua ʻo UNESCO) kokoke i ke Kai Caspian. Ma muli o ke kumu o ka pele i ke kinoea e pakele ana ma ka honua ma kahi o ka pelemaka, maʻalili a anuanu paha ka lepo i ka hoʻopā ʻana. Mai makaʻu e hui pū inā ʻauʻau nā malihini ʻē aʻe i ka lepo, i hoʻohana ʻia no nā maʻi ʻili a me nā hui a me ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻOiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole i ʻae ʻia ʻo FDA, akā i ka wā ma Azerbaijan, ʻaʻole?
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AtanasBozhikovNasko/Getty ImagesMokupuni ʻo Vaadhoo (Maldives)
Ma hope o ka ʻauʻau ʻana i ka lepo lua pele o Azerbaijan, paipai mākou e ʻauʻau i loko o ka wai moana ʻālohilohi-i-ka-ʻeleʻele ma ka mokupuni liʻiliʻi ʻo Vaadhoo. Hiki i ka poʻe kipa ke ʻike i ke kahakai o ka moana e mālamalama ana i ka pō ma muli o ka liʻiliʻi o nā phytoplankton i loko o ka wai. Hoʻopuka kēia mau mea hoʻoheheʻe bioluminescent i ke kukui ʻālohilohi ke pā ka wai a puni iā lākou i ka oxygen (aka, nā nalu e pā ana i kahakai) ma ke ʻano he pale i nā mea ʻaihue. Laki no mākou, hana kēia i kahi ʻōlinolino kūlohelohe e hiki ai iā mākou ke ʻauʻau. Ma kahi o 100 o nā mokupuni ʻo 2,000 o nā Maldives i hoʻopau ʻia i nā makahiki i hala iho nei a ke hoʻomau nei nā pae wai i ka nui o lākou. Malia paha ka manawa e hoʻoneʻe ai i kēia mea ma kāu papa inoa.
National Science Foundation/Peter Rejcek/WikipediaWailele Koko (Victoria Land, East Antarctica)
Aia kekahi wailele nani bajillion e ʻike ai a puni ka honua ma mua o kou make ʻana (a i ʻole maloʻo), akā ʻo Blood Falls ma Antarctica hikina kekahi ʻano o kona ʻano like me ke koko, maikaʻi, kahe. Ua ʻike ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka muliwai ʻulaʻula e kahe ana mai ka Taylor Glacier i ka makahiki 1911, akā ʻaʻole i hiki i ka makahiki aku nei ua ʻike mākou no ke aha i ʻulaʻula ai ka wai. Huli, aia ka hao i loko o ka wai (mai ka loko o lalo o ka lepo) e oxidizes ke pā i ka lewa. He paʻakikī ka hele ʻana i Antarctica, ʻae, akā pono maoli ka huakaʻi e ʻike kino i kēia ʻano ʻelima mau moʻolelo kiʻekiʻe - ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki ke haʻi i ka lōʻihi o ka noho ʻana o ka kaiaola o Antarctica i kēia manawa.
Nā Kiʻi JordiStock/GettyLake Natron (Arusha, Tanzania)
Inā makemake ʻoe e ʻike i ka wai ʻulaʻula maoli akā ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa i ke anuanu o Antarctica, ʻo Lake Natron ma Tanzania kahi koho wela. ʻO ka wai paʻakai, ka alkalinity kiʻekiʻe a me ka hohonu pāpaʻu e hoʻolilo i ka Lake Natron i loko mehana o ka brine hiki wale i nā microorganism ke aloha - a makemake lākou. I ka wā photosynthesis, hoʻololi ka heluna kanaka microorganism o ka loko i ka wai i ʻalani ʻulaʻula. No ka mea, ʻaʻohe leʻaleʻa o ka loko no nā mea ʻaihue nui o ʻApelika, ua hoʻokumu ke kahua i kahi ʻāina hoʻohua makahiki kūpono no 2.5 miliona mau flamingo liʻiliʻi, kahi ʻano i helu ʻia ma kahi kokoke i ka hoʻoweliweli. ʻO Lake Natron wale nō kā lākou wahi hānau, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ka hoʻolālā ʻana e kūkulu i hale mana ma nā kahakai hiki ke luku i ka heluna kanaka liʻiliʻi. Aia kekahi kamaʻilio e pili ana i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi mea kanu uila ma Kenya, kokoke i ke kumu wai mua o ka loko, hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe i ka Natron a hoʻonāukiuki i kona kaiaola. No laila e hele koke i laila. A honi i ka flamingo no mākou.
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Nā kiʻi atosan/GettyʻO Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Michoacán, Mekiko)
ʻAʻole pili kēia helu ma kā mākou papa inoa e pili ana i kahi kikoʻī e pili ana i ka mea e hana nei ma laila. ʻO kēlā me kēia hāʻule, hoʻomaka nā lele mōʻī i kahi neʻe 2,500 mile mai Kanada a i Mexico. ʻOi aku ma mua o 100 miliona mau lele lele e hele pū ana, e hoʻohuli i ka lewa i ka ʻalani a me ka ʻeleʻele, ma lalo o ka US, ma mua o ka noho ʻana ma waena o Mexico. I ko lākou hiki ʻana i nā wahi wela e like me ka Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, ma kahi o 62 mau mile ma waho o Mexico City, hoʻomoe lākou, ʻo ka lawe ʻana i kēlā me kēia ʻīniha square i loaʻa iā lākou. ʻO nā kumu lāʻau pine e hāʻule maoli me ke kaumaha o nā haneli o nā pepeke e kau ana ma nā lālā. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kipa ʻana ma Ianuali a me Pepeluali, ke kiʻekiʻe loa ka heluna kanaka ma mua pono o ka piʻi ʻana o nā pepeke i ka ʻākau i Malaki. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo leʻaleʻa: ʻO nā mōʻī e hoʻi i Kanada i ka pūnāwai, ʻo ia nā moʻopuna a nā moʻopuna a nā pepeke i noho ma Mekiko i ka hoʻoilo. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua emi nui ka heluna kanaka mōʻī i nā makahiki he 20 i hala iho nei, ma muli o ka emi ʻana o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka milkweed, ka meaʻai punahele a ke aliʻi.
ʻO Stephan-Berlin/Getty ImagesʻO Jeju Volcanic Island a me Lava Tubes (Kolea Hema)
No nā mea leʻaleʻa spelunking, ʻo Jeju Island kahi mea e ʻike pono ai. Aia ma kahi o 80 mau mile mai ka ʻaoʻao hema o South Korea, ʻo ka mokupuni he 1,147-square-foot island kahi lua pele nui nui me nā haneli mau lua pele liʻiliʻi a puni. ʻO ka mea nui loa, ʻo ia ka Geomunoreum Lava Tube System ma lalo o ka ʻili o Jeju. ʻO kahi ʻōnaehana nui o 200 mau lua lalo a me nā ana i hana ʻia e nā kahe pele ma waena o 100,000 a 300,000 mau makahiki i hala aku nei e hāʻawi i kahi ākea e hoʻohālike ai ʻo ʻoe ʻo Lara Croft. Ua haʻi mākou i ka nui o kēia mau ana he nui nā pae? A aia kekahi loko ma lalo o ka lepo? Me kekahi o nā ana lōʻihi loa a me ka nui loa o ka honua, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha ʻo kēia kahi UNESCO World Heritage Site ma kā mākou papa inoa.
Nā Kiʻi Ma Mingfei/GettyZhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park (Gansu, Kina)
ʻAʻohe ala ʻē aʻe e wehewehe ai i kēia mau mauna ma ke ʻano he pōhaku sherbet ʻalani. ʻO ka Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park he mau mile ma hope o ka mile o ka ʻaoʻao puʻu ʻoniʻoni i hana ʻia me nā pōhaku one a me nā waihona mineral. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ma luna o nā miliona mau makahiki i ka neʻe ʻana o nā papa tectonic a hoʻolei i ka pōhaku i lalo i ka ʻili o ka honua, ʻo kēia - ua manaʻo ʻoe - ʻo UNESCO World Heritage Site kahi haʻawina ma ka ʻenekia a me ke kiʻi. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā mauna ʻānuenue like ʻole ma Peru, akā ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o kēia pae ma ka ʻāina ʻo Gansu akau o Kina i ka hele wāwae a hāʻawi i nā hiʻohiʻona like ʻole o ka pōhaku ʻulaʻula, ʻalani, ʻōmaʻomaʻo a melemele. E kipa ma waena o Iulai a me Kepakemapa no ka maikaʻi o ka lā a me ka mālamalama.
Nā Kiʻi Federico Fioravanti/GettyCascate del Mulino (Saturnia, Italia)
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ka lua pele i ka wai ma lalo o ka ʻili o ka honua, e hana ana i nā geysers e hoʻolapalapa a i ʻole ka mālie, ka mahu, nā puna wela maoli. E lawe mākou i ke koho #2. ʻOiai he nui nā wahi e ʻike ai i nā mea ʻoluʻolu o nā pūnāwai wela (Blue Lagoon, Iceland; Khir Ganga, India; Champagne Pool, New Zealand), a mākou nui loa Manaʻo ʻoe e hele i kahi liʻiliʻi i hoʻokahi i kou ola ʻana, ʻo ka punawai Cascate del Mulino ma Saturnia, Italia, ua hopu mākou i ko mākou manaʻo. Hoʻokumu maoli ʻia e kahi wailele sulfurous e kalai ana i kona ala ma waena o ka pōhaku, ʻo kēia ʻāina ākea o nā loko i ka 98 ° F a ke kahe mau nei. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia he mau mea hoʻōla ka wai ma muli o ka sulfur a me ka plankton e ʻāwili ana a puni. ʻO ka hapa maikaʻi loa? He manuahi ʻo Cascate del Mulino e ʻauʻau ai a wehe ʻia 24/7. Inā makemake ʻoe i kahi hoʻomaha wai wela o Tuscan, e noho ma Terme di Saturnia, kahi spa a me ka hōkele e pili kokoke ana i ke kumu o nā pūnāwai wela.
