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Underwater Waterfall ... how can that possibly be ..
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So many other-worldly places exist right on our planet, and we never even knew about it. Here are 33 landmarks that look like paintings and scenes from science fiction movies.
http://distractify.com/culture/32-surreal-places-that-actually-exist-on-earth-i-cant-believe-this-isnt-photoshopped/
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Looks hard to reach.
malthaussen
(17,194 posts)BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)Solly Mack
(90,765 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)Some of them are a little scary.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)MindMover
(5,016 posts)Initech
(100,070 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)it does look like a painting.
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No, the above images are not surrealist paintings. Theyre photographs of dead valley, where trees stand against a background of the highest sand dunes in the world. Once a thriving forest, the approaching desert has killed all life.
blue neen
(12,319 posts)JimDandy
(7,318 posts)Got to get a bucket list going.
A-Schwarzenegger
(15,596 posts)I was actually feeling a little nauseous from the beauty & wonder.
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)so to say these are places to visit before you die strikes me as somewhat disingenuous. However, I greatly appreciate the pictures of sites I will never get to in person.
MindMover
(5,016 posts)GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)That picture of sand falling into the abyss gave me the heebie jeebies.
Wolf Frankula
(3,600 posts)I was profoundly impressed.
Wolf
LiberalFighter
(50,913 posts)upon seeing any of these sights.
840high
(17,196 posts)fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)I could stare at that for a long time.
GoCubsGo
(32,083 posts)Finn McCool stuff! I'd love to go back. I'd also like to see Lake Baikal, with or without the turquoise ice, along with every other place on that site, especially those in the U.S.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)in plain sight.
Initech
(100,070 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)progressoid
(49,990 posts)Gotta love that saturation slider.
DFW
(54,372 posts)It's amazing that I am/have been so near so many of these things and never seen them.
I'll have to rectify that........
Thanks for the reminder!
babylonsister
(171,065 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Soooooo beautiful!