Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark

Near the top of the world, lies the glacier Ilulissat Icefjord.

Situated on the west coast of Greenland near the town of Ilulissat and north of the Arctic Circle, this site offers scientists a magnificent natural laboratory for studying climate change and icecap glaciology.

It's significant because the area is actually a combination of several extraordinary natural phenomena. A huge ice-sheet moving at the rate of 62 ft. (19m) per day. Now, combine that with the dramatic sounds of a fast-moving glacial ice-stream careening into a fjord already covered by icebergs. It makes for some incredible icy fireworks not found anywhere else on Earth.

The Ilulissat Icefjord is one of the fastest and most active glaciers in the world, carving more ice per year than any glacier outside Antarctica.

Surtsey, Iceland

A series of volcanic eruptions from 1963-1967 formed this very young island off the southern coast of Iceland.

Because the island immediately received protected status, scientists have been able to study development of plant and animal life free of human influences in this small, isolated area.

Watching the process of a new world form, scientists observed that the first seeds arrived via ocean currents. Molds, bacteria, and fungi appeared next, followed by the first vascular plant in 1965.

This unspoiled natural laboratory is now home to 89 species of birds and 335 species of invertebrates.

Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley), Egypt

This area south of Cairo tells one of Earth's most mindbending stories of evolution.

Bone and skeletons scattered throughout the area show the transformation of whales (suborder: Archaeceti) from land-based to ocean-swimming mammals.

Scientists have found fossils caught in the middle of the process: young whales losing their soon-to-be obsolete hind limbs.

doufam,ze nevadi jeste trochu Irska

Cliffs of Moher

The Cliffs of Moher (Irish: Aillte an Mhothair, lit. cliffs of the ruin, also known as the Cliffs of Mohair) are located in the parish of Liscannor at the south-western edge of the Burren area near Doolin, which is located in County Clare, Ireland.

The cliffs rise 120 meters (394 ft) above the Atlantic Ocean at Hag's Head (Irish: Ceann na Cailleach), and reach their maximum height of 214 meters (702 ft) just north of O'Brien's Tower, eight kilometres away. The cliffs boast one of Ireland's most spectacular views.On a clear day the Aran Islands are visible in Galway Bay, as are the valleys and hills of Connemara.

oproti MONIA: zazit Cliffs na vlastni kuzi je neco nepopsatelneho...z te vysky se az cloveku toci hlava a jit na prochazku tesne po hrane utesu (kde skoro vzdycky fouka) jedno mu zvednu hladinu adrenalinu v krvi :)

Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast Northern Ireland

The remarkable geological features of the Giant's Causeway have earned it the title of the Eight Wonder of the World and established it as a major part of Ireland's heritage. For 300 years the Causeway and the cliffs of the Causeway Coast have attracted thousands of visitors from around the world. Travellers have marvelled at the beauty of the formations while scientists have sought to describe and explain them.

Kdyz jsem tam byla poprve,splneni snu...vzdycky jsem znala fotky jen z NG a videt to na zivo vyborne! (akorat na fotkach to vypada lip,neb se tam nepoflakuji davy turistu)

Devil's pool

V Zimbabwe v Afrike mozete najst tieto nadherne vodopady Victoria falls. Na jednom mieste volanom "Devil's pool" sa da pocas par mesiacov v roku priplavat az na ich okraj.

A famous feature is a naturally formed pool known as the Devil's Pool, near the edge of the falls, accessed via Livingstone Island. When the river flow is at a safe level, usually during the months of September and December, people can swim as close as possible to the edge of the falls within the pool without continuing over the edge and falling into the gorge; this is possible due to a natural rock wall just below the water and at the very edge of the falls that stops their progress despite the current.