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![A satellite image of the eastern Pacific Ocean off Baja California with clouds.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fCVWpbbHCg5ELKeC8UPePK-320-80.jpg)
White Shark Café: The mysterious meeting spot for great whites in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
By Sascha Pare published
Every winter and spring, great white sharks that usually dwell off the coast of California gather in a remote section of ocean the size of Colorado — and scientists are slowly piecing together why.
![A person dressed in white stands in front of the Al Naslaa Rock Formation. The formation consists of two stone blocks on small pedestals with a fine, perfectly straight gap between them.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3qcXcVK7sHnfqzQtDYraoA-320-80.jpg)
Al Naslaa rock: Saudi Arabia's enigmatic sandstone block that's split perfectly down the middle
By Sascha Pare published
Al Naslaa is a rock formation in Saudi Arabia's northwestern desert consisting of two huge, symmetrical stone blocks that are separated by a mysterious gap and sit on small pedestals.
![A view of a sailing rock with its track featuring a sharp bend on Racetrack Playa.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QBC3WiEwT86ZP9spSxyHkA-320-80.jpg)
Racetrack Playa: The home of Death Valley's mysterious 'sailing stones'
By Sascha Pare published
In Racetrack Playa, a dry lakebed in Death Valley National Park, meteorological conditions can push rocks weighing up to 700 pounds along the flat ground.
![A composite satellite image of the Yarlung Tsangpo River surrounded by mountains.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JffDVB664Uxc3PRaib5D3D-320-80.jpg)
Yarlung Tsangpo: The deepest canyon on land hides a tree taller than the Statue of Liberty
By Sascha Pare published
The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon is Earth's largest terrestrial canyon, stretching 314 miles long and almost 20,000 feet from top to bottom at its deepest point in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
![The salt crust at Salar de Uyuni bathed in orange light with mountains in the background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zePXbViTSfM6G9Tv6paQE5-320-80.jpg)
Salar de Uyuni: The world's largest salt desert and lithium reservoir surrounded by volcanoes
By Sascha Pare published
The Salar de Uyuni desert is famous for its gleaming surface waters and hexagonal salt crust patterns, but below this otherworldly landscape lie about 11 million tons of highly sought-after lithium.
![People on a small wooden boat gliding across Lake Kivu with hills in the background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/X9Q65Nu3QiCFNNpQfCqEuZ-320-80.jpg)
Lake Kivu: The ticking time bomb that could one day explode and unleash a massive, deadly gas cloud
By Sascha Pare published
Lake Kivu, one of the African Great Lakes, sits along a tectonic plate boundary called the East African Rift, which is dotted with hot springs that feed carbon dioxide and methane into the water.
![Three researchers walk out onto the salty crust left behind after water has evaporated at Last Chance Lake in September 2022.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xiCcFhrjHisyCSfwAvNa3o-320-80.jpg)
Last Chance Lake: The unusual 'soda lake' with conditions that may have given rise to life on Earth
By Sascha Pare published
Scientists consider Last Chance Lake to be an analog for lakes that may have existed on Earth 4 billion years ago and contained the ingredients for early life on our planet.
![The Dragon Eye at dusk with the surrounding bay in the background. The eye is lit for the photograph.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jCSBxRTh98Acc3Hq7JS9KQ-320-80.jpg)
Norway's Dragon's Eye: The fantastical 'pothole' that emerged from ice 16,000 years ago
By Sascha Pare published
Norway's photogenic "Dragon's Eye" likely formed around 20,000 years ago, when all of Scandinavia sat beneath an enormous mass of ice called the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet.
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