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Our planet has had millions of years to create its masterpieces, and it seems that it worked pretty hard. The Earth is rich with magnificent places — completely natural or ’improved’ by humans, they fascinate us and make us eager to travel and see everything ourselves.
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00:00The marble caves in Chile are one of the most far-off natural wonders of the world.
00:06The cathedral, the chapel, and the cave are the three main attractions.
00:10They're a group of black and white caverns, columns, and tunnels made of marble.
00:14Waves have been shaping them over thousands of years, and they're still going strong.
00:19The caves and turquoise water waves team up to make a sweet light show.
00:24When summer starts, an ordinary-looking river in Colombia transforms into a liquid rainbow.
00:30Caño Cristales, also known as the most beautiful river in the world, sparkles in five colors.
00:37Red, black, green, blue, and yellow.
00:40It only looks like this for six months a year because of the special underwater plant that makes all those
00:45colors.
00:46It needs the perfect amount of sunshine and water to work its magic.
00:51The river in Daki, India, is a kayaker's dream.
00:55It's emerald and so transparent, you can see all the way to the bottom.
00:59Bright pebbles, stones, and fish.
01:01The colorful fishing boats seem to be floating on glass.
01:05The only sounds you can hear are the swirling of the river and the occasional bird flying past.
01:11One of the cleanest villages in the world isn't far from the Emerald River.
01:15It has three street cleaners who work every day, even in heavy rain.
01:20The locals plant flowers and bushes all over the village, and cars aren't allowed.
01:25The parking fee for tourists is used to pay for more street cleaning.
01:29The cost of littering? A fine or even jail.
01:33Blue Lake in New Zealand is one of the world's clearest lakes.
01:37It's basically like looking at distilled water.
01:40You can even see blue-violet shades in it, which is super rare.
01:44The water comes from its neighbor, an icy glacier lake.
01:47The local Maori people don't let you swim there.
01:50You can't even dip your toes in.
01:52They believe the lake has special powers.
01:56Luskintyre Beach is an endless stretch of white sand dunes and perfect blue water.
02:01But don't let the tropical vibe fool you.
02:04It's in Scotland.
02:05That's why it only looks nice in May and June.
02:08In December, the place only gets an hour of sunshine per day, so it looks pretty bleak.
02:15Five-hour lake in China's Jusigao Valley changes from yellow to emerald green,
02:20dark jade to light turquoise, and sometimes even coral color, which I didn't even know existed.
02:26It never freezes thanks to underwater hot springs and never dries up like some of its neighbors.
02:32The local legend is that it's made up of pieces of a mirror that fell from the sky.
02:38The surrounding valley has some of those classic hills with above-ground caves in them,
02:43spectacular waterfalls, around 140 different birds,
02:47and a couple of giant pandas and other endangered plants and animals.
02:52The Southern Ocean, near Antarctica, has the cleanest air in the world.
02:57It's so clear, scientists could barely find any DNA in it to analyze,
03:02just some random marine bacteria.
03:04Antarctica itself is 99% ice and has mind-blowing blue glaciers,
03:10active volcanoes, and the best views of crispy, clean snow anywhere in the world.
03:16Mount Haleakala in Hawaii is one of the quietest places in the world.
03:22Rangers there often measure exactly zero sound.
03:25Its name in Hawaiian means House of the Sun.
03:29It was formed thanks to a one-million-year-old volcano.
03:34Lava built up over the years and grew into a mountain.
03:37It has its own climate and weather that's almost impossible to predict.
03:42Now, it takes almost a week by ship to travel from South Africa
03:46to the world's most isolated settlement,
03:49Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.
03:51Great name alert.
03:52You need special local government permission to visit.
03:55The roughly 300 locals all treat each other as family,
03:59grow their own food, and keep their island impeccably clean.
04:04Daintree Forest in Australia is the oldest rainforest in the world.
04:08It's been around for over 100 million years,
04:11and it's home to 12,000 types of insects
04:14and about 90% of Australia's butterfly and bat population.
04:18It's also home to about 3,000 different kinds of plants.
04:22The Bazarudo Archipelago in the Indian Ocean
04:26has crystal-white sands and unspoiled coral reefs
04:29and almost no tourists.
04:32It's an official marine reserve,
04:34so commercial fishing is off-limits.
04:36You can still see fishermen in traditional old boats, though.
04:40That's why the corals are still in perfect condition.
04:43Bazarudo is also home to some of the last remaining sea cows.
04:48A mysterious emerald bamboo grove
04:51is located a short train ride away from Kyoto.
04:54It's like a portal into another universe.
04:57The creaking and rustling sounds
04:59make it one of the top 100 soundscapes in Japan.
05:03Local artists make baskets,
05:05coasters, and chopstick rests
05:07all out of bamboo.
05:09The Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia
05:12is famous for its 1,000-year-old cedars,
05:16mossy waterfalls,
05:17water the color of granite,
05:19and crystal-clear streams.
05:21It's home to the rare cream-colored Kermode bear,
05:24also known as Spirit Bear.
05:26Add some Sitka deer,
05:27coastal gray wolves,
05:29cougars,
05:30mountain goats,
05:31orcas,
05:31salmon,
05:32sea lions,
05:33sea otters,
05:33humpback whales,
05:34um,
05:35you get the picture.
05:37The secret of the candy floss pink sand beach
05:40in Barbuda
05:41is that it's made of crushed corals
05:43with tiny single-celled red things
05:45living beneath.
05:47You can see the famous pink shade
05:49when the waves are strong enough.
05:51This place doesn't have any public facilities,
05:53so it's much less crowded
05:55than other Caribbean islands,
05:56and that's why it's so clean.
05:59Now, it took thousands of years
06:01to form the Piccaninny Ponds in Australia.
06:04Underground water crept slowly
06:06up to the surface
06:07through all that limestone.
06:09It formed a large underwater cavern
06:11with amazing white walls.
06:13You need a special permit to dive there,
06:15but it's definitely worth it.
06:19Lapland in Finland
06:20has some of the cleanest air in the world.
06:22It also has those spectacular northern lights,
06:25snow-smothered trees,
06:27and endless white landscapes.
06:29The first humans arrived here
06:31around 7,000 years ago.
06:32They were mostly reindeer herders,
06:35and now there are more reindeer
06:37than there are people,
06:38and reindeer don't exactly pollute.
06:41The Plevisa Lakes National Park
06:43is one of the most popular
06:44tourist attractions in Croatia.
06:46It has 16 clear and colorful lakes,
06:50all connected by waterfalls.
06:52Deer, bears, wolves, boars,
06:54and rare birds roam around
06:56enjoying the unspoiled nature.
06:58It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site,
07:00so they gotta keep it clean.
07:0460 million years ago,
07:06a big and angry volcano woke up
07:08in present-day Northern Ireland.
07:10It spat out a bunch of molten basalt,
07:13a special type of lava.
07:15It cooled and turned into
07:1640,000 interlocking stepping stones
07:19leading down to the sea.
07:20Local legend says
07:22they're so perfectly shaped
07:24because they were made
07:25by an Irish giant.
07:26He had to build a road into the sea
07:28to get to his foe in Scotland.
07:31Badabi Sirte in northern Iran
07:33has some unique travertine terraces,
07:36basically an epic staircase.
07:38It took thousands of years to form.
07:41Two different mineral hot springs
07:42flow downhill,
07:44leaving behind a jelly-like goo.
07:46It shaped the slope
07:47into a staircase
07:48when the water cooled,
07:49and the springs are still active.
07:52One has healing properties,
07:53the other shoots out dust
07:55that turns the water orange.
07:57When the sun comes out,
07:58it turns everything red,
08:00orange, and yellow.
08:02Bolivia's salty Laguna Colorado
08:04is a real magnet
08:05for worldly photographers.
08:07It gets its crimson-red color
08:09from algae and rich minerals
08:11in the water.
08:11It's surrounded by
08:12high-altitude desert plain,
08:14volcanoes, boiling mud,
08:16drifting snow,
08:17and weirdly-shaped rocks.
08:19It's home to three of the world's
08:21six species of flamingo
08:22that come here
08:23for their fill of plankton.
08:25Flamingos are actually born white,
08:27but turn pink
08:28because of all that red algae.
08:30The Enchanted River
08:32is one of the most pristine,
08:33hidden, natural gems
08:35of the Philippines.
08:36It's tucked in behind some mountains,
08:38and no one really knows
08:39where the water comes from.
08:41There are loads of colorful fish
08:43swimming around,
08:43but where do they come from?
08:45Where do they go?
08:46Nobody knows.
08:48The river looks shallow,
08:49but no one's ever managed
08:50to measure how deep it is.
08:52Only a few thrill-seeking tourists
08:55visit this mysterious river
08:56to dive into its caves.
08:59Pangong Lake in the Himalayas
09:01is the world's highest saltwater lake.
09:03It has no aquatic life
09:05because of its saltiness,
09:06but it's a perfect place
09:08for birdwatching.
09:09When it's a little warmer,
09:11the lake's constantly changing colors
09:13between blue, green, and even red.
09:15In the winter,
09:16it's pretty much ice.
09:30North Yungas Road in Bolivia
09:32is one of the most picturesque
09:34and most hazardous roads in the world.
09:36Just imagine biking along a cliff trail
09:39at a mind-numbing height,
09:41overlooking the lush Bolivian jungle
09:43and misty mountains at a distance.
09:46What a view!
09:47But as soon as you realize
09:48you're riding on a 10-foot-wide
09:50stretch of road,
09:51some of which isn't even paved,
09:53you might get skin crawls.
09:54And for good reason.
09:56Over 200 folks tumble to their demise
09:59each year on this devious mountain climb.
10:02And the absence of any guardrail
10:04doesn't help at all.
10:06Now, if you're more into walking,
10:08consider the Husseini Bridge in Pakistan.
10:11It's officially the most dangerous
10:13hanging bridge in the world,
10:15but hardly the only one in the country.
10:17It's a long and nerve-wracking traverse
10:19over Lake Borat,
10:20with many planks of the bridge missing
10:23and the whole construction
10:24creaking ominously in the wind.
10:27Still, the place has become
10:28a major tourist attraction,
10:30although the old and broken bridge
10:32visible nearby only adds to the impression
10:35that you're inevitably going to fall
10:37to a screaming end.
10:40Well, at least you can be thankful
10:42that the lake beneath
10:43is not Lake Natron in Tanzania.
10:46If you fall into water,
10:47you still have a chance of survival.
10:49If you fall into the waters of Natron,
10:52not so much.
10:53The pH levels here are a skin-melting 10.5.
10:57What passes for water
10:58is more like an alkaline soup.
11:00No wonder this place is so peaceful.
11:03Pretty much nothing wants to live here.
11:05And yet, flocks of flamingos
11:07come to Lake Natron
11:08to breed every few seasons,
11:10and it becomes a white-pink paradise
11:12for the period.
11:13Positively.
11:16Which can't be said
11:17about the Danikil Depression in Ethiopia.
11:20Despite its beautiful,
11:22otherworldly landscape,
11:24it's perhaps the loneliest place on Earth.
11:27Yellow, orange, and green mounds
11:29are made of salt, sulfur, and iron,
11:31creating views like nowhere else on the planet.
11:34Yet, the combination of temperature
11:36and toxic minerals
11:37makes this place absolutely unlivable.
11:40Researchers coming here
11:42haven't found even microscopic life
11:44in this valley.
11:45Really, like another planet.
11:47Beautiful and desolate.
11:49On the other hand,
11:51there's an island that's bubbling with life,
11:53yet still, you don't want to be there.
11:55It's called Snake Island,
11:57and the name says it all.
11:59It's chock-full of snakes.
12:01In fact, there are so many of them,
12:03especially the venomous varieties,
12:05that Brazil has forbidden access
12:07to the island to any and all visitors.
12:10But even if it wasn't closed off,
12:13not many would be brave enough
12:14to go to a place
12:15where a single step offshore
12:17could land you a venomous bite.
12:20Now, I'll bet that Fly Geyser
12:23in the middle of the Nevada desert
12:24was created partly
12:26because humans became jealous of that.
12:28This place had been
12:29just another bit of desert
12:31until 1916.
12:33People came here to drill a water well.
12:35They quickly saw the error of their ways, though.
12:38The water came out boiling hot
12:40and unfit for drinking.
12:4250 years later,
12:43there was another attempt.
12:44But the same thing happened.
12:46We don't learn, do we?
12:47Anyway, hot water never stops spewing
12:50from under the ground.
12:51And today,
12:52we have a massive geyser cluster
12:54colored in shades of red,
12:56orange, and yellow.
12:58Now, I say let's take a break
13:00from things that could bite,
13:01burn, or crush you
13:02and take a walk in a serene forest.
13:05We're in Japan,
13:06and it's Sagano Bamboo Forest,
13:09a marvelous natural park
13:11where you can't help
13:12but hush your voice
13:13and just look and listen, too.
13:15Because the sound of the wind
13:17in the bamboo trees
13:18is the first-ever
13:19officially recognized soundscape.
13:22All the more surprising
13:24to find such a place
13:25just half an hour's ride
13:27from Kyoto,
13:28one of the busiest cities
13:29in the country.
13:31Take a deep breath
13:32of fresh air now.
13:33You're gonna need it.
13:35We're going underwater.
13:36Behold the Great Blue Hole,
13:39apparently named by Captain Obvious.
13:41It's one of the most beautiful places
13:43on the planet.
13:44Located off the coast of Belize,
13:46this giant sinkhole
13:48is a massive tourist attraction,
13:50especially popular among divers.
13:52It's actually a whole cave system,
13:54and they say it gets weirder
13:56and more picturesque
13:57the deeper you dive.
13:58Beware, though,
13:59it's popular among sharks, too,
14:02and both bull sharks
14:03and hammerheads
14:04have been spotted here
14:05more than once.
14:07Here, have a towel
14:09and prepare for some barbecue.
14:10The Darvasa Gas Crater
14:12is waiting.
14:13A huge hole again,
14:15this time in the ground
14:16and burning.
14:17Over 50 years ago,
14:19geologists found this spot
14:20in Turkmenia, Central Asia,
14:22and were quite a bit alarmed.
14:24There was an enormous deposit
14:25of methane,
14:26a highly flammable gas,
14:28underground.
14:29They set it on fire
14:30to prevent the gas from spreading,
14:32and since then,
14:33the holes kept burning.
14:35It's over 200 feet across
14:37and 100 feet deep,
14:38and no one knows
14:40when it'll finally run out of fuel.
14:43Is it too hot again?
14:44Well, let's have a little swim
14:46with jellyfish, then.
14:48Jellyfish Lake,
14:48on one of the rock islands
14:50in Palau,
14:51is perfectly described
14:52by its name.
14:53In 2005,
14:54there were about 30 million
14:56of these creatures here.
14:57Although today,
14:58only 700,000 of them remain,
15:01their number is growing,
15:02and tourists can actually
15:03swim with them.
15:04Until they get stung, that is.
15:06Okay, kidding.
15:07These jellyfish don't have stingers,
15:09so it's safe.
15:10Until they decide
15:11to grow stingers, of course.
15:14From the depths,
15:15we're going even deeper.
15:16The Gomantong Caves
15:18are our next stop.
15:19The cave system
15:20on the island of Borneo
15:21could have been
15:22Batman's hideout,
15:24given how many bats live there.
15:26At night,
15:27these nocturnal animals
15:28fly out of the cave
15:29in the thousands,
15:30making you wonder
15:31why you're still there
15:32watching it.
15:33But if you're brave enough
15:34to go inside the cave,
15:36you can truly marvel
15:37at the variety
15:38given to us by nature.
15:40Because there,
15:41on the floor
15:41and walls of the cave,
15:43lie tons of bat droppings,
15:45giving food and home
15:46to millions of cockroaches,
15:48parasites,
15:49and giant centipedes.
15:51Wondrous.
15:52Okay, I'm out of here.
15:54Now, if you're as easy
15:55to get away as I am,
15:56here's a place to go.
15:58Mediti National Park
15:59in Bolivia.
16:00It's one of the largest
16:01protected areas
16:02in South America
16:03and is home
16:04to an immense variety
16:05of animals,
16:06birds, and insects.
16:08I could do
16:08without the mosquitoes,
16:09but it's still
16:10among the few places
16:11where you could see
16:12wild macaws,
16:14monkeys,
16:14capybaras,
16:15and dozens
16:16of other creatures.
16:17Still,
16:18it's better to be careful
16:19because wild animals
16:20aren't always happy
16:21to see you.
16:22And there are known cases
16:24of attacks on tourists.
16:26Ever wanted to feel
16:27like Frodo Baggins
16:28in Middle Earth?
16:29Here's your chance.
16:30In Iceland,
16:32there's a slumbering
16:33volcano named
16:35Thrygukaggurth
16:35that welcomes guests
16:37to a tea party.
16:38Now,
16:38don't confuse this
16:39with another infamous
16:40Icelandic volcano,
16:43Eyjafjallajukuk.
16:44Yeah,
16:44it's easy to mix them up,
16:45they sound so similar.
16:47Here,
16:48tourists are actually
16:49ushered down
16:49into the volcano
16:51and spend close
16:52to an hour inside,
16:53looking at the
16:54magmatic landscape.
16:55They say
16:57Thrygukaggurth
16:58can't wake up
16:58all of a sudden,
17:00but who knows?
17:01Don't forget to bring
17:02the ring of power
17:03just in case.
17:05From the lowest dungeon
17:06to the highest peak,
17:07and here we are
17:09at Mount Hua
17:09in China.
17:10It's called
17:11the most dangerous hike
17:12in the world
17:13for a reason.
17:14It's high,
17:15it's crazy scary,
17:16and it's a hike.
17:17At the height of 7,000 feet,
17:19which already makes me reconsider,
17:21there are several wooden planks
17:23nailed to the sheer wall
17:24of the mountain.
17:26When you get to the start
17:27of the hike,
17:27you put on safety gear
17:29and realize there's
17:30no turning back.
17:32You have to walk
17:33all the way.
17:34And then back!
17:35But,
17:35if you're lucky,
17:36you'll see a crowd
17:37of hundreds of tourists
17:39and decide not to spend hours
17:41waiting for your turn.
17:43Finally,
17:44to really creep you out,
17:45I'm taking you
17:46to Pripyat
17:47in Ukraine.
17:48If you watch
17:49the TV show
17:50Chernobyl,
17:51you probably know
17:52what happened
17:53in this area.
17:53If you didn't see it,
17:55well,
17:55don't have a meltdown.
17:56Much of the town
17:57is still off-limits
17:58for visitors,
17:59but there are already
18:01guided tours
18:01around the place.
18:03As haunting as it is,
18:04the landscape
18:05has some magnetic force.
18:07The silence
18:08makes you keep
18:09as quiet as you can.
18:10Also,
18:11you can see
18:12with your own eyes
18:13what happens
18:14when people
18:14abandon a whole city.
18:16Nature takes back
18:17what once belonged to it.
18:19Creeping vines
18:20along the walls
18:21and lampposts.
18:22Trees and bushes
18:24sprouting from
18:25under concrete.
18:26And the main attraction
18:27in this desolate place
18:28is the rusty
18:30old Ferris wheel.
18:31That sure shivers
18:32my timbers.
18:35Now,
18:35the Mariana Trench
18:36is the deepest
18:37and probably
18:38the most enigmatic
18:39place on Earth,
18:40whatever that means.
18:41Bizarre creatures
18:42such as
18:43deep-sea anglerfish,
18:45frilled and goblin sharks,
18:47barrel-eyed fish,
18:48hatchet fish,
18:49who live
18:50in a crescent-shaped
18:51trench
18:51in the western Pacific.
18:53Just three people
18:54have ever descended
18:55down the Challenger Deep
18:57in the southern end
18:57of the Mariana Trench.
18:59There,
19:00at a depth
19:00of almost 11,000 feet,
19:02vents are bubbling up
19:03carbon dioxide
19:04and liquid sulfur.
19:06Mud volcanoes erupt
19:08under the pressure
19:08a thousand times
19:10greater than at the surface.
19:11And so,
19:12it's no place
19:13I want to go.
19:14So bye!
19:14Get back in there.
19:16Alright, alright,
19:18since you clicked,
19:19yeah,
19:19you're about to visit
19:20places no less
19:21mysterious and creepy
19:23than the Mariana Trench.
19:26Your first stop
19:27is Mexico,
19:28the Yucatan Peninsula
19:29to be precise.
19:30See those bottomless
19:32sinkholes
19:32filled with
19:33crystal-clear water?
19:34It's fresh water
19:35that overlies
19:36salt water
19:37seeping from the sea.
19:39The sinkholes
19:39are called cenotes.
19:40The Mayans believe
19:42these natural wells
19:43were the gateways
19:44to the underworld.
19:46Thousands of cenotes
19:47created by
19:48collapsed limestone bedrock
19:49form one of the
19:50world's longest
19:51underwater cave systems.
19:53You can easily get lost
19:55in this tangled
19:56mysterious network.
19:58Now it's time
19:59to visit the Caribbean.
20:00There,
20:01you'll get to a depth
20:02of almost 8,000 feet
20:04to see the
20:05Van Damme Vent Field.
20:06The hydrothermal vents
20:08fire out streams
20:09of muddy, scalding water
20:11with a temperature
20:12reaching 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
20:14That's almost enough
20:15to bake a pizza.
20:16These mounds
20:17are made of talc,
20:18a substance you can find
20:19in baby powder.
20:21The Van Damme Vent Field
20:22is an oasis
20:23for odd species.
20:25One of those
20:25is kind of a creepy
20:27shrimp without eyes.
20:29Instead,
20:29they're equipped
20:30with patches
20:30of light-sensitive cells
20:32on their backs.
20:34Now,
20:35you don't have to
20:35travel far away.
20:36The next enigma
20:37on your list
20:38is also in the Caribbean.
20:40Just off the coast
20:41of Belize,
20:42there is a giant sinkhole.
20:44It's also blue.
20:45Yep,
20:46that's the Great Blue Hole.
20:48The thing is about
20:491,000 feet across
20:50and more than
20:50400 feet deep.
20:52Once,
20:53a long,
20:53long time ago,
20:54this hole was a cave
20:56until rising waters
20:57filled it,
20:58making it collapse
20:59in on itself.
21:00The deeper you descend
21:01into the Great Hole's
21:03crystalline waters,
21:04the darker it becomes.
21:05You see tons
21:07of stalactite-filled caves,
21:08but don't even
21:09try to enter them
21:10unless you want
21:11to get hopelessly lost.
21:13Once you reach
21:14a depth of 50 feet,
21:16you notice the water
21:17shimmer
21:17as the invisible line
21:19dividing the sinkhole's
21:20salty top
21:21from the freshwater abyss.
21:23Time to get out of there.
21:24Who knows
21:25what you might come across
21:26in the murky depths?
21:29Your next destination
21:30is off the Pacific
21:31Northwest coast.
21:33Almost 500 streams
21:34of methane bubbles
21:36were discovered there
21:37several years ago.
21:38Because of the bubbles,
21:39the vents got the name
21:40champagne seeps,
21:42which sounds better
21:43than the fart spas.
21:45Scientists are still puzzling
21:47over this phenomenon.
21:48Where does the methane
21:49come from?
21:50Underwater cows?
21:51Why is its temperature
21:52warmer than that
21:53of the surrounding ocean?
21:55And most importantly,
21:56what would happen
21:57if you managed to light a mat
21:58somewhere near a large bubble?
22:00Methane needs a highly
22:01flammable gas,
22:02and setting a methane
22:04bubble on fire,
22:05well, you get the picture.
22:07And now,
22:08you're off to Iceland.
22:10The plan is to dive
22:11into Silfra,
22:12a fissure filled
22:13with pure glacier water.
22:14This 206-foot-deep crack
22:16is the only underwater place
22:18on the planet
22:19where you can touch
22:20two continents at once.
22:22The deeper you go,
22:23the darker it becomes.
22:24The rocky landscape
22:26looks otherworldly.
22:28Divers who dare to visit
22:30this incredible place
22:31risk having their gear frozen,
22:33getting hypothermia,
22:34or not surviving whatsoever.
22:36After all,
22:37the water temperature
22:38in Silfra Fissure
22:39is about 35 degrees Fahrenheit
22:41year-round.
22:43Brrrr!
22:45Your next destination
22:46is Scotland.
22:47Okay, cue the bagpipes.
22:49If you dive
22:50in the Gulf of Corrievreckan,
22:51a narrow strait
22:53between two islands,
22:54you'll see massive underwater rocks
22:56and deep holes.
22:57They create the third-largest
22:59permanent whirlpool
23:00on the planet,
23:01the Corrievreckan maelstrom.
23:03The water moves
23:04through the strait
23:05at breakneck speed.
23:07It hits the underwater rocks,
23:08and the place
23:09looks like a pot
23:10with boiling water.
23:11The waves,
23:12created in the process,
23:14sometimes reach
23:14a height of 15 feet,
23:16and you can still hear
23:17the roaring whirlpool
23:18from 10 miles away.
23:20It's believed
23:21the Corrievreckan maelstrom
23:22has swallowed dozens
23:24of sailors
23:24over the centuries.
23:25They were caught
23:26unaware
23:27by the ferocity
23:28of this natural phenomenon
23:29and pulled underwater
23:31in the blink of an eye.
23:33Okay,
23:34enough bagpipes.
23:36Your adventures
23:37are getting more
23:37and more extreme.
23:39You're heading
23:39for Antarctica.
23:41There,
23:41in the southern ocean,
23:43you'll find
23:43the raw sea ice shelf.
23:45Say that five times
23:46real fast.
23:47Later,
23:48not now.
23:48It's roughly
23:49the size of Spain,
23:50with the ocean underneath
23:51containing as much water
23:53as the North Sea.
23:55Once,
23:55scientists drilled
23:56all the way down
23:57through this enormous
23:58chunk of ice.
23:59Imagine their astonishment
24:01when they found life
24:02in those extreme conditions.
24:04The researchers
24:05came across
24:06dozens of mysterious species
24:08not known before.
24:09The most unnerving
24:10were upside-down
24:11swimming fish
24:12and overturned
24:14sea anemones
24:14hanging in the frigid waters.
24:18Hopefully,
24:19bizarre places
24:19with a notorious reputation
24:21don't frighten you.
24:22Well,
24:23too bad,
24:24because you're about
24:25to visit
24:25the Bermuda Triangle.
24:26It's an area
24:27between Bermuda,
24:29Florida,
24:29and Puerto Rico,
24:30where planes and ships
24:31seem to vanish
24:32in thin air.
24:34For the first time,
24:35this place attracted
24:36a lot of attention
24:37in 1945.
24:38That's when
24:39five U.S. Navy planes
24:41disappeared
24:42during training.
24:43Before radio contact
24:44was lost,
24:45the flight leader said,
24:46We're entering white water.
24:48Nothing seems right.
24:50After that,
24:51the planes
24:52with 14 men
24:53flying them
24:53disappeared.
24:55Even scarier,
24:56a rescue plane
24:57with 13 people on board
24:58never came back as well.
25:01Some people believe
25:02the mythical city
25:03of Atlantis
25:04lies at the bottom
25:05of the triangle.
25:06They claim
25:07its inhabitants
25:07use extraterrestrial
25:09technologies
25:10to sink ships
25:11and crash airplanes.
25:12Others blame
25:13rare and unexplored
25:14natural phenomenon.
25:15For example,
25:16magnetic anomalies.
25:18Or massive pockets
25:19of flammable methane gas.
25:21There we go again.
25:22Then,
25:23if a bolt of lightning
25:24ignited a giant methane bubble
25:26near a ship or a plane,
25:27this could probably
25:28make it sink
25:29without a trace.
25:30Except the smell.
25:32But methane
25:32is found everywhere
25:33all over the world,
25:35and it never behaves
25:36this way.
25:37Some experts
25:38aren't sure
25:39there's a mystery
25:39to explain whatsoever.
25:41Lots of busy routes
25:43pass through this area.
25:44No wonder
25:45more ships and planes
25:46sink there
25:46than anywhere else.
25:49Now,
25:50prepare some warm clothes.
25:51You're heading
25:52for the north again.
25:53Your destination
25:54is Cape Desolation
25:56in Greenland.
25:57Nice place.
25:58In 2012,
25:59Canadian researchers
26:00were sampling the water
26:02in that area.
26:03And their equipment
26:04came back to the surface
26:05with pieces of coral
26:06attached to it.
26:07That's how a cold-water
26:09coral reef
26:10was stumbled across.
26:12These unique
26:12pinkish corals
26:14can easily go
26:14without sunlight
26:15and live in strong currents
26:173,000 feet
26:18below the surface.
26:21Another unique spot
26:23you can't miss
26:24lies between
26:24Greenland and Siberia.
26:26The Gakko Ridge
26:27is the deepest
26:28and most remote portion
26:30of the global
26:31mid-ocean ridge system.
26:33In some places,
26:34it reaches the depth
26:35of more than 3 miles.
26:36It's only natural
26:37the darkest corners
26:39of this underwater world
26:40remain unexplored.
26:42Fascinating chemical reactions
26:44happening at the bottom
26:45of the ridge
26:46produce hot fluids
26:47rich in minerals.
26:48They spew,
26:49like freshmen
26:50at a rush party,
26:51from seafloor vents.
26:53And since these vents
26:54are isolated
26:55from the rest of the ocean,
26:56they're hot spots
26:57for bizarre creatures
26:58found nowhere else
27:00in the world.
27:02Your next stop
27:03is just off
27:04the coast of Cuba.
27:05circular columns,
27:07paved floors,
27:08symmetrical stone structures.
27:10That's what
27:10the Cuban underwater city
27:12looks like.
27:13What happened there?
27:14Why was a large city
27:15abandoned
27:16at a depth
27:17of more than 2,000 feet?
27:18Lots of people believe
27:20those are the ruins
27:21of a long-forgotten civilization.
27:23But scientists
27:24have their doubts.
27:26They claim the lost city
27:27is nothing but
27:27a natural phenomenon
27:29that appeared
27:29about 5 million years ago.
27:31The disk and donut structures
27:33often appear
27:34around the areas
27:35of the seafloor
27:36where natural gases
27:37break free.
27:38Again with the gases.
27:41When you come to visit
27:42the Sargasso Sea
27:44in the middle
27:44of the North Atlantic Ocean,
27:46you won't find its shores.
27:48Instead,
27:48it's surrounded
27:49by powerful ocean currents.
27:51These are the same currents
27:52that turn the sea
27:54into a gigantic convention
27:55for dense brown seaweed.
27:57In the 19th century,
27:59a French ship
28:00was discovered
28:01in the Sargasso Sea.
28:02Its sails were set,
28:04but not a single crew member
28:05was on board.
28:07This mysterious disappearance
28:08made people believe
28:09the seaweed was carnivorous.
28:12The Sargasso Sea
28:13is indeed a weird place.
28:15It's always eerily calm
28:17and unnaturally warm,
28:19even though it's surrounded
28:20by the churning,
28:21freezing waters
28:22of the Atlantic Ocean.
28:24Could one of these
28:26bizarre places
28:27become a home
28:27to the largest
28:28marine predator ever,
28:30the megalodon?
28:31The giant shark's teeth,
28:33some larger than
28:34an adult man's hand,
28:36have been found
28:36pretty much
28:37all over the world.
28:38But since these creatures
28:39preferred warm,
28:40shallow waters,
28:41they lived along
28:42the coastlines
28:43of all continents
28:44except Antarctica.
28:46In other words,
28:47it'd be a waste of time
28:48to search for the giant predator
28:50in the depths
28:50of the Mariana Trench,
28:52in Greenland,
28:52or in Mexican cenotes.
28:54But then,
28:55could it choose
28:56the waters of the Caribbean
28:58to hide from the hustle
28:59and bustle
29:00of the modern world?
29:01Eh, don't get your hopes up.
29:03There's been no proof
29:04the megalodon
29:05does exist these days.
29:07It wasn't a shy,
29:08elusive animal,
29:09and still,
29:10no one has seen
29:11this shark
29:12lurking around recently.
29:13Not even near
29:14the fart spas.
29:16Thank you for having us.
29:16We'll continue to find out.
29:17Thank you for having us.
29:17Thank you for having me.