10 Most Extreme Places on Earth

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Topic: 10 Most Extreme Places on Earth

Posted By: Behi
Subject: 10 Most Extreme Places on Earth
Date Posted: 31-Aug-2009 at 02:18

10 Most Extreme Places on Earth

1.Lut Desert (Iran): hottest place on Earth at 159 °F (71 °C)

There is a big discussion about the hottest spot on Earth. Many believe it is in Al Azizyah, Libya, with a recorded temperature of 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius), and the second hottest place being in Death Valley, California, USA, where it got up to 134 Fahrenheit in 1913. But according to other sites, a NASA satellite recorded surface temperatures as high as 71 °C (159 °F) in the Lut desert of Iran, supposedly the hottest temperature ever recorded on the surface of Earth. This region, which covers an area of about 480 kilometers, is called Gandom Beriyan (the toasted wheat).

2.Mt. Chimborazo (Ecuador): highest point above Earht's center at 20,703 feet (6,310 m) above sea level

3.Tristan de Cunha (UK): most remote inhabited archipelago on Earth at 2,000 miles from the nearest continent

4.Angels Falls (Venezuela): Earth's highest waterfall with 3230 feet (984 m) in height

5.Oymyakon (Russia): coldest inhabited place on Earth at −96.2 °F (−71.2 °C)

6.The Dry Valleys (Antarctica): driest place on Earth

7.Marianas Trench (Indonesia and Japan): lowest point on Earth at 35,840 feet (10,924 m) below sea level

8.Lloro (Colombia): wettest place on Earth

9.Mount Thor (Canada): Earth's greatest vertical drop

10.Dead Sea (Jordan): Earth's lowest elevation at 1,385 ft (422 mt) below sea level

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Posted By: Menumorut
Date Posted: 31-Aug-2009 at 03:56

The most alien place on Earth:

Socotra Island, Yemen

This island, which is part of a group of 4 islands, has been geographically isolated from mainland Africa for the last 6 or 7 million years. Like the Galapagos Islands, this island is teeming with 700 extremely rare species of flora and fauna, a full 1/3 of which are endemic.

Images from
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/09/most-alien-looking-place-on-earth.html - http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/09/most-alien-looking-place-on-earth.html

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Posted By: Cyrus Shahmiri
Date Posted: 31-Aug-2009 at 07:23

I had posted some pics of the Martian City of Kaluts in Lut desert http://www.allempires.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25600 - here , More info about http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/earth/the-hottest-place-on-earth/ - The Hottest Place on Earth : The hottest place on http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/earth/ - Earth as of 2005 is in the Lut Desert in Iran at 70.7 degrees Celsius. This inviting region is abiotic – meaning without life; not even bacteria have been found.

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Posted By: Maximus
Date Posted: 02-Dec-2009 at 20:07

Bryce Canyon

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