These geological formations display Earth's diversity. From sandstone formations to caves and mineral springs, each location reveals geological processes. The structures formed through erosion, volcanic activity, or mineral deposits over millions of years.
Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona, USA
This natural sandstone formation displays red and orange layers shaped by erosion over millions of years in the desert.
Shawnee National Forest, Illinois, USA
An area of sandstone rocks and cliffs spanning 1600 acres with hiking trails between rock formations.
Zion National Park, Utah, USA
A tube-shaped slot canyon with red rock walls and waterfalls formed by natural erosion processes.
Cape Perpetua, Oregon, USA
A 20-foot-deep crater in basalt rock that draws in seawater during high tide and expels it during low tide.
Page, Arizona
Water erosion carved narrow, winding passages through red Navajo sandstone walls over millions of years.
Zhangjiajie, China
A natural arch pierces the rock face at 1300 meters elevation. A road with 99 bends leads to the summit.
Central Anatolia, Turkey
Volcanic landscape with tuff stone cones where people have built dwellings and churches for centuries.
Nunavut, Canada
The granite cliff face drops 1250 meters vertically and extends across an area of 105 square kilometers.
Vatnsnes, Iceland
A 15-meter basalt rock on the coast resembling a drinking animal. The base has been reinforced with concrete.
Nambung, Australia
Thousands of vertical limestone pillars rise from yellow sand. The formations developed from petrified tree trunks millions of years ago.
Kirkjubæjarklaustur, Iceland
A two-kilometer-long and hundred-meter-deep canyon formed during the last ice age by glacial melt.
Waitomo, New Zealand
A cave system containing millions of Arachnocampa luminosa that illuminate the cave ceilings with their blue light.
Sossusvlei, Namibia
A dried clay basin with black acacia trees surrounded by red dunes in the Namib-Naukluft National Park.
Santa Cruz, Argentina
A 30-kilometer ice mass with a 5-kilometer wide front that regularly drops large ice pieces into the lake.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
A cape with 100-meter cliffs and a lighthouse built in 1909 at the westernmost tip of the Isle of Skye.
Lika-Senj, Croatia
A system of 16 lakes at different elevations connected by waterfalls and underground karst rivers.
Southern Iceland, Iceland
These natural tunnels form when meltwater flows through glacier ice. The walls display various shades of blue and ice patterns.
Patagonia, Chile
These caves consist of limestone shaped by Lake General Carrera waters over 6000 years of water erosion.
Gansu, China
This geological formation displays red sandstone layers with stripes of yellow, orange and green from mineral deposits.
Arizona, United States
The river cut through rock layers over millions of years, forming a 277-mile long canyon.
Denizli, Turkey
Natural white limestone formations created by mineral-rich thermal waters flowing down the mountain slope over thousands of years.
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Geological formation of 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns formed by volcanic activity 60 million years ago along the coast.
Middle Island, Western Australia
Salt water lake with pink coloration caused by presence of algae species Dunaliella salina and high salinity levels.
Hunan Province, China
Natural area containing over 3000 narrow sandstone pillars and peaks, some rising over 200 meters high, formed through physical erosion.
Nevada, USA
This accidental geothermal formation releases mineral-rich water streams at 200°F temperature through multiple colorful mounds of calcium carbonate deposits.
Guilin, China
This 180-million-year-old limestone cave system extends for 240 meters underground and features colored LED illumination highlighting its rock formations.
Panjin, China
This wetland ecosystem turns red each autumn due to Suaeda salsa seaweed growth across 6,000 acres of coastal marshland.
Derweze, Turkmenistan
This 230-foot-wide crater formed in 1971 when Soviet geologists ignited an underground cavern of natural gas to prevent methane spread.
Lebanon
This underground complex extends over six kilometers and contains two connected caves with rivers flowing through crystalline formations and mineral structures.
Egypt
This natural area contains large calcium rock structures shaped by wind erosion over millions of years into shapes resembling mushrooms and ice cream cones.
Samoa
This natural swimming pool formed by volcanic activity measures 30 meters deep and connects to the Pacific Ocean through underground tunnels.
Iran
These natural terraces contain red and orange mineral deposits from two separate springs with different mineral compositions and water temperatures.
Bohol Province, Philippines
Over 1,200 symmetrical limestone formations spread across 50 square kilometers change color from green to brown according to seasons.
Osoyoos, Canada
Natural body of water contains high concentrations of minerals creating circular patterns on its surface during summer evaporation.
Taylor Glacier, Antarctica
Salt water with high iron oxide content flows from inside the glacier, freezing upon contact with air creating red colored ice formations.