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The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

The ruins of a grand theater destroyed during the most powerful seismic catastrophe ever recorded.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

A mud volcano in Indonesia spews out 50,000 cubic meters of mud every day.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

The hottest place on the planet.

Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

Mysterious spherical rocks in the semi-desert of western Kazakhstan.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

This small canyon is home to a treasure trove of geological oddities.

Abandoned limestone quarry from the 19th century, now a man-made canyon reclaimed by nature.

Stand on the rim of a dormant volcano and gaze across a vast ash plain frozen in time.

The Great Tsingy has a smaller, rose-colored cousin.

These giant volcanic rocks towering above the Angolan savannah once served as a natural fortification.

Visit Taiwan’s badlands, which allows visitors to feel like they’re walking on the moon.

A subterranean museum where mushrooms still grow in the tunnels of a centuries-old quarry.

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

This futuristic observatory at the top of the Pyrénées offers unrivaled views.