【Strange】15 places in the world where strange phenomena occur

No. 3: Bioluminescent coast (Maldives)

 Bioluminescent Coast (Maldives)
Source::makemytrip

Around Vaadhoo Island in the Maldives, the ocean glows blue at night when waves crash on the beach. It looks like the sea is full of fallen stars.

Tiny organisms called dinoflagellates (basically “sea fireflies”) light up when disturbed by waves or footsteps. But nobody knows why they only show up consistently in certain spots around the Maldives, or why their glow changes so dramatically with the seasons.

Noctiluca (Pyrodinium bahamens)
Source:Planet-Life

Local fishermen call this the “stars of the sea.” It’s especially bright during full moons, creating a mind-blowing sight where the starry sky mirrors the glowing ocean below.

No.2 : The Silent Zone (Mexico)

Zona del Silencio (Mexico)
Source:atlasobscura

In northern Mexico’s Bolsón de Mapimí desert, there’s a 20-square-mile area where radio, TV, and cell phone signals just die. A crashed U.S. missile in 1970 showed that nothing with a signal works here.

Scientists think underground magnetite deposits block radio waves, but they can’t explain why it affects such a huge area. Even weirder, plants and animals here show mutations—cacti grow abnormally large, and flowers bloom in colors that don’t exist anywhere else.

There have been tons of UFO sightings here too. Whether that’s connected or not, researchers around the world see this place as Earth’s own dead zone, completely cut off from modern civilization.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Leave a Reply