In this collection assembled the most unusual, unique and even strange beaches in the world.
When we hear the word “beach”, we have in mind usually POPs up a typical image: the sun, palm trees, blue waves and white sand, in General, a standard a pretty picture.
However, in the world there are many beaches that can destroy all of your stereotypes about how should look the beach.
Glass beach in California, USA. Amazing glass beach near Fort Bragg was formed due to dumping of garbage from the city to the beach in the first half of the twentieth century. After city officials shut down the dump, crushed glass decades was washed by the sea surf, until it became a smooth, colored stones.
Hidden beach on Marietta Islands, Mexico. Unusual beach was formed in the early XX century, after the Mexican military used the island as a training military sites.
Beach in Maldives looks like a starry sky. Magical glow on a Maldivian beach is a credit to the bioluminescent phytoplankton. Due to the chemical reactions that occur in millions of these living organisms in the water, there is blue and bright turquoise illumination.
Beach of the cathedrals, Ribadeo, Spain. Sometimes water and wind are doing very amazing things, and one of the many proof is a stunning beach in Ribadeo. Arches, indentations in the rocks and natural mazes really resemble the classic architecture of religious buildings.
Pink sand beach, Bahamas. Pink sand on this beach were formed by mixing with the coral, crushed sea surf.
Maho beach beach with low-flying aircraft, the island of Senn-Martin. Maho beach is a beach located in the South-Western part of the island, near the runway of the airport. Because of the small size of the island the airport is located near the beach, so coming on Board the Airliners fly by literally over the heads of tourists.
Of Jökulsárlón, Iceland. On the beach of Jökulsárlón sunbathe and take a dip is unlikely to succeed, because the weather is almost always cold. However, the beach is worth a visit to admire the beauty of the place, where black sand, formed in volcanic eruptions, remarkably contrasts with the mass of pieces of ice.
Dragon eggs on the beach koekohe, New Zealand. In fact, this is the end, no eggs, and just rounded boulders, but they look very impressive. Moeraki boulders were formed on the seabed over millions of years and today they attract on the beach koekohe many curious tourists.
Green papakolea beach, Hawaii. Green sand at papakolea beach give particles of peridot – semi-precious mineral of volcanic origin. The beach is open to the public, but guests are not permitted to pass beyond the beach even a handful of sand.
Giant’s Causeway, Ireland. These fantastic pillars actually represent a petrified and cracked basalt lava. They were formed around 50 million years ago.
Black beach Punalu, Hawaii. Black sand on the beach was the result of the ejection of lava, which quickly cooled in the sea.
Red sand beach, Rabida, Galapagos Islands. The main reason for the red sand beach, Rabida is in the oxidation of volcanic soils with iron oxides. Also an unusual color he can give the coral deposits on the beach.
Shell beach in Shark Bay, Australia. Excessive water saturation in the Gulf of salt led to mass reproduction of marine molluscs. And now the shore of the beach is literally strewn with shells.
Purple beach, Pfeiffer beach, California. Purple sand on this beach was the result of erosion by waves and rain surrounding rocks that are rich in colored mineral spessartine.
Cave beach in Algarve, Portugal. Coastal cliffs in the Algarve consist of limestone, which is easily influenced by wind and water, resulting in these amazing caves.
