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Raghu@IndiaTales7 · Mar 13, 2025

Thread of the Most Mysterious Places on Earth🧵 1. Gunung Padang in Indonesia ~The World’s Oldest Pyramid.

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A thread showcasing 22 of Earth's most mysterious and remarkable places, from ancient structures like Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids to natural wonders like the Atacama Desert, Salar de Uyuni, and the Door to Hell in Turkmenistan. The locations span the globe and include both well-known sites and lesser-known hidden gems, each with unique geological, historical, or legendary significance.

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    Thread of the Most Mysterious Places on Earth🧵 1. Gunung Padang in Indonesia ~The World’s Oldest Pyramid.

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    2. Waterfall of the Bride, Peru 🇵🇪 Legend tells of a couple torn by family rivalry. On their wedding day, the bride's father murdered the groom. Devastated, the bride begged Mother Nature to turn her into a waterfall, a symbol of her eternal love.

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    3. Atacama Desert, Chile 🇨🇱

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    4. Do these around 900 years old Sculptures at Patilana Jain Temples, Gujarat, India depict modern communication devices?

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    5. The Bermuda Triangle An area between Bermuda, Florida, and Puerto Rico where numerous ships and aircraft have mysteriously disappeared.

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    6. Underwater waterfall, Mauritius 🇲🇺

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    7. Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia 🇧🇴 The world's biggest salt flat formed when an ancient lake dried up. Water sometimes covers it, creating a mirror-like reflection.

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    8. Floating pillar at Lepakshi Temple, India 🇮🇳

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    9. Ancient City of Petra, Jordan 🇯🇴

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    10. The deepest and the largest natural well on earth called Xiaozai Tiankang

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    11. Dragon Tree found in the Canary Islands 🇮🇨

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    12. The Giant Groundsel is a prehistoric plants found on top of Mt Kilimanjaro

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    13. The Eye of the Earth, Croatia’s Cetina River

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    14. Eternal Flame Falls, New York, USA 🇺🇸

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    15. Door To Hell, Turkmenistan 🇹🇲 The Door to Hell in Turkmenistan is a fiery crater burning for decades, originally ignited by a Soviet drilling mishap.

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    16. The "Tunnel of light" in Petra, Jordan 🇯🇴

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    17. Stonehenge, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

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    18. The Wave, Arizona The Wave started forming 190 million years ago as desert dunes compressed and solidified into the striped sandstone we see today. x.com/Ttuttuken/stat…

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    19. The Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt 🇪🇬

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    20. Namibia, where the desert meets the ocean

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    21. Nara Park, Japan 🇯🇵

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    22. Visiting the island of Socotra in Yemen can seem like you’re on another planet. 307 out of the 825 or 37% of the plant species found on the island isn’t found anywhere else on Earth, including these dragon blood trees.