xzellent 2) 10 Mysterious Places Scientists Still Can’t Explain

10 Mysterious Places Scientists Still Can’t Explain

Whether naturally occurring or human-made, some phenomena on Earth are so perplexing that they leave even scientists scratching their hands. From strange lights that illuminate the night sky to creatures thriving under confounding circumstances and fields of giant, perfectly round stone spheres, take a mind-binding journey to 10 places with mysterious phenomena. 

1: Eternal Flame Falls, New York

Everyone knows that fire and water don’t mix, but one particularly mysterious place in western New York seems to prove otherwise. Eternal Flame Falls in the Shale Creek Preserve baffles geologists with its juxtaposition of fire and water. Visitors to the 35-foot waterfall can peer beyond the falls to a small, flickering flame hidden in the caves behind the water. Scientists initially believed that, as was the case with other “eternal flames,” hot rocks releasing natural gas deposits from under the ground started the fire. 

2: Cave of Crystals, Mexico

Buried beneath the mountains near Naica, Mexico, is a magical place that might remind you of a science-fiction movie. Back in 2000, two miners accidentally stumbled upon the Cave of Crystals. What they found immediately intrigued the world. It’s a beautiful but mind-boggling discovery that continues to draw scientists from all parts of the globe. White crystals that measure nearly 39 feet long and three feet wide fill the subterranean space. The crystal formations, which formed thanks to a process called nucleation, jut out from every angle in the horseshoe-shaped cave. But while scientists can confidently point to the mineral-rich waters inside the cave as the reason the crystals grew in the first place, they can’t explain their massive size. 

3: Stone Spheres, Costa Rica

When the United Fruit Company in Costa Rica sought new ground to plant banana trees in the early 1930s, they came across some odd stone spheres. The almost perfectly round rocks were like nothing they had seen before. While the stones varied in size, the largest of them measured over six feet in diameter. The workers for the fruit company rolled the strange orbs out of the way and went ahead with planting the new banana trees. Years later, archaeologists began to study the spheres in an attempt to determine their origin. 

4: Fairy Circles, Namibia

In the grasslands of southern Africa’s Namib Desert, unexplained “fairy circles” have baffled scientists for years. Short grasses ring the barren, circular patches, which range from 10 to 65 feet in diameter. Thousands of these mysterious rings stretch out over hundreds of miles of desert. So, what caused these mysterious circles in the sand? Namibian legend says the gods created them by carelessly leaving their giant footprints in the red dirt. Take a look at the fairy circles on satellite imagery and you may start to think the idea makes sense. Scientists, of course, beg to differ. But while they dismiss the local legend, they can’t seem to agree on a reasonable explanation either.

5: Hessdalen Lights, Norway

Something weird is happening in the sky above the small, central Norwegian town of Hessdalen. People have witnessed hundreds of strange lights where only stars should be. The lights randomly illuminate the night sky and sometimes appear as big as a car, remaining for as long as a few hours. The strange phenomenon was first reported in the early 20th century, but it reached a peak of activity in the 1980s. That’s when UFO hunters took notice and flocked to the area in search of the mysterious lights. They weren’t disappointed. During the early part of the decade, the lights would appear up to 20 times a week. The unusual lights still blaze in the night sky, though with less frequency now than when they first appeared. 

6: Plain of Jars, Laos

Few visitors find their way to the remote plains of Xieng Khouang Plateau in Laos. Venture into the arid landscape, though, and you’ll find thousands of enormous, ancient, stone jars dotting the landscape. They sit scattered across the land like a giant’s forgotten crockery. The urns date back to the Iron Age, when their makers used a combination of clay, dung, sandstone, and sugar to create them before baking them in huge kilns. Some jars also have artful reliefs carved into them, showing off the skill of the creator. What’s most baffling about the jars, though, is how they got to the plateau in the first place. Some of the giant jars weigh as much as 10 tons and measure nearly 10 feet tall. 

7: Patom Crater, Russia

Patom Crater is a 131-foot-high geological formation in Siberia that looks a bit like a bird’s nest with an egg nestled inside. Scientists originally suggested that a meteor strike caused the unusual formation, but a lack of meteorite fragments in the area brought them back to the drawing board for another explanation. At one time, they discussed the possibility of a UFO landing, but that idea was discarded too. There are even theories that the crater was built by prisoners in a secret prison camp, and some geologists have hypothesized that the uncommon formation came from under the earth rather than above it. 

8: Nazca Lines, Peru

From the sky, they look like animals and people carefully drawn by a child. But the Nazca Lines of Peru are sprawling artistic representations covering at least 170 square miles of arid, coastal land. The ancient geoglyphs date back as far as 500 BCE, when researchers believe the artists removed the top layer of black stone on the ground to reveal the white sand underneath. The contrast in colors makes the lines easy to view from the air.

9: Richat Structure, Mauritania

Astronauts have been watching the Richat Structure – also known as the Eye of Sahara – in Ouadane since humans first entered space. Viewed from the International Space Station, the 30-mile (48.2km) wide swirl resembles a bull’s eye or snail’s shell. The geological quirk was believed to be a crater caused by a meteorite but it’s now thought it was once a dome that has eroded over time.

10: Stonehenge, England

This circle of rocks has long been one of the UK’s most well-known and mysterious sites, with historians and scientists baffled as to how its builders transported the monoliths 5,000 years ago. In 2019, Newcastle University students may have solved the riddle when they discovered that humans (not aliens) may have dragged the rocks in place using sledges lubricated with pig fat.

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