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10 AMAZING Lost Worlds!! From hidden rain forests to hidden ecosystems…stay tuned to number 1 to find out the most amazing lost worlds in, well…the world!
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From hidden rain forests to hidden ecosystems…stay tuned to number 1 to find out the most amazing
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lost worlds in, well…the world!
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Number 10: Mount Roraima.
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When you think about South America, your mind likely goes to the Amazon, but it’s got quite
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a few mountains and mountain ranges, and one of the most unbelievable of them is the one
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called Mount Roraima.
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The mountain is located in between Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana, and is actually one
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of the oldest rock formations on Earth.
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And that’s only the beginning of its wonders.
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One of unique features of the mountain is that it has a flat top, which is very rare,
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when you consider what most mountains look like.
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Then, there’s the sheer size and length of the mountain, it is 9 miles long.
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The way nature plays with the mountain has attracted many across the world.
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It has waterfalls because of the consistent rain, it’s a home to rare plants, and the
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journey to get to the top of the mountain isn’t easy.
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Yet, people don’t seem to mind, as they keep coming to it.
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Add to all of that, because it’s 9,000 feet tall, the mountain is touched by the clouds,
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making it truly feel like another world when you look at it from above.
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Many try to come and see it, but few will ever get to experience the wonder of this
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lost world.
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Number 9: Sima Humboldt.
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Sometimes, nature gives us a unique “world” by hiding it from basic sight until you see
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it from another point of view entirely.
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And this is an accurate description of what Sima Humboldt is.
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For you see, from the ground level, you couldn’t even find Sima Humboldt, for it’s hidden within
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the summit of a massive plateau.
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What do I mean by “within”?
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Well, Sima Humboldt is really a sinkhole that has created a massive gap in the plateau it’s
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within.
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The sinkhole is massive, being over 110 feet wide and 1,600 feet deep starting from the
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edge at the surface.
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And in terms of volume, it’s 640,000,000 cubic feet.
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The sinkhole is honestly so massive that it has developed its very own ecosystem, and
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that proves that life can truly be anywhere as long as it finds a way…that sounds familiar…
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Crazy enough, Sima Humboldt wasn’t discovered until the 1970’s, and even then, wasn’t even
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traversed by people until a few years later.
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Just as crazy is that there is actually more sinkholes in the area, and some of them aren’t
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that far from Sima Humboldt.
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Number 8: Antarctica.
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It may seem odd at first that I’m listing a whole continent here on this list, but when
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you think about it, what do we actually know about Antarctica?
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I mean, really, what do we know?
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We know about some of the creatures that live in the intense cold.
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We know its average temperature, but in truth, we haven’t explored it as much as many would
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like.
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In fact, even though we have had some scientific bases on Antarctica set up, we’re nowhere
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close to having a true settlement there, and that’s because of the intense cold, insane
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snow storms, and the fact that there is so much lack of life-sustaining food and other
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materials for humans to try and live there.
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When you put that all together, you get a land that is discovered, yet lost.
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And other parts of Antarctica that we know about, we can’t reach.
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Like Lake Vostok.
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Which is a lake that is buried beneath miles of snow, where its surface is actually well
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below sea level.
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Scientists are infinitely curious about this lake, but because of the very nature of Antarctica,
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we can’t get to it.
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And what if this was but one simple mystery within this lost world?
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What could we find if we had a little more time and access?
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Number 7: Amazon Rainforest.
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You’ going to see some places on this list that are somewhat known, and yet, are technically
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unknown, and the Amazon Rainforest definitely fits that bill.
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First off, the Amazon Rainforest has a 2.6 million square mile base.
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That’s massive, and that entire area is filled with thick trees, massive rivers, and tons
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of animals and plant life.
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Just the ones we know about include 40,000 plant species, 3,000 kinds of fish, and over
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300 kinds of reptiles, and that’s not even mentioning all the mammals and insects that
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live in the Amazon.
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Plus, because it’s so dense, and not all of it has been explored yet, there’s no doubt
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that there’s even more species out there in the rainforest just waiting to be found.
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So that begs the question, why haven’t we gone and explored it?
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Well, over the many centuries, people have tried, a lot.
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And they’ve failed, always.
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Granted, we know some of the Amazon rainforest, but the deeper you go, the harder it gets
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for you to find your way, and find your way out.
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Due to its diversity, the Amazon has numerous ways to make you turn back, and it includes
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animal attacks, diseases, plants giving people rashes or infections, and more.
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If you’re going to try and go to the Amazon, take my advice, just go to the website.
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Number 6: Atlantis.
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Our world has been built on legends, both real and fictional.
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But one of the biggest legends of lost worlds of all time is that of Atlantis.
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Which is ironic, because one of the greatest philosophers of all time, Plato, actually
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wrote about Atlantis in Timaeus and Critias.
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According to Plato, Atlantis was an advanced civilization, but one that made the mistake
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of trying to take down Athens.
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Athens would respond with deadly force, and even the gods of the Greek Pantheon got involved
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and sank Atlantis to the body of the ocean, where it remains to this day.
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Despite it being a legend, there are many who believe that Atlantis is real in some
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form or another, so they search for it.
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Even if they don’t find it, the legend has caused Atlantis to be a key part of the world’s
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culture.
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Marvel, DC Comics, Disney, and more have incorporated Atlantis into their universes.
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And it makes you wonder…what if Atlantis really was real?
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Number 5: Melville Range.
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Melville Range is found in Australia, and it’s one of the most secluded rainforests
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in the world due to its location.
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As such, not many people have been able to go there, the few that do have found many
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wonders upon the range.
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For example, it has a very wide array of plants and animals, and many of them have been untouched
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and unseen by human hands and eyes because of how remote the part of the rainforest is.
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Number 4: Bosavi Crater.
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You could argue that Papua New Guinea is its own version of a Lost World because of how
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much there is to discover there still.
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But one of the true lost worlds within it is one that lies within a former volcano.
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This is called the Bosavi Crater.
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At 4 kilometers wide, and one kilometer deep, the Bosavi Crater is truly massive, and it’s
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a sight to behold.
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In 2009, a BBC funded team descended into the crater, and when they came out, they had
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knowledge of 40 brand new species of life.
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And that was just from one trip, imagine if more teams went down there to explore it.
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Number 3: Movile Cave.
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In Romania, there is a cave that defies logic in terms of how it has created an ecosystem.
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Called Movile Cave, it has somehow created and sustained life with very minimal oxygen,
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and no natural sunlight.
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For those who know how plants and animals work, these are all but necessary requirements
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to make things live and survive, and yet, in this cave, that’s not the case.
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It might be its position to the Black Sea that causes this, or maybe, it’s something
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else that’s causing the life to grow, no one knows for sure.
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But it is the most mysterious place in Romania, and a Lost World that is begging to be discovered
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more.
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Number 2: Son Doonge Cave.
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In Vietnam, an incredible discovery was made.
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A small opening in the side of a mountain revealed a massive cave that would engulf
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entire cities.
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This was Son Doonge Cave, and it was one of the very definitions of “Lost World”.
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Why?
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Well, because within this cave was not only plants and animals, but it’s own very natural
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ecosystem.
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This was partially due to the fact that there’s an opening that allowed sunlight to enter.
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It has its own rivers, its own weather patterns, it’s alive in every sense of the world, and
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it was totally discovered by accident.
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Number 1: Mariana Trench.
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If we’re being honest, there are actually three “main worlds” in our Planet Earth.
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There’s the sky, there’s the land, and then, there’s the oceans.
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Without a doubt, the oceans are the greatest “lost world” in the world.
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Because despite us traveling by them every single day of the year, and even having people
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dedicate their entirely lives to finding out more about the ocean…there’s still so much
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we don’t know.
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If you don’t believe me, look up the Mariana Trench, for that is proof enough that life
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finds a way to survive even in the most harsh of conditions.
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You see, the Mariana Trench is 36,000 feet below sea level, one of the lowest points
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in our entire world.
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Yet, life lives there, and people have even gone down to prove that.
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However, by “people”, I only mean three.
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That’s right, 3 people have gone down there ever since it was discovered.
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In 1960 Swiss Oceanographer Jacques Piccard and USN Lieutenant Don Walsh did it in a submarine,
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but they were forced to leave after only 20 minutes.
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Then, in 2012, legendary filmmaker James Cameron went down there in a personalized pod and
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spent hours documenting all of the life he could see.
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Which was limited because there’s no natural light down there, so who knows what he could’ve
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seen if he had a better view of things.
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Cameron knew that there was so much more down there, and while probes have gone in the place
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of humans, there’s still so much about life in the Trench that we don’t know about.
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What’s even more chilling is that it’s said there is a place that is even deeper than
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the Mariana Trench, and if that’s true, who knows what could be down there.
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If you want to hear more about the Mariana Trench, check out our video!
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Tell us what you think about these amazing lost worlds in the comments below and…take
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care!
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