The most unusual places on the planet

The most unusual beaches in the world. Once on such a beach, you will not only enjoy the sun and warm sea, but also be surprised by the creative delights of mother nature. You will change your idea of a beach holiday. White sand

White sand is perceived by us not so much with surprise, as positively and peacefully. Indeed, it looks very nice. White sand beaches are the Maldives, Fiji, Hyams Beach in Australia. But where does white sand come from?

The white color is due to the sand containing a large amount of tiny particles of coral, quartz, and dried remains of seaweed specific to these places.

Pink sand beaches Now you don't see this every day.

Such an amazing sight awaits us in the Bahamas. This is a truly heavenly place. In the coastal waters of Harbour Island, foraminifera, colored in a rich pink color, live in abundance. Their shells have been cut into tiny grains by the surf and the sun for hundreds of years. The same thing happens with corals thrown ashore. Hence the original pink color.

Seashell Shores You can find many seashells on a beach, but to have an entire shore made up of nothing but shells?

This is not uncommon in Australia, for example, in places like Shell Beach or St. Barts, as well as Jeffreys Bay in South Africa, Sanibel Island in Florida. The reason for such a large number of sea shells is the lack of predators and the growth of mollusc populations. Well, the waves and the sun continue their work.

Red Sand Beaches Beautiful, isn't it? And unique. You can find this on Kokkini Beach in Greece, Kaihalulu in Hawaii, and the Galapagos Islands.

We reveal a secret. In these places there are deposits of iron and volcanic rocks. By the way, our blood is red because of the iron content.

Orange Beaches

For roughly the same reasons as in the previous point, only a different shade. High iron content, but less volcanic rock. Thus, the sand on the coast of Ramla Bay in the Maltese Islands is bright orange.

Glass Beach

Fort Bragg, California was once a dumping ground for trash from a nearby town. But in the 1960s, environmental projects were implemented to recycle waste and clean up the shoreline. But it's not that easy to clean up all the tiny shards of broken glass. And the sea waves have worked to grind the glass into polished pebbles.

Green sand beaches

Only two places come to mind: Papakolea Beach in Hawaii and Taloffo Beach in Guam. These beaches get their unusual color from olivine crystals, which are fragments of basalt deposits (presumably from underwater volcanoes). Olivine crystals are heavier than many minerals, so they do not wash back into the sea like lighter sands.

Blue Glowing Beaches

Beaches at Maldives resorts glow bright blue at night! The reason is bioluminescent phytoplankton, which accumulates near the shore and when exposed to waves shimmers with a soft blue glow due to the fact that the cells of these simple organisms contain a special enzyme luciferase. Glowing beaches in the Maldives can be seen quite often, especially on those nights when the moon is not visible in the sky.

Purple sand beaches

Exotic purple sand can be seen at Pfeiffer Beach in California. The sand gets its color from manganese granules.

Black Sands

It's not caviar, coal deposits, or the devil's work. Numerous black sand beaches around the world get their unique color from high concentrations of eroded lava and volcanic rocks. This can be seen, for example, in Hawaii's Punaluu, New Zealand's Piha, Alaska's Prince William Sound, La Palma in the Canary Islands, Wadi al-Qandil in Syria. In Iceland.

Beach caves

The destructive power of the ocean and eternity create incredible natural creations. Such works of natural art are caves. Some caves are also beaches, hidden from prying eyes. Examples include the Secret Cave Beach in Mexico and the Algarve Cave Beach in Portugal.