89.9 m tall Noble Fir in Goat Marsh (dead)
The highest known specimen in species (Abies procera Rehder 1940) in the 1990ies, its height was 89.9 m (18). The tree was dead in 1996 and has fallen since then. Another, tallest ever recorded noble fir was 99.06 m tall.
Wonders of Honduras
Wondermondo 🢖 World 🢖 Wonders of North America 🢖 Wonders of Central America 🢖 Wonders of Honduras Territory Wonders of Honduras Highlights This small Central American country offers numerous beautiful natural monuments as well as some exciting archaeological monuments. Highlights of Honduras are: The remnants of Copán – one of the most impressive Mayan cities. This site contains numerous unique values of art […]
Yoro Fish Rain – Lluvia des Peces
Site of legends. Reportedly, for more than a century in May – July there is witnessed rain that leaves rather small but live fish on the ground. Local people just gather the fish – it is very tasty!
Poas Volcano and Laguna Caliente
Very active and unusual volcano with Laguna Caliente – lake of extreme acidity reaching up to 0.0 of pH. Frequent phreatic eruptions may eject this acid up to 1 kilometer high. Around the volcano, all the vegetation is stunted brown and black by the extremely acid clouds coming from this lake.
Wonders of Costa Rica
Wondermondo 🢖 World 🢖 Wonders of North America 🢖 Wonders of Central America 🢖 Wonders of Costa Rica Territory Wonders of Costa Rica Highlights This small Central American country offers numerous beautiful natural monuments as well as some exciting archaeological monuments. Highlights of Costa Rica are: Natural monuments related to volcanism – several very active volcanoes, highly unusual crater lakes, hot springs and […]
Great Blue Hole
A perfectly round undersea sinkhole, 318 meters across and 124 meters deep. Contains tilted stalactites possibly hinting at tectonic movements.
Sotano de las Golondrinas – Cave of the Swallows
The largest cave shaft in the world – enormous 49 x 62 meters wide hole, 372 meters deep. Famous due to a group of green parrots who have to fly ascending in circles around the cave until they get out of it.
Black Hole of Andros
300 m wide and up to 47 m deep round water filled sinkhole with a layer of violet jelly layer of bacteria at 18 meters depth. Microorganisms have heated up the water to 40°C.
El Zacaton sinkhole
The second deepest water-filled sinkhole in the world. The total depth of the sinkhole is 339 m, the lake is 319 m deep. On the surface of the lake, there are floating several round travertine islands. Lake is formed by volcanically heated acidic groundwater.
Dean’s Blue Hole
202 meters deep sinkhole in the sea, only 25 – 35 metres across.