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

Pulhapanzák Falls, 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

Laguna Caliente in Poás crater in white color

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

Arenal volcano in night, 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

Great Blue Hole, Belize

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

Caver rappelling down into the Sótano de las Golondrinas, Mexico

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

Cross section of South Andros Black Hole in south-north direction, compared with Boeing 747-400

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

El Zacaton and Nacimiento spring

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.