Friday's Top Ten
The winner of ORGANIZED TO DEATH by Jan Christensen from Monday's post is Inger at Dry Canyon Living. Congratulations, Inger!
And now on to the Top Ten.
Top ten mysterious wonders of the world:
10. Blue Holes
9. Ice Circles
8. Light Pillars
7. Sailing Stones
6. Crop Circles
5. Nazca Lines
4. Easter Island
3. Stonehenge
2. Pyramids
And the #1 mysterious wonder of the world:
1. Ghosts and Spirits
Once I started compiling this list, I came across all kinds of strange phenomena. It was hard to cut the list to ten items!
What would make your list?
And now on to the Top Ten.
Top ten mysterious wonders of the world:
10. Blue Holes
9. Ice Circles
8. Light Pillars
7. Sailing Stones
6. Crop Circles
5. Nazca Lines
4. Easter Island
3. Stonehenge
2. Pyramids
And the #1 mysterious wonder of the world:
1. Ghosts and Spirits
Once I started compiling this list, I came across all kinds of strange phenomena. It was hard to cut the list to ten items!
What would make your list?
Comments
Mysteries of the world? Where do socks go in the dryer and where do missing emails go?
I don't know what Nazca Lines and Blue Holes are so now I've got some googling to do. :D Nothing I love more than unexplained phenomena!
Happy weekend, Carol. :)
This blog idea is another great one!
Alex - I dunno. And I dunno :)
Julie - I knew about Nazca Lines, but not about Blue Holes. And I agree!
Melissa - Sailing Stones made the news recently - and was the first I knew of them ... which prompted this top ten.
Becky - No worries :)
David - Thanks! Glad you like.
The only thing I would add off the top of my head is The Bermuda Triangle.
Julie
Love,
Janie
Our world is a wondrous place within a wondrous universe.
A few of those are new to me as well. The Northern Lights are incredible too!
That's a great, comprehensive list, Carol. I can't think of what I'd add. I'm fascinated by things like lightning, waterfalls, and rainbows, all of which there are scientific explanations for. Then again, there's the Grand Canyon. I think that'd make my list.
Have a great weekend.
xoRobyn
Also, I write a lot about ghosts, but I don't ever want to see one in real life. Er, or death, as the case may be...for them. :P
But I'm finally here!
Diane, Rachna, and Robin - I didn't know anything about blue holes, ice circles, or light pillars. I found them while compiling this list. Sailing stones were in the news a couple weeks ago.
Robin - The Bermuda Triangle was one of the things I omitted for lack of room only.
Julie - Glad you enjoy the Top Ten. I put Inger and Jan together after random.org chose the winner.
Shelly - Omigosh, yes! Mine, too.
Hi, Carol,
Interesting list. There are so many intriguing phenomenon...
Ghosts and spirits would definitely on top of my list...
Mary - I thought all you science lovers would know all these things.
Christine - Have fun researching!
Jemi - I would love to see them one day. Another mystery I left off.
Robyn - There are so many things to choose from. It was difficult to choose.
Luanne - I do think they walk among us. Or float. Or however they move.
Deanie - Welcome to the club!
Lexa - I spent way more time than I should just looking at all kinds of strange things. It was fun!
I haven't heard of 7 - 10. I have homework to do! LOVE this list; it brings out the inner science geek in me :)
Another mystery -- the sailing routes Europeans and Africans took to get to the Americas centuries before Columbus or the Vikings.
I really don't want to spend any extra time on Google than is absolutely necessary, so maybe you could enlighten us...?
Writer In Transit
VR Barkowski
Linda G - I think so, too.
Shelley - It's definitely intriguing, too, along with the Northern Lights.
Jo-Anne - As far as I can tell, my house has none.
Words Crafter - Those were discoveries for me, too.
Tina @ Life is Good
tfwalsh - Google is your friend LOL!
Em-Musing - They are to me, too.
Teresa - I think you're well on your way :)
A blue hole is a cave or underwater sinkhole. They are also called vertical caves. There are many different blue holes located around the world, typically in low-lying coastal regions. The best known examples can be found in Belize, the Bahamas, Guam, Australia (in the Great Barrier Reef), and Egypt (in the Red Sea). Blue holes are roughly circular, steep-walled depressions, and so named for the dramatic contrast between the dark blue, deep waters of their depths and the lighter blue of the shallows around them.
An ice disc, ice circle, or ice pan is a natural phenomenon that occurs in slow moving water in cold climates. Ice circles are thin and circular slabs of ice that rotate slowly in the water. It is believed that they form in eddy currents. Ice circles vary in size but have been reported to be more than 4 meters (13 ft) in diameter.
Light pillars are a kind of optical phenomenon which is formed by the reflection of sunlight or moonlight by ice crystals that are present in the Earth's atmosphere. The light pillar looks like a thin column that extends vertically above and/or below the source of light. The light pillar is prominently visible when the Sun is low or lies below the horizon.
Sailing stones are a geological phenomenon where rocks move and inscribe long tracks along a smooth valley floor without human or animal intervention. Tracks from these sliding rocks have been observed and studied in various locations, including Little Bonnie Claire Playa in Nevada,[1] and most notably Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California where the number and length of tracks are notable. These tracks have been studied since the early 1900s, yet the origins of stone movement are not confirmed.
The stones move only every two or three years and most tracks develop over three or four years. Stones with rough bottoms leave straight striated tracks while those with smooth bottoms tend to wander. Stones sometimes turn over, exposing another edge to the ground and leaving a different track in the stone's wake. Trails differ in both direction and length. Rocks may abruptly change direction to the left, right, or even back to the direction from which it came.
Tina - I have enough problems with socks and email. I wanted something to let me escape :)
Bish - Thanks!
LOL!
Take care
x
So I won? How great is that! I'm so excited and I guess I will go to Jan's blog now and find out more. Wow!
Thanks to everyone for your congratulations! I love a good mystery.
Please let me know what you need from me. I would like the paperback version. My email is at the top of my blog, under a pages tab. Thanks again, Inger
Old Kitty - LOL! I almost spewed an adult beverage all over my keyboard :)
Inger - I'm glad you came over and looked in your spam folder! Apologies for messing up the name of your blog. It was late Thursday night, and my tired little brain must have taken a shortcut and transposted dry for desert.
One that used to really blow my mind are the sailing stones in Death Valley. I've seen them several times and I finally figured it out. Space Aliens moved them!
The mystery that confuses me the most though, is...
Why do many elderly ladies dye their hair blue?