Ha Long Bay among top 15 most amazing rock formations

The article opened by sayingthat the stunning landscapes and rock formations, shaped and sculptedover millions of years, hold invaluable clues to Earth’s past andfuture.

It described Ha Long Bay as a spectacular landscape dotted with limestone pillars, arches and caves.

“The rocks have been shaped by the repeated rise and fall of the seaover 500 million years. The bay also includes over 1,600 islands andislets, most of them uninhabited”, it said.

According to legends, a dragon created the islands and rocks to keep invaders out of Vietnam , it added.

The other landscapes highlighted by the BBC are Fairy Chimneys(Turkey), Eye of the Sahara (Mauritania), Great Blue Hole (Belize),Moeraki Boulders (New Zealand), Zhangye Danxia (China), Valley of theMoon (Argentina), Wave Rock (Australia), Chocolate Hills (thePhilippines), Giant’s Causeway (Northern Ireland), Bryce Canyon NationalPark (Utah, US), Vermillion Cliffs National Monument (Arizona, US),Cave of the Crystals (Mexico), and the San Andreas Fault (California,US).

Ha Long Bay among top 15 most amazing rock formations

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