Majed Abdeljaber and American International Staffing

1
Top Five Weirdest Places on Earth

• by Majed Abdeljaber

2
1 Salar de Uyuni 
This Bolivian desert is quite different than the
other deserts we have been to. The area is
defined by its impressive salt structures, active
volcanoes and tall cacti islands and geyser
flats. The area is 10, 582 square km. The salted
crust serves as a source of salt and is rich in
lithium. 50 to 70 of the worlds lithium
reserves are here.
Majed Abdeljaber Attorney
3
2 Guanajuato Mummy Museum
This museum features mummified bodies interred
during a cholera outbreak in Guanajuato, Mexico
in 1833. The mummies were exhumed in a cemetery
between 1865 and 1958 when a law required
relatives to pay for burial. These mummies are
unique in many ways. Unlike in Egypt, these
mummies were not mummified intentionally.
Majed Abdeljaber Attorney
4
3 Nine Hells of Beppu
Beppu is a city in Japan with 2,800 springs that
gush out hot thermal water every day. The city
has thus been named the hot-springs capital of
Japan. Given their extreme temperatures and
unique colours, nine of these springs have been
labelled as the hells of Beppu. The writers in
the Edo Period described this as an apocalyptic
place where torture through boiling took place.
Majed Abdeljaber Attorney
5
4 McMurdo Dry Valleys
This is one of few areas in the Antarctica that
is not covered by snow or sheets of ice. Summer
temperatures are so warm that glacial ice melt,
creating streams that feed freshwater lakes that
lie at the bottom of the valleys. Unlike
Antarctica as a whole, the lakes never freeze and
have colonies of bacteria and phytoplankton.
Majed Abdeljaber
6
5 Rio Tinto
The Spanish city is heavily acidic and rich in
heavy metals. The deep red colour of the water is
attributed to the mining population for over 5000
years. The presence of iron-oxidating bacteria
and sulphur-oxidating material are thought to be
the culprits. This place is still significant as
it is the birthplace of the Copper Age and the
Bronze Age.
7
(No Transcript)