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The valley has recorded the highest temperature ever on our planet i.e. 134 °F (56.7 °C). Harry Potter actor Dave Legeno is one of the people who lost his life in the scorching heat of Death Valley. Also, it is still a mystery that rocks as heavy as 700 pounds move on their own at Death Valley. Defying all logic, the sand sings, if you hear it closely.
This National Park has an arrangement of lava boat tours that takes the tourists through red hot flowing rivers of lava, volcanoes, lava waterfalls, tropical rainforests, and geological formations. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has reported many casualties and deaths in the past due to lava haze and also one can encounter dangers such as flying rocks and scalding ocean water.
Considered as one of the deadliest places, Snake Island in Brazil is definitely one of the most dangerous places on Earth. 90 miles from the city of Sao Paulo, this super deadly island is home to the largest concentrated population of snakes in the world.
Rugged, remote, and treacherous; the rocky island located just off the western coast of Ireland is one of the dangerous tourist destinations in the world. Home to 600 uneven steps that lead to ancient monasteries, getting on to the site of Skellig Michael Mountain is quite a challenge as tourists have to take an hour-long boat across rough waters, and in many instances, boats cannot even dock because of high tides.
The highly reflective and chemically dense waters of Lake Natron seem like a glass door that dupes hovering birds thinking they’re flying over an empty space. The moment they land on the lake, their body corrodes within minutes. A few years back, a helicopter pilot became prey to the same illusion and his helicopter crashed and was rapidly corroded by the alkaline water of the deadly lake.
Experiencing an extreme climatic condition tests the endurance level and that is why many people visit the remote village, Oymyakon in eastern Siberia, Russia. What makes it dangerous is the fact that it is permanently the coldest inhabited place on earth.
One can witness volcanoes oozing out lava, multiple hues of hydrothermal fields, and massive salt pans that leave you stupefied. Covered with more than 10 lakh tonnes of salt, this deadly desert lies at the northern end of the Great Rift Valley that is separated by live volcanoes from the Red Sea.
Absolutely stark and inhabited, Skeleton Coast is located literally where the earth ends. The expansive coast stretches 500 kilometers between the old German colonial town of Swakopmund and the Angolan border. The name itself suggests the formidable, it is perhaps derived from the animal bones that are scattered across expansive strands and a large number of ships that wrecked here over the centuries.