A Place on Earth Where No Life Exists

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planning a vacation but don't know where
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to go yes
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the Maldives Bali Thailand and other
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warm countries seem very tempting but
00:09 ぶっ飛んだ旅行はどうですか
what about an extreme trip let's say to
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a beautiful place on earth where life
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doesn't exist
00:15 ファスナーのfastenです
ladies and gentlemen fasten your seat
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belts we're going to the Danakil
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depression take more water and light
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clothing that will protect your body
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from the Sun the Danakil depression is
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the hottest place on earth where the
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average temperature reaches 104 degrees
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Fahrenheit even in winter and in summer
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it is even hotter reaching 140 degrees
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oh my so we arrive on the northern
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border of Ethiopia in the city of mekele
00:44 このメケルという町が最後で、これ以降近代文明の恩恵は受けられなくなる
this is the last chance to enjoy all the
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benefits of modern civilisation because
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we are going for lifeless deserts
00:51 afar=far
mountain ranges and the afar triple
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Junction one of the lowest places on
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earth which is located at an altitude of
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416 feet below sea level in the heart of
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this pit
01:04 クリスタルガイザーとかgush由来のgeyserです、seeth=boil
among the geysers seething with acid and
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multi-coloured salt deposits there is
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the ominous and at the same time
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enchanting Danakil depression on the way
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to the most lifeless place you can meet
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a small village where the local tribe
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lives afar this is one of the oldest
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peoples in the world according to rumors
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they are the ancestors of the Egyptians
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but no one knows for sure
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so this afar village is the last parking
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lot in front of the entrance to the hot
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foundation pit people here are cut off
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from civilization by their own rules and
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customs locals live in Danika that is in
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a place that is practically nothing this
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village is not supported by the state
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but the village itself does not need
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anything from it so the locals live here
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as if in a different world
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they feed on wheat cakes vegetables
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raised goats live in huts and can sleep
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in the open starry sky mmm so romantic
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no toilets no running water no light
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less romantic already the only thing
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that connects them with civilization is
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camel
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Vans passing by locals are friendly
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toward tourists but if you suddenly
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decide to go there I would still advise
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to hire a local guide and guards to
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accompany yet well having had a good
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snack with Ethiopian tortillas you can
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go further to the center of the Danakil
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depression and believe me here you'll
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definitely feel like you're on another
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planet on Mars to be precise the ground
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you walk is basically made of the whole
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periodic table of elements under the
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soles of your shoes colorful salt
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scrunch yellow sulfur red iron and black
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manganese here literally everything is
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poisoned the lakes are filled with red
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yellow orange and brown acid water and
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there is so much salt here that it forms
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bizarre growths that stick out from the
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ground and rocks from afar it all looks
03:03 flick=一端
like a frame from a sci-fi flick be
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careful because geysers with sulfuric
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acid are seething everywhere and this
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substance to put it mildly is not very
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favorable for the human body but now
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let's find out the answer to the main
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question is life possible in this place
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a group of international scientists
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discovered a new species of bacteria in
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this valley high temperatures high salt
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and heavy metals make the Danakil
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depression the most unsuitable place to
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live on earth however scientists
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collected soil samples and in a special
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laboratory we're able to detect a new
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species of microorganisms these bacteria
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are the size of a nanoparticle have the
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shape of a sphere and live in mineral
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salts the natural conditions in this
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place are comparable to the conditions
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on Mars so the discovery gives hope that
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life can be discovered on the Red Planet
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astrobiologists rejoiced because such a
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discovery is very important for
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understanding the origin of life and the
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study of other planets but the happiness
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didn't last long a group of French
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scientists disputes this discovery using
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the combined methods of molecular
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microscopy they found out that the
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bacteria they had discovered appeared as
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result of laboratory pollution or could
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be brought into the Danakil Valley by
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tourists scientists conducted new
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studies and didn't find active and
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natural microbial life in Danica and
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there are two reasons for this firstly
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there is a lot of magnesium in the water
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and it causes the cells to break down
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secondly there is a low level of
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phosphorus in a very high level of salt
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yeah I won't bother you with the
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chemical properties of these substances
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I'll just say briefly such a ratio
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doesn't allow molecules to adapt however
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a lack of evidence is not proof of a
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lack of life it's possible that a more
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accurate molecular analysis can detect
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new microorganisms but until that
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happens the Danakil Valley is not
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suitable for the existence of life well
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unlike bacteria though humans have many
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activities here here at the lowest point
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of the Danakil Valley Ethiopians mined
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salt and not with some modern machines
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but with hard manual labor
05:25 難単語hoe=鍬
salt is mined with sticks and hoes
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stacked in blocks loaded onto camels and
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transported through the mountains along
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an ancient route to the city imagine
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working all day under the scorching Sun
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in the hottest place on earth salt used
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to be more expensive than gold but now
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it's worth a penny
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by the way besides the Danakil
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depression there are still places on
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earth that are similar to other planets
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or where practically no life exists not
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counting tourists of course if you are
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one of such fans of extreme landscapes
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then look carefully it's not necessary
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to go to Ethiopia because similar places
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can be near you one ijen on the
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Indonesian island of Java
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there are several volcanoes with large
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craters one of the craters is called
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ijen inside it there's a beautiful
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turquoise lake but don't be fascinated
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by the beauty and especially don't try
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to swim there instead of water there is
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acid in the lake what about
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microorganisms they simply cannot live
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here because even a tin can
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dissolves in this lake - Caribbean
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islands
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if you want to combine a comfortable
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vacation with an extreme then go to the
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Caribbean in this heavenly place you can
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also find hell or at least it smells
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like it a lake containing a huge amount
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of sulfur steam always comes from it as
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the water temperature reaches 195
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degrees 3 Devon Island the Canadian
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Devon island is one of the largest
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uninhabited islands on earth no it
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doesn't have bubbling lava rivers and
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acid geysers but it's desert landscape
07:09 Martian=Marsの人、火星人
is considered as close to Martian as
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possible it is here that the Houghton
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Mars project is being conducted to study
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people as if they were living on the Red
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Planet long term for Lake east there is
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a lake in Antarctica that is hidden
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under two and a half miles of ice and
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it's already been hiding there according
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to scientists for 15 to 25 million years
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in 2012 scientists drilled ice to get
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water samples from the lake and
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discovered a new kind of bacteria that
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is not similar to any microorganisms on
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earth researchers think that in this
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lake under a thick layer of ice another
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evolution of organisms could take place
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five Mystery Spot you know I don't want
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to end this journey with terrible and
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lifeless deserts and lakes so now we
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will go to one of the most unusual
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places in which nothing threatens your
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life
08:06 a+nomal aは否定の接頭語で、普通でないこと、例外
welcome to the gravitational anomaly in
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California in the forests of Santa Cruz
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is a very mysterious place it is called
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Mystery Spot that figures on its
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territory which is about 147 feet in
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diameter laws of physics break and
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scientists still can't give an
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explanation to it hundreds of thousands
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of tourists from all over the world come
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to this place to feel the violation of
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gravity and altitude you can let the
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ball go at that place and it will roll
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upwards or you can begin to fall back
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but you won't actually fall broken
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gravity will not keep you exactly
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upright but you'll stay at
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natural angle to the ground wild animals
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and birds go around this place and
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people often feel busy here
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some believe that mystery spot is just a
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natural anomaly while others think that
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aliens are involved in any case you have
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one more idea where you can go for the
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weekend