Bricks are often made from a mixture of clay and water, shaped and then fired at high temperatures. During firing, it becomes hard and solid: this is...
Mexico City is situated in a basin surrounded by mountains, and originally, there was a series of shallow lakes. Over the millennia, these lakes filled...
Venice is built in the middle of a lagoon, a coastal space where the sea and land constantly mix. Its depth is very shallow, often...
At the beginning of the 20th century, prospectors flocked to the region, drawn by the discovery of opal in 1915. However, the problem is that...
Baia was an ultra-trendy seaside resort in ancient Rome, located on the coast of the volcanic region of the Phlegraean Fields, near Naples. Renowned for...
Beneath the Earth's crust, the mantle, a deep semi-fluid layer located beneath our feet, is always in motion. In certain places, warm currents slowly bring...
By the 1930s, Wittenoom became famous for mining blue asbestos (also known as crocidolite). Mining activities escalated in the 1940s and peaked in the 1950s, making the...
Kolmanskop was born in the early 1900s when the area was a German colony called German South West Africa. In 1908, a railway employee named...
The crazy colors of the hot springs in Yellowstone are often due to the presence of living microbes: bacteria, archaea, and microscopic algae, capable of...
The village of Jericoacoara is located in northeastern Brazil, in the state of Ceará, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. Nestled on an isolated peninsula, it...
