Auyantepui, the Devil's Mountain

Mount Auyantepui a.k.a. the Devil's Mountain is the most visited and famous table-top mountain in Venezuela. At more or less 700 square kilometers, it is one of the largest table-top mountain in the world and is located in the Gran Sabana region in Bolivar State.

Mount Auyantepui, the Devil's Mountain (Source)

This impressive and heart-shaped table-top mountain is almost 3,000 meters high and houses the Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world,

Mount Auyantepui with the Angel Falls (Source: ent108)

Auyantepui surrounded by clouds (Source)

Panoramic view of Auyantepui (Source)

Flaming Cliffs, the Dinosaurs' Graveyard

The Flaming Cliffs is the area of the Gobi desert in Mongolia famous for the first nest of dinosaur eggs and other fossils found by the American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews in 1922. Andrews nicknamed the site "Flaming Cliffs" because of the surreal glowing orange color of the rocks.

The Flaming Cliffs panorama (Source)

In Mongolian dialect, this region is called Bayanzag, which means "rich in saxaul shrubs". It is comprised of red sand, rocks, scorching sun, and emptiness.

The Flaming Cliffs (Source)

Flaming Cliffs is also close to the region where researchers discovered the tangled remains of a Protoceratops and a Velociraptor. The remains appear to have been locked in a death struggle at the time of their sudden demise. Researchers suggested that the dinosaurs who died at Flaming Cliffs died quickly, possibly by fierce sandstorms which buried them alive.

Rock formation at Flaming Cliffs (Source)

The Flaming Cliffs at mid-day (Source)

Al-Hasa Oasis, World's Largest Oasis

The Al-Hasa oasis is the largest oasis in the world. It is located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and has an area of of about 120 km with a population of 600,000 based on 2003 estimate. The Oasis has a dry and tropical climate, with a five-month summer and a relatively cold winter. Despite being surrounded by desserts, it enjoys the benefits of copious reserves of underground water.

Al-Hasa Oasis (Source)

Having an abundant source of water, the central economic activity of the oasis is agriculture. Some of agricultural products are date palms, rice, corn, citrus and other fruits and raising of sheep, goats, cattle and camels also exists making Al-Hasa one of the major food producers in this arid country.

Al-Hasa Natioanl Park (Source)