I love holidays and i am always intrigued by spectacular places that shows unique landscape and properties. You can bet i will sure try to link it to o level chemistry theories that i have learned before. This is what i call APPLICATION of Chemistry Theories & it’s Interesting!
Below you will see photos of 5 strangely coloured beaches, that were emailed to me by my buddy, Mr Mohd Nizam, to share with the local students that i coached, as well as my global blog audience.
Unless you’re lucky enough to have visited some of the unique shorelines below you’ll probably be used to seeing – at best – golden beaches on your travels. In fact a lot of people believe golden sands to be the only option when it comes to beaches. To prove otherwise, and to show off a few of the world’s most uniquely coloured stretches of sand, we present the following selection….
Punalu’u Beach
Punalu’u Beach is the most visited of the few black sand beaches on Hawaii ‘s Big Island and the stunningly black sand is actually volcanic rock, deposited as lava and subsequently cooled when met by the ocean. Apparently to take any of the sand home would result in you being cursed by a volcano goddess by the name of Pele.
Papakolea Beach
One of only 2 green sand beaches in the world, the truly magnificent sight of Papakolea Beach can be experienced by travelling to Hawaii ‘s Ka’u district. Again, the unique colour of its sand can be attributed to volcanic activity – specifically, the green hue belongs to the abundance of olivine crystals which have been produced as a result of a nearby cinder cone erupting and eroding.
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