9 Places to See Before They Slip Away!

Dead Sea - The giant lake's water level has sunk more than 80 feet

(25 meters) in the past 40 years due to water diversion. Bordering 

Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank, the Dead Sea already sits in the

lowest place on Earth. 

Kyoto, Japan - The machiya, which date to Japan's Edo Period

(1603 to 1867), once functioned as both houses and workplaces for 

Kyoto's merchant class.

Solomon Islands --Black-tipped reef sharks swarm Tetapare, the largest uninhabited tropical island in the Southern Hemisphere.

Glacier National Park, Montana --Montana's Glacier National Park 

may soon face an identity crisis: Some scientists have predicted the 

park will be glacier free by 2020 due to climate change.

Bhutan --As long-isolated Bhutan embraces the outside world, there's

a "balancing act" the Buddhist country has to strike between tourism and 

historic traditions, noted the World Monument Fund's Avrami. 

Atlantic Forest, South America --Shown abutting the Brazilian city 

of Belo Horizonte in 2004, the species-rich Atlantic Forest originally

spanned 520,000 square miles (1.35 million square kilometers) in Brazil, 

Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay.

Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania --They've been around for at least 

10,000 years, but Mount Kilimanjaro's glaciers (pictured) have shrunk 

by 80 percent in roughly the past century, according to the UN.

The Everglades, Florida --The Everglades has had its share of troubles,

from invasive pythons to polluted waters to damaging recreation practices.

Maldives --Smoke rises from burning waste on Thilafushi, Maldives,

the lowest-lying country on Earth—and therefore among the most

threatened by potential sea level rise, which the Intergovernmental

Panel on Climate Change estimates could total up to 23 inches 

(60 centimeters) by 2099. 

Norway

Norway is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy with a total area of 385,252 square kilometres (148,747 sq mi) and a population of about 5 million. It is the second least densely populated country in Europe. The capital city of Norway is Oslo.

Norway is popular for stunning and dramatic scenery and landscape. The west coast of southern Norway and the coast of northern Norway present some of the most visually impressive coastal sceneries in the world. National Geographic has listed the Norwegian fjords as the top tourist attraction in the world.

The 2012 Environmental Performance Index put Norway in third place, based on the environmental performance of the country's policies.

Natural Beauty of Wind River Range in Wyoming, USA

The range of Wind River is a real range of from 100 miles long in the western mountains of Wyoming. It is part of the Rocky Mountains.

Gannett Peak, the highest in Wyoming at 13,804 feet (4207 m), is included in this range. Gannett Peak can be climbed in a walk of 4-6 days, and are not recommended for beginners. The Wind River Range is part of two national forests: the Shoshone National Forest and the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

Sulawesi Island - Indonesia

Sulawesi is one of the four larger sunda islands of Indonesia and the world's eleventh-largest island.

It is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.

Thailand’s Phi Phi islands

Once a backpacker’s secret, Thailand’s Phi Phi islands exploded onto the tourist map after the release of The Beach, a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio that was filmed on one of the islands. Ko Phi Phi Don and Ko Phi Phi Lee are located between the island of Phuket and mainland Thailand off the West coast of Thailand in the Andaman Sea. Ko Phi Phi Don is the larger of the two islands and is home to permanent residents and a myriad of accommodations for tourists. Ko Phi Phi Lee has spectacular white sand beaches and can be visited by boat only, with trips leaving from the larger island throughout the day. Visitors can enjoy diving, snorkeling and kayaking in the waters off both islands.

There are six islands in the group known as Phi Phi. They lie 50 km south-east of Phuket and are part of Hadnopparattara-Koh Phi Phi National Park which is home to an abundance of corals and marine life. There are limestone mountains with cliffs, caves and long white sandy beaches. The national park covers a total area of 242,437 Rai.

Phi Phi Don and Phi Phi Le are the largest and most well-known islands. Phi Phi Don is 28 sqkm: 8 km in length and 3.5 km wide. Phi Phi Le is 6.6 km. via

Blue Lake in Russia

Underwater photographer Viktor Lyagushkin explores the Blue Lake in Russia 

National Geographic photographer Victor Lyagushkin accompanied a team of divers to explore the underwater cave network of the Blue Lake, near the Caucasus Mountains in Russia.

At 770 feet long, 400 meters wide and 800-feet-deep, the Blue Lake is currently considered to be the deepest type of lake in the world, called a Karsk lake. Karsk lakes are usually formed from limestone rock which is eroded by water from below.

"Russian divers attempted to locate the cave system and source of the spring leading into one of the deepest underwater cave systems in the world," said Victor. "Such complicated and deep dives need a big team of well-educated and experienced divers who work together as a team."

"The problem is that this unique natural object was not explored at all - we know almost nothing about it. The aim of the project was to make scientists pay attention to this lake and to make them start researching it. We wanted people to understand that this is not a puddle, but an unknown and wonderful world under the water."

The Blue Lake, near the Caucasus Mountains in Russia

Obseving underwater shrubs

Plant like growths

This can be a totally new experience and adventure

Sunlight shows through water

After the exploration, it is time to head for the surface