Curious places in Yemen
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An alien-looking ecosystem where dragon's blood trees (shaped like upturned umbrellas) evolved in complete isolation. 37% of plant species and 90% of reptile species are found nowhere else on Earth.
A meteorite with over 60 different rock types from across the solar system, minerals that couldn't have formed in the same place. It's like finding rocks from Mercury, Mars, and the asteroid belt mixed together. How these fragments ended up in one object is planetary science's strangest puzzle.
Underwater caves hosting bioluminescent corallimorphs found nowhere else. The isolated marine ecosystem evolved unique species of fish and invertebrates adapted to life in submarine caverns.
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