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The Danakil Depression in Ethiopia is one of the hottest places in the world.
Some are land formations molded over thousands of years by Mother Nature, while others are man-made creations that have altered the earth in strange ways.
From the bubbling lava lakes of Ethiopia, to a lake that has been nestled in the desert for 2,000 years, here are 29 landscapes that are so incredible, it's hard to believe they're real.
Megan Willett wrote an earlier verson of this story.