20 Out-Worldly Places On Earth That Look So Unrealistic, But They Aren't

This world is uncanny! The more you discover it, the more amazing it turns out to be. And the gems it holds within it, some of them are just so unbelievable, they look like they belong to another planet.

Emerald Ice On Baikal Lake, Russia: Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, remains covered with ice for almost five months a year. Every winter as the temperature plummets below zero, the surface of the world's largest freshwater lake freezes. But ice doesn't begin to form until the middle of winter, long after the beginning of severe Siberian frosts. When other rivers and lakes froze long before in the year, Baikal still resists ice formation.