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BY JULIE BEER AND MICHELLE HARRIS
WHAT Pink Sand Beach
WHERE Harbour Island,
Bahamas WHY IT’S
BIZARRE Crushed-up
coral, clams, and other
small-shelled inverte-
brates create a grainy,
pale pink sand that covers
stretches of shore on this
island. Pink sand beaches
can also be found in
Bermuda, Indonesia,
Crete, and the Seychelles
Islands in the Indian
Ocean.
WHAT Genipabu WHERE Natal, Brazil WHY IT’S BIZARRE
Somewhere between Brazil’s tallest sand dunes you’ll
find these freshwater lagoons, their deep-blue water
a shocking contrast against the bright white peaks. Looking
for adventure? Leap from a trapeze on the dunes into the
sparkling water below.
WHAT Zlatni Rat WHERE Bol, Croatia, in Europe WHY IT’S
BIZARRE This narrow beach is a real shape-shifter. Its tip—
which sticks out as much as 1,640 feet into the crystal blue
water—shifts in different directions as a result of wind,
waves, and currents.
WHAT Bowling Ball Beach WHERE Mendocino County,
California WHY IT’S BIZARRE Resembling oversize bowling
balls, the round stones that line the coast in this state park
are known as concretions: They’re made when minerals bind
to grains of sand before the rest of the rock erodes.
WHAT Glass Beach
WHERE Fort Bragg,
California
WHY IT’S BIZARRE
Decades ago, the
water along this
beach was a dumping
ground for glass bot-
tles and other debris.
Now, what was once
tossed in the ocean
has now washed up as
a rainbow of shimmer-
ing sea glass covering
the coves.
TICKLED
PINK
HAVING
A BALL
GLASS
FROM
THE PAST
COOL
POOLS
TIP
OFF