Rainbow Beaches Around The World.. Exista plaje care nu sunt de aur...

RO: Exista plaje care nu sunt de aur...

EN: Rainbow Beaches Around The World..

RO: Plajele cu nisip auriu sunt asociate paradisului terestru. Dar plajele, ca aproape oricare dintre imaginile acestei lumi, sunt pentru toate gusturile.

Plaje cu nisip roz, rosu, alb, negru sau multicolor... In exemplele urmatoare: paradisuri colorate ale marii...

EN: Unless you're lucky enough to have visited some of the unique shorelines below you'll probably be used to seeing - at best - golden beaches on your travels. In fact a lot of people believe golden sands to be the only option when it comes to beaches. To prove otherwise, and to show off a few of the world's most uniquely coloured stretches of sand, we present the following selection....

Plaja cu nisip roz, in Bahamas

Pink sand beach, Bahamas

"Coral Pink Sand Beach" este o plaja intre palmieri, cu nisip roz, in Harbour Island, apartinand Insulelor Bahamas.

Culoarea  se datoreaza sfaramaturilor de coral cu nuante roz.

Coral Pink Sand Beach is a beach with palm trees and pink sand Harbour Island, Bahamas. It's color is due to sedimentation of pink coral.

Plaja rosie,  Kaihalulu, Hawaii.

Red Beach, Kaihalulu, Hawaii

Situata pe Insula  Maui in Hawai, aceasta plaja nu este usor accesibila, dar drumul anevois si lung merita... 

You won't find many beaches elsewhere in the world with sand as red as this one. 

 Culoarea rosie a nisipului se datoreaza eroziunii colinei de gresie rosie,  la picioarele careia se afla plaja.

Kaihalulu, or Red Sand Beach, is situated on the island of Maui and can thank the neighbouring cindercone hill for its intensely deep red appearance.

Plaja cu nisip alb, in Australia (Hyams Beach).

White sand beach, Hyams Beach, Australia

Inscrisa in Guiness Book ca «plaja cu nisipul cel mai alb din lume», situata in  New South Gale, la doua ore de Sydney, aceasta plaja se numeste Hyams Beach.

You may need to wear your shades when visiting Hyams Beach in New South Wales, Australia, but not just due to the sun. It's not surprising after looking at photos but this sublime stretch of beach is home to the whitest sand in the world, an honour awarded by the Guinness Book of Records.

Ea se compune in proportie de 99% din cuart pur.

It consists of 99% pure quartz.

Plaja de culoare neagra, Punaluu Beach, in Hawai.

Black sand beach, Punaluu Beach, Hawai

Punaluu este o plaja aflata intre Pahala si Na Alehu in Hawai. 

Nisipul negru provine de la lava bazaltica sfaramata. Aceasta caracteristica poate fi constatata si la alte plaje din Hawai.

Punalu'u Beach is the most visited of the few black sand beaches on Hawaii's Big Island and the stunningly black sand is actually volcanic rock, deposited as lava and subsequently cooled when met by the ocean. Apparently to take any of the sand home would result in you being cursed by a volcano goddess by the name of Pele.

Plaja cu nisip verde, Papakolea Beach, Hawai.

Green sand beach, Papakolea Beach, Hawai

Olivina, una din componentele comune ale lavei din Hawai, este relativ abundenta pe plaja Papakolea Beach. 

Din aceasta cauza, in special pe mal, plaja are o  tenta pronuntata de verde.

Sands derived from basaltic lava with high olivine content are usually green in colour. Olivine, a magnesium iron silicate, is one of the most common minerals on earth and has also been found on the Moon, Mars, in comet Wild 2 and in meteorites.

Plaja purpurie, Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur, Californie, USA.

Purple Sand Beach, Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur, California, United States

Colinele inconjuratoare de la Pfeiffer Beach pana la Big Sur, in California, sunt bogate in mangan grenat. 

Rezultatul eroziunii, dus de vant pana la plaja, este o combinatie de culori ce poate fi vazuta pe toata intinderea de nisip.

The hills surrounding Pfeiffer Beach in Big Sur, California, are rich in Manganese Garnet. A result of this being washed down onto the beach is the colour scheme you can see above - the entire stretch of sand has become a shifting, pink and purple canvas. Although it's probably inedible, I can't help picturing a bowl of Raspberry Ripple ice-cream every time I see it.

Sub actiunea valurilor, formele si fatetele minusculelor cristale se schimba si creeaza  reflexe magnifice, rosii, magenta si violet.

Under the action of the waves, the shapes and turns of tiny crystals change and create beautiful reflections, red, magenta and purple.