Exotics: multi-colored beaches

Many of us are accustomed to the fact that the sand on the beaches of Golden color. And sometimes imagine that, coming to rest on a coast of the sea or ocean, you will see a black, red or green beach, just seems impossible... But the amazing beauty of the colorful beaches though, and are quite rare in the world, still exists. Most of them are of volcanic origin, and the leader in the number of rare by the color of sand beaches are considered to be of Hawaii.

Black beach
Quite rarely found in nature the black sand can be seen to the South-West coast of the island of Hawaii at popular among travelers beach Punaluu. The origin of wonder by the color of sand is quite simple to explain volcanic activity: lava during the eruption of volcanoes flowed to the ocean, cooled down, and eventually to break up the waters of the ocean, becoming thus in the sand. So as the sand of the beach Punaluu unique, tourists warn - take a handful of sand with them to memory strictly prohibited by law.

Green beach
Not less rare in nature, there are amazing beaches with sand green - in the whole world there are only 2 such beach, one of which is located on the same island of Hawaii. The origin of the unusual color of the sand beach Papakolea Beach scientists also explain the volcanic activity, pointing to the prevailing on the beach green crystals chrysolite.

Red beach
The beaches of saturated red color are also quite rare natural phenomenon. See the sand of the rare red color can be on the beach Kaihalulu, located on the southern shore of the Hawaiian island of Maui. Sand saturated red color was formed here due to the crumbling volcano of Cauca.

Pink beach
Fabulously beautiful beach of Elafonisi with pink sand is located in the South-West of the Greek island of Crete. Elafosini, whose name in translation means «deer island», is a small island, located just 100 m from the island of Crete, get to the amazing beauty of the pink beach you can Wade in the underwater isthmus.

White beach
Beaches with white sand in the world there are not so little - like beaches are famous for Thailand, the Maldives Islands, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Vietnam... But the champion, who are in the book of Guinness, you can only call Hyams Beach, situated in a 3-hour drive South of Sydney in the Bay of Jervis Bay of the Australian state of New South Wales. All the matter is that the sand of the beach Hyams Beach is not just crystal-white, but also the smallest in the world (sometimes reminds tourists flour).