If the Earth is our home, then Death Valley is its scorching hot oven. This stunning desert holds the record for the highest temperature recorded on earth — 56 °C.

10 The Danakil Desert, Eritrea

Baking temperatures that often top 50 degrees C, numerous active volcanoes, geysers that spit toxic gases — it’s hard to imagine a more brutal landscape than Africa’s the Danakil Desert.

9 Mount Washington, USA

The summit of Mount Washington holds the world record for the fastest winds on the surface of the Earth. The highest recorded speed here is 327 km/h.

8 Sinabung Volcano, Indonesia

This is an active volcano situated on the island of Sumatra. Eruptions occur here very frequently, often leaving thousands of people without shelter or livelihood.

7 lha da Queimada Grande (Snake Island), Brazil

Hidden somewhere off the coast of Brazil, this island is widely recognized as the most dangerous place on the planet.

The reason for this is quite simple — this place is full of one of the most venomous snakes in the world, Bothrops.

6 Madidi National Park, Bolivia

5 Valley of Death, Kamchatka, Russia

4 Bikini Atoll, The Marshall Islands

Lost somewhere in the ocean, this island looks like a paradise, doesn’t it?

But Bikini Atoll was actually home to numerous nuclear testing programs that turned the picturesque island of Bikini into a radioactive wasteland.

3 The Elephant Kingdom in Chonburi, Thailand

2 Afar Depression, Ethiopia

1 Lake Natron, Tanzania