The Broken Glass Beach Of Russia, Wonders Of Mother Nature

Nature has always something to give, be it deserts, green lush lowlands, snow-capped mountain ranges, forests or beaches. Nature has the ability to convert any random entity into a beauty. One such example is the Steklyashka Glass Beach of Russia. The exact location of this beach is Gornostai Bay in Ussuri Bay, near the Vladivostok Port in the east.

It all started with Russians dumping their vodka and beer bottles on this beach and before USSR disintegrated, this bay was used as dumping site for ceramics and glass. After USSR disintegrated, the site had been closed and left on its own.

No one paid attention to this beach, neither the government nor the common folks. It remained a dumping ground for all. Earlier no human was allowed to get near this bay because of the dangerous shards of ceramics, porcelain and glass bottles.

However, with every wave reaching the shore the place got more and more beautiful by the moment. The pieces of glass and ceramics got continuously eroded by water. Mother nature did wonders to that place and with years of polishing and smoothing of glasses into pebbles of varied colors by waves and surrounded by hills and mountains, it now stands as a marvel, a treat for our eyes.