Finding a giant lighthouse in the middle of a dry Russian steppe feels like stumbling across a submarine in Arizona. Travelers driving through Astrakhan probably think they’ve entered a video game glitch when a towering brick lighthouse suddenly appears miles away from any visible water. But this bizarre structure isn’t proof that somebody’s drunk uncle got promoted to city planner — it’s actually a haunting reminder that the landscape around it used to be underwater. Nature basically moved the shoreline and forgot to take the lighthouse with it.
The Desert Lighthouse of Astrakhan – A Fascinating Anomaly
