Wonders of the World

Earth’s most awesome places

The planet’s dramatic history reveals itself in the world’s oldest and deepest lake, Russia’s Baikal

 

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Sky 

Altipiano, Bolivia, Peru and Argentina

Redwoods, California

Reclaimed by Nature Machu Picchu, Peru

Northern Lights, Arctic Circle

Mount Everest, Nepal

Land

Yellowstone, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana

The Sahara, North Africa

Hawai’I Volcanoes, Hawai’i

Cave of Crystals, Mexico

Grand Canyon, Arizona

Reclaimed by Nature Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Great Rift Valley, East Africa

Patagonia, Argentina and Chile

Krubera Cave, Georgia

Tongario, New Zealand

Water

Blue holes, the Bahamas

Fjords, Norway

Kelp Forests, California

North Shore, Hawai’i

Reclaimed by Nature Garden Under the Sea, Grenada

Victoria Falls, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Lake Baikal, Russia

Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Rain Forest, Borneo

Blue Lagoon, Iceland

And in the ancient rocks of Africa’s Great Rift Valley.