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Natural Wonders of the World; Share images of amazing landscapes here!
Topic Started: May 9 2014, 03:09 PM (6,815 Views)
Ignacio
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I'll start with Jiuzhaigou river - China

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Jiuzhaigou Valley is a nature reserve and national park located in the north of Sichuan, China. It is known for its many multi-level waterfalls, colorful lakes, and snow-capped peaks. Jiuzhaigou (literally "Nine Village Valley") takes its name from the nine Tibetan villages along its length. Jiuzhaigou Valley was inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1992 and a World Biosphere Reserve in 1997.

Local fauna includes the endangered giant panda and golden snub-nosed monkey. Both populations are very small (less than 20 individuals for the pandas) and isolated. Their survival is in question in a valley subject to increasing tourism. Jiuzhaigou is also home to approximately 140 bird species.
Edited by Ignacio, May 9 2014, 03:10 PM.
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Stephen
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Stuck on Earth

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Zhangye Danxia rock formation. Looks nice.
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Furka
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Nacionalni park Plitvička jezera, Croatia. I've been there.
2 species of crabs, 321 butterflies, 80 trichopteras, 7 fish species, 12 amphibians, very few reptiles due to cold climate, 157 birds and more than 50 mammals including otters, wolves, bears, linxes, deers and boars.

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And this is what happened when they introduced chubs, literally every inch of water is filled with them:

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●■♥WHY?♥■●

Fox Glacier, South Island, New Zealand

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" Along with the 12-kilometer Franz Josef Glacier (a short distance up the coast), the 13-kilometer Fox Glacier on New Zealand's South Island is one of the most easily accessible ice masses in the world.

Fox Glacier reaches almost to the coast, just 250 meters above sea level. Large chucks of ice breaking off the face make it dangerous to get too close.

Fox Glacier is in Westland National Park, 200 kilometers west of Christchurch. Get information on guided tours at www.newzealand.com "


Beautiful, just had too add this. :D
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Ignacio
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Talking about glaciers:

Perito Moreno - Argentina

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The Perito Moreno Glacier is a glacier located in the Los Glaciares National Park in southwest Santa Cruz province, Argentina. It is one of the most important tourist attractions in the Argentine Patagonia.

Pressures from the weight of the ice slowly pushes the glacier over the southern arm ("Brazo Rico") of "Lago Argentino" ("Lake Argentina") damming the section and separating it from the rest of the lake. With no outlet, the water-level on the "Brazo Rico" side of the lake can rise by as much as 30 meters above the level of the main body of Lake Argentina. Periodically, the pressure produced by the height of the dammed water breaks through the ice barrier causing a spectacular rupture, sending a massive outpouring of water from the Brazo Rico section to the main body of Lake Argentina. As the water exits Brazo Rico, the scored shoreline is exposed, showing evidence of the height of the water build-up. This dam–ice-bridge–rupture cycle recurs naturally between once a year to less than once a decade.
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Seven colored river, colombia

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Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala

In here there are not just cities built by the Maya like Tikal, the most famous ancient city found in the reserve, but here there are a lot of wildlife. The park is home to a large number of species of fauna including the Jaguar, the Puma, the Ocelot, the Margay, spider monkeys, howler monkeys, tapirs, crocodiles, the Red Brocket and the White-tail deers, the Harpy Eagle, several hawk species, the Scarlet Macaw, fresh water turtles, etc. It is larger than Yellowstone National park and has habitats from wetlands to low mountain ranges and has many bodies of water.
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Mathius Tyra
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Rat snake is love... Rat snake is life

No islands can beat Palau!

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Pull my finger!

Palau's got those cute jellies too :3
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Iguazú Falls - Argentina/Brazil

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The Iguazú falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the Argentina province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. The river flows through Brazil for most of its course, although most of the falls are on the Argentine side. Below its confluence with the San Antonio River, the Iguazu River forms the boundary between Argentina and Brazil.

Legend has it that a god planned to marry a beautiful woman named Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe. In rage, the god sliced the river, creating the waterfalls and condemning the lovers to an eternal fall

Numerous islands along the 2.7-kilometre-long (1.7 mi) edge divide the falls into numerous separate waterfalls and cataracts, varying between 60 to 82 metres (197 to 269 ft) high. The number of these smaller waterfalls fluctuates from 150 to 300, depending on the water level. About half of the river's flow falls into a long and narrow chasm called the Devil's Throat (Garganta del Diablo in Spanish or Garganta do Diabo in Portuguese). The Devil's Throat is U-shaped, 82 metres high, 150 m wide, and 700 m long (269×492×2,297 ft).

Upon seeing Iguazu, the United States' First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt reportedly exclaimed "Poor Niagara!" (which, at 50 m or 165 feet, are a third shorter). Iguazu is also often compared with Southern Africa's Victoria Falls which separates Zambia and Zimbabwe. Iguazu is wider, but because it is split into about 275 discrete falls and large islands, Victoria is the largest curtain of water in the world, at over 1,600 m (5,249 ft) wide and over 100 m (328 ft) in height.
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Francis
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Give me all the bacon and eggs you have

This maybe not be the most magnificent thing on Earth but it's the best natural wonder we got in malta :)
The Azure Window
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We got a similar cliff and arch in France. Made of limestone.

Les Falaises d'Étretat, Étretat's Cliffs

I've been there, an awesome place! Seagulls, Cormorants (YAY), the sea, amazing city.
(You can walk on the cliffs, but there aren't any fences. During my holidays someone jumped over the cliff... and died...)

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Cappadocia, Turkey:

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A Coupl of Wonders from Iceland

Gullfoss

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Skógafoss

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(Can I just say it takes forever to climb up there)

Geysir

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Þingvellir

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(These may just look like cliffs, but this is the rift between the Eurasian and North American Tectonic plates)

Jokulsarlon

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Jokulsarlon is honestly one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited. Especially at sunrise, or sunset, it is simply breathtaking.

Þorsmork

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This is for Crooky! :3 Þorsmork (named after Thor) is one of the things that inspired Tolkien to write the Lord of the Rings, and these great basalt cliffs are what inspired the gates of Mordor.

(These are actually my own photos from when I visited)

The Blue Lagoon

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This looks kinda man-made, but the pools are natural geothermal pools. Beautiful, but quite busy (also sometimes there's sharp rocks on the bottom, and you stink of egg for weeks afterwards)
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There is always something going on...

El Yunque, Puerto Rico

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One of the best my home has to offer... :3
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