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There are plenty of awe-inspiring wonders around the world, but some have the power to make you feel like you stepped onto a completely different planet. These breathtaking landscapes will leave you wondering how they even exist on Earth.
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These breathtaking rainbow mountains are located in Gansu Province, China.
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Fly Geyser is a man-made wonder located in Nevada that was created by accident.
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One of the most mysterious places in the world, Lake Natron in Tanzania features patterns of red algae and salt formations in shallow salt waters.
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Painted dunes sit below the Cinder Cone in Lassen Volcanic National Park in California.
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The world’s largest salt flat, Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia looks like a lake that mirrors the sky.
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This majestic mountain, Mount Roraima, is located in Canaima National Park in Venezuela.
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Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park in Madagascar is home to stunning rock formations.
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The turquoise colors and splendid shapes create imagery of unearthly beauty in this beautiful sea cave in Patagonia, Chile.
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Dallol is a volcanic crater in the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia with dramatic hydrothermal features.
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Lake Hillier is a photogenic pink lake on a remote island in Western Australia.
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Tianzi Mountain in China’s Zhangjiajie National Forest Park are a sight to behold.
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Among the the coolest caves in the world, the Waitomo Caves in New Zealand glow thanks to luminescent glow worms.
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This jaw-dropping photo is of a narrow passageway in Antelope Canyon located near Page, Arizona.
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Beautiful dripping flowers are lit up at night in Ashikaga Flower Park in Japan. This dreamy botanical garden is famous for its wisteria flowers.
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The waters of Lake Retba in Senegal look pink.
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Panjin Red Beach in Liaoning, China, may seem like a rainbow beach you need to see to believe based on its name, but it’s actually a wetland covered by red seaweed.
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Beautiful giant Namib Desert sand dunes sit under the blue summer sky in Namibia. The desert runs for 1,200 miles along the Atlantic coast of Africa.
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Spotted Lake near Osoyoos, Canada, is a beautiful lake that creates circles of minerals when water evaporates in the summer.
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A scenic hike takes visitors to the striated sandstone rock formation known as the Wave located within the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness in Arizona.
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The Stone Forest in China may not be what you traditionally think of a forest, but it’s still one of the most beautiful in the world.
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What’s more out-of-this-world than a beautiful place called Moon Valley in Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park in Brazil?
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One of Mexico’s most amazing natural wonders, the Cave of the Crystals in Chihuahua, Mexico is filled with giant gypsum crystals.
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Wadi Rum may be nicknamed “the Valley of the Moon,” but it has been depicted as Mars in several films, making it a real-life movie location you can visit.
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Rifugio Re Alberto and the Vajolet Towers are seen in Italy on a beautiful summer day.
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Mount Bromo is an active volcano and part of the Tengger massif complex in East Java, Indonesia.
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Dead camel thorn trees sit against red dunes and blue sky in Namib Naukluft Park in Namibia.
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Cool landscapes like the Skaftafell Glacier in Vatnajokull National Park could be why Iceland was one of the trendiest travel destinations of the 2010s.
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Dragon’s blood trees can be found on one of the most beautiful islands you’ve never heard of before: Socotra, Yemen.
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Yellowstone may be one of the hardest national parks to explore, but it’s worth it to see the amazing colors of the Grand Prismatic Spring.
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The Moon Valley is one of the most-visited tourist attractions in the Atacama Desert, Chile.
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This is a cool nature photo of Brazil’s Lençóis Maranhenses National Park. It shows flat, flooded land interspersed with large sand dunes with blue and green lagoons.
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Rock formations in the shape of a mushroom and a chicken in the White Desert in Farafra, Egypt.
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The volcanic landscape of Giant’s Causeway features famous hexagonal basalt columns under a dramatic skyscape in Northern Ireland.
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Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in the Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. It’s one of the world’s strangest natural wonders.
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Sunbeams shine down on a waterfall in Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia, one of many beautiful waterfalls around the world.
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