Even the work of the greatest artist cannot show all the beauty of the Earth. Sometimes, natural landscapes are so vibrant and extraordinary that you could be forgiven for thinking that you’re on another planet.
We thought we’d share these 20 photographs with you. Each one proves just how naturally beautiful our world is — even without using photoshop.
Yunnan, China
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Olympic National Park, USA
© Justin Jung
Hotaru Ika firefly squids, Japan
© Takehito Miyatake
Sunset on Pensacola beach, USA
© Anthony DellaCroce
Blue Pond, Hokkaido, Japan
© Miki Asai
The Namib Desert, Africa
© Beth McCarley
Daigo-ji temple, Japan
© Aleksei Mole
Volcanic lightning, Japan
© Takehito Miyatake
Lake Natron, Tanzania
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The 15 mile-long shadow of Fujiyama Mountain, Japan
© Kris Boorman
Forests without end, Russia
© Ivan Letokhin
The place where the Namib Desert meets the sea
© Roberto Sysa Moiola
Rapeseed fields in Luoping, China
© bbs
Dog-sledding in Greenland
© Joe Capra
Kazbegi, Georgia
© Alexandra Mednaya
The place where the North Sea and the Baltic Sea meet
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A farmer, Vietnam
© Yothin Insuk
A curious seal, USA
© Kyle McBurnie
Winter in Kamchatka, Russia
© Igor Shpilenok
Lake Retba, Senegal
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