50 Natural Wonders To Blow Your Mind (Lonely Planet)

by Lonely Planet (Author), Lonely Planet (Author), Kalya Ryan (Author), Lonely Planet (Author)

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  2017

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  From the people who've been delivering trustworthy guidebooks to every destination in the world for 40 years, Lonely Planet's 50 Natural Wonders To Blow Your Mind will take you on a tour of the world's most mind-boggling wild and wonderful places, and help you discover just how extraordinary our planet really is.

  For all of our obsessions with man-made wonders, nothing compares to the creations of Mother Nature. Vast underground cave systems, wild desert landscapes, breathtaking waterfalls, staggering geology and spectacular vestiges of our prehistoric past all remind us of our small place in Earth's story.

  Even with our ever-expanding knowledge of the way the world has come to be, some landscapes still leave us utterly perplexed. This is the mystery and the majesty of the natural world. In this book we've attempted to capture just a fraction of what our planet has to offer, and we hope it inspires you to get out and find your own slice of pleasure in the great outdoors.

  Contents:
  
  Beach idyll
  Beach of the Cathedrals // Spain
  Hidden Beach, Marieta Islands // Mexico
  Moeraki Boulders, South Island // New Zealand
  Palawan Island // The Philippines
  Santorini, Cyclades Islands // Greece
  Vaadhoo Island // Maldives
  
  Deep down
  Cave of Crystals // Mexico
  Darvaza Crater // Turkmenistan
  Grand Prismatic Spring, Wyoming // USA
  Great Barrier Reef, Queensland // Australia
  Great Blue Hole // Belize
  Hang Son Doong // Vietnam
  Jeita Grotto, Keserwan // Lebanon
  Lake Baikal, Siberia // Russia
  Manjanggul Lava Tube // South Korea
  Marble Caves // Chile and Argentina
  Mendenhall Ice Caves, Alaska // USA
  The Mariana Trench // Western Pacific Ocean

  Mountainous wonders
  Huangguoshu Waterfall // China
  Lauterbrunnen Valley // Switzerland
  Milford Sound, South Island // New Zealand
  Mount Everest // Nepal and Tibet
  Mount Roraima // Venezuela
  Musandam Fjords // Oman
  Perito Moreno Glacier // Argentina
  The Grand Canyon, Arizona // USA
  Tianzi Mountains // China
  Trolltunga // Norway
  
  Mystical and mythical
  Aurora Borealis // Greenland
  Fairy Pools, Isle of Skye // Scotland
  Fingal's Cave, Inner Hebrides // Scotland
  Giant's Causeway, County Antrim // Northern Ireland
  The Waitomo Glow-worm Caves // New Zealand
  Uluru, Northern Territory // Australia

  National parks
  Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory // Australia
  Lencois Maranhenses National Park // Brazil
  Plitvice Lakes National Park // Croatia
  The Wildebeest Migration // Tanzania and Kenya
  Yosemite National Park, California // USA
  
  Strange landscapes
  Bristlecone Pines, California // USA
  Crooked Forest // Poland
  Eye of the Sahara // Mauritania
  Ice Towers of Mount Erebus // Antarctica
  Living Root Bridges of Cherrapunji // India
  Pamukkale // Turkey
  Sagano Bamboo Forest // Japan
  Salar de Uyuni // Bolivia
  Socotra Island and Archipelago // Yemen
  Spotted Lake, British Columbia // Canada
  White Desert // Egypt

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