50 Natural Wonders To Blow Your Mind (Lonely Planet) Kalya Ryan

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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