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
Olympic National Park, USA
Hotaru Ika firefly squids, Japan
Sunset on Pensacola beach, USA
Blue Pond, Hokkaido, Japan
The Namib Desert, Africa
Daigo-ji temple, Japan
Volcanic lightning, Japan
Lake Natron, Tanzania
The 15 mile-long shadow of Fujiyama Mountain, Japan
Embraces of seal and white whale
Forests without end, Russia
The place where the Namib Desert meets the sea
Rapeseed fields in Luoping, China
Dog-sledding in Greenland
Kazbegi, Georgia
The place where the North Sea and the Baltic Sea meet
A farmer, Vietnam
A curious seal, USA
Winter in Kamchatka, Russia
Lake Retba, Senegal