25 photos that prove the world is an utterly wonderful place

Bright Side did it again: we’ve prepared for you a fresh batch of photos that are quite mind-blowing as they are, no editing required. It’s amazing what you can see if you know where to look! Unusual trees, perfect lakes, dazzling skies, rebellious winds and umbrellas flying in the air — all of this is waiting for you just around the corner. Each picture is a small wonder, spotted and captured by a photographer. Enjoy!

Colorful Koi goldfish, Yunnan

1,400-year-old ginkgo tree shedding its leaves, China

A vertical garden

A tree grows on the roof of a temple, Cambodia

Crooked Forest, Poland

A gull stands on the ice of the Maschsee Lake in Hanover, Germany

Red Beach in Panjin, China

Mary Poppins would love this. Flying umbrellas, Portugal

Tulip fields near Voorhout in the Netherlands

Tham Khoun Xe, a cave on the border of Laos and Vietnam

Apocalyptic sunset

The erupting Piton de la Fournaise volcano on Réunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean

Sparks Fly

Patterns on the floor of the Florence Cathedral

Looking Up

A Date

Light Pillars in the Sky

Fog tsunami, San Francisco

Winter Storm Jonas, New York

Storm Imogen, southern England

A car left outside overnight in Hamburg, New York, near Lake Erie

Wenatchee river, Washington

Something is taking a walk among clouds

A high-contrast forest in Wyoming

A fireball cloud over the island of Madeira, Portugal