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Chamarel, Mauritius

Seven Coloured Earths

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

Square-Dancing Fish and the World's Oldest Genitals

oriana leckert October 24, 2014

Metamorphosis of a Dismal Frontier: The European Green Belt

Ethan Shaw October 22, 2014

Pine Creek Gorge

Wellsboro, Pennsylvania

Pine Creek Gorge

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

Produzione by John Kørner

Kibæk, Denmark

Deep Forest Artland Skovsnogen

This Danish art forest places loud works of contemporary art among the pensive silence of nature.

Strip-Mall Totems: The Trees of Sprawl

Ethan Shaw October 8, 2014

Proenneke's Cabin

Lake and Peninsula, Alaska

Proenneke's Cabin

The simple log cabin of a famed loner and naturalist stands preserved as a symbol of the ultimate DIY lifestyle.

Cart tracks carved out of the bedrock.

Mount Nokogiri (Saw Mountain)

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

Nine Mile Run

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Nine Mile Run

This picturesque stream was up until recently the site of a ten story mountain of slag and sewage.

Mills Canyon, Kiowa National Grassland

Mills, New Mexico

Kiowa National Grassland

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

Niah Caves

One of the largest caverns in the world has a maw large enough to stack cathedrals in.

Morondava, Madagascar

Avenue of the Baobabs

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

Farmington, New Mexico

Bisti Badlands

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Ptarmigan Tunnel

West Glacier, Montana

Ptarmigan Tunnel

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

Jockey's Ridge

Nags Head, North Carolina

Jockey's Ridge

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Raleigh, North Carolina

Cloud Chamber for the Trees and Sky

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

S'Archittu

S'Archittu, Italy

S'Archittu

The titular "little arch" near this Italian resort is one of the most popular diving spots in the country.

Forest of Borth

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.