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NATURAL WONDERS.... AMAZING...!

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Chinstrap penguins (*Pygoscelis antarctica *) ride out high surf on blue-ice

icebergs near Candlemas Island in the South

Sandwich Islands . Safe for the moment from predaceous leopard seals,

chinstrap penguins are the second most

abundant species in Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic.

A deep gorge drops some 650 feet (198 meters) near the abandoned city of

Araden , Crete .. Visitors can descend into

the gorge and walk a little more than 4 miles ( 6.4 kilometers) to the

Mediterranean Sea . In addition to magnificent

scenery, the gorge provides a 2,460-foot (750-meter) descent to the sea.

A storm passes over Yellow Mounds Overlook in South Dakota 's Badlands ,

casting light and shadow below. Although

the region's name derives from the Oglala Sioux words *mako sica *or " land

bad, " the Badlands showcase the powerful

effects of wind and water and contain fossil beds dating to 35 million

years ago.

Towering in close symmetry, these basalt columns near Fingal's Cave form the

base of the ish island of Staffa .

The columns formed when cooling lava flows met bedrock an the region's cold

weather. The island contains three main caves.

For trees that grow on mountaintops near Cape Town , South Africa , wind can

be a magnificent sculptor. Trees

that can handle the wind's effects best will alter their shape to deal with

the load of the wind

Silhouetted by the sun, the Hand of Fatima rock formations near Hombori

village stretch toward the sky in Mali .

The tallest tower rises 2,000 feet (610 meters) from the desert floor. Lore

has it that the formations' name stems

from the five towers' resemblance to a hand from the sky.

Erosion's force becomes clear in these limestone cliffs in Port

National Park , Australia . About five million

years ago the area was a limestone plateau, but as sea levels rose the

effects of surf and rain began to carve out

these magnificent cliffs, along with stacks and arches.

Towers of salt and a riverbed colored by crystallized salt create an

otherworldly landscape in Ethiopia 's Danakil Desert .

Sitting more than 300 feet (90 meters) below sea level, with temperatures

reaching 120 degrees Fahrenheit

(49 degrees Celsius), local inhabitants prize the Danakil for one thing: its

salt deposits.

Travertine chimneys near Lake Abbe , Djibouti , were created by hot springs

depositing calcium carbonatehe same

process that creates stalactites and stalagmites. Some of the formations

reach 165 feet (50 meters) near the lake

located on the Ethiopia-Djibouti border.

A thick blanket of snow covers West Thumb Geyser Basin in Yellowstone

National Park . There are more geysers in

this park than anywhere else in the

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