world’s most beautiful scenes

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The world we live in is a fantastic and an amazingly

beautiful place. We are all in such a hurry so much of the

time that we often forget to stop and admire the natural

beauty all around us. At the same time few of us will explorefarther a field to find those particular scenes that stand out

as true testaments to the beauty of nature - not for lack of

ability, but often because we simply don't know what's out

there. There is nothing more breathtaking and nothing as

able to put your life in perspective as seeing some of theworld's most beautiful scenes. Here we will look at what

some of the world's most beautiful scenes are, what they

entail, and how you can find them for yourself.


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1. The northern lights must be one of the world's mostbeautiful scenes and areall the more fantastic forthe fact that theyare not seen in many parts of the

world.

2. These lights, which can be seen from the Northpole, Scotland, and other regions during the right

times, spread amazingly vivid colours across the skyand interact with the stars to provide one of themost truly breathtaking sights and surely one of theworld's most beautiful scenes.


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3. It is caused by the collision of charged particles

directed by the Earth's magnetic field.

4. It is also referred to as a polar aurora or, collectively,

as polar lights

, Aurora.

5. In Europe, in the Middle Ages, theauroras were

commonly believed a sign from God.

6. The ultimateenergy source of theaurora is the solar

wind flowing past the Earth.


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1. The grand canyon is one of those things that feels

like it shouldn't exist.

2. It's so huge, so sparse, and so dwarfing, that any of

us feel small standing at the top.

3. The new sky walk now also allows you to stand on a

glass over hang and look directly down which is

enough to make most people instantly dizzy.

4. One of the world's most beautiful scenes, and so

near to civilization too.


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5.TheGrand Canyon is asteep-sided canyon carved by the

Colorado River in the United States in the state of

Arizona.

6. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National

Park, one of the first national parks in the United States.

7. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18

miles (29 km) wideand attains a depth of over a mile

(1.83 km) (6000 feet).

8. The Grand Canyon is known for its visually

overwhelming sizeand its intricateand colorful

landscape.


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1. Okay so there's nothing unusual about the stars and

you can find them no matter whereyou are in the

world by just looking up at night.

2. However thereare few sights more wonderful than

a sky full of shimmering stars which in realityare

millions of light years away.

3. For one of the most beautiful scenes on Earth, all

you have to do is look up.


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CapeTown

1. Cape town is sometimes referred to as 'heaven on

Earth' due to its innate beauty, and one can easily

see why.

2. A small quaint town in South Africa, it is surrounded

byhuge looming mountains, and looks incredible

when lit up at night.

3. A perfect merging of man made city lights and

natural rock formations and mountains to create

another of the world's most beautiful scenes.


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Brazil: Waterfalls are beautiful in any caseand seeing

water crashing down the side ofa mountain is a

wondrous demonstration of nature's destructive

power.

The Iguaza waterfalls however are renowned as the

most beautiful in the world due to the surrounding

scenery, the great panoramas, and their sizeand

number making this a shoe in for any list of the

world's most beautiful scenes.


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Legend has it that a god planned to marrya beautiful

woman named Naip, who fled withher mortal lover

Tarob in a canoe. In rage the god sliced the river,creating the waterfalls and condemning the lovers to

an eternal fall.

The waterfall system consists of 275 falls along

2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) of the Iguazu River. Some of

the individual falls are up to 82 metres (269 ft) in

height, though the majorityareabout 64 metres

(210 ft).

Two-thirds of the falls are within Argentine territory


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In Yellowstone park the grand prismatic spring is ascolourful and spectacular as its name suggests.

Visit during the summer when the chlorophyll is low andthe mats surrounding the steaming azure blue springsappears completely orangeas though surrounded bylava.Beautiful and compelling.

It is the largest hot spring in the United States, and thethird largest in the world, next to those in New Zealand.

It is located in the Midway Geyser Basin.


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The first records of the spring are from early European

explorers and surveyors.

In 1839, a group of fur trappers from the American Fur

Company crossed the Midway Geyser Basin and made

note ofa "boiling lake", most likely the Grand Prismatic

Spring, witha diameter of300 feet (90 m).

In 1870 the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition

visited the spring, noting a50-foot (15 m) geysernearby (later named Excelsior).


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Spotted Lake

A site in Columbia whichhas ahigh concentration ofvarious minerals that createa 'spotted' appearance.

During the summer the water evaporates making thelakeappear as hundreds of 'spots' rather than one largemass of water.

It is one of the world's most beautiful scenes and alsoone of the most alien.

Spotted Lake is a salineendorheic alkali lake locatednorthwest ofOsoyoos in British Columbia.


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Spotted Lake is veryhighly concentrated with

numerous different minerals.

It contains some of thehighest quantities (in

the world) of magnesium sulfate, calcium and

sodium sulphates.

It also contains extremelyhigh concentrations

of8 other minerals as well as some smalldoses of four others suchas silver and

titanium.


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A cave in New Zealand filled with thousands of tiny

glow worms that fill the dark caves like tiny neon

stars.

Sailing through the caves feels like sailing through

spaceand it's a truly breathtaking and almost

unbelievableexperience.

TheWaitomo Glowworm Cave is a cave on the

North Island of New Zealand, known for its

population of glowworms, Arachnocampa luminosa.


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These glowworms are found exclusively in New Zealandand around the size ofan average mosquito.This cave ispart of the Waitomo Caves system that includes the

Ruakuri Caveand the Aranui Cave.

The guided tour through the Glowworm Cave brings thevisitor through three different levels and begins at thetop level of the caveand the Catacombs.

The levels are linked by theTomo, which is a16 mvertical shaft made of limestone.

The second level is called theBanquet Chamber.Thislevel is whereearly visitors stopped to eat and there isevidence of this in the smoke on the ceiling of thechamber.


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From here it may be possible to link back to the

upper level to see the largest formation called the

PipeOrgan but on busy days this area is closed to

the public because the build-up of carbon

monoxide may behazardous.

The third and final level goes down into the

Cathedral, demonstration platform, and the jetty.

The Cathedral is an enclosed area with rough

surfaces and is about 18 m high making for great

acoustics.


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