Our Beautiful Planet

 Computer-generated image depicting all the world's water shown gathered into one surprisingly small sphere

 Golden jellyfish - in Jellyfish Lake, Palau - are often found in these large salt water lakes that are almost cut off from the sea.

 The sun sets over Pipeline Beach, Hawaii.

 Banks of coral off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii.

 Gorge cutting into the coast of Molokai, Hawaii.

 Ice cave beneath the Engabreen Glacier in Svartisen, northern Norway.

 Iceberg in Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland.

 Fissures in the ground through a port hole, Afar region, Ethiopia.

 Sunset in Nullarbor Plain, southwestern Australia.

 Baobab Trees in Avenue du Baobab, Madagascar.

 Jagged mountains.

 Spewing lava in Erte Ale, Ethiopia.

 A sea of orange-colored dunes in the Namib Desert show plate tectonics at work.

Mud pool in Waitapu, New Zealand.


These are all pictures from the National Geographic web site.

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July 2008