Thread on the beauty of our planet to celebrate Earth Day 🧵
1. Meteor over Mount Fuji by H. Manabe
2. Most of us only ever see a fraction of a full rainbow. Yet, from an airplane and in the perfect conditions, we can witness its true form—a complete circle.
3. Cliffs of Moher, Ireland by Max Malloy
4. A stunning "firefall" created by the setting sun illuminating Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park.
5. Heart Lake, Ontario, Canada
6. Freezing bubble
7. Mammatus clouds in Oklahoma
8. A reindeer beneath the Northern Lights
9. Amazon River from space
10. Geiranger, Norway
11. Socotra Island, Yemen
The Dragon Blood Tree (Dracaena cinnabari) is an iconic symbol of Socotra. This otherworldly tree, with its unique umbrella-shaped canopy, can live for more than 1,000 years.
12. Bioluminescence in the rain
13. Monarch butterfly migration
14. Square waves in Whangamata, New Zealand
15. Salar de Uyuni mirror effect after rain
16. In Colombia, there's a gorgeous river named Caño Cristales, "the crystal channel." Its waters are so clear that you can see the plants growing on the river bed.
17. Salt Mountains, Iran
18. Zhangjiajie National Park, China
19. Mother Nature’s color palette. Broome, Western Australia.
20. Vinicunca, the rainbow mountain in Peru
21. The Marble Caves of Patagonia
22. Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone
The colors of the largest hot spring in the United States match most of those seen in the rainbow dispersion of white light by an optical prism: red, orange, yellow, green, and blue.
23. Breathtaking morning view in Himachal Pradesh, India
24. "It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream."
25. Rainbow Waterfall
"Very high winds at the perfect time of day and unusual heavy water for November, these special circumstances created a previously undocumented 2,400 foot rainbow waterfall" -Photographer Greg Harlow
26. Sequoia National Park, California
27. Angel Falls, Venezuela
It is the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 metres (3,212 ft), and a plunge of 807 m (2,648 ft).
28. Love beach, Islas Marietas, Mexico
29. Lake Braies, Italy
Also known as the "Pearl of the Alps" due to its popularity among tourists, this natural lake originated from a landslide that blocked the river Braies, at the foot of the rock wall of Croda del Becco (2,810 meters).
30. Machu Picchu by Vincent Lim
In the Quechua language, machu means "old" or "old person," while picchu means "pyramid," "pointed, multi-sided solid," or "cone." For this reason, the site's name is often interpreted as "ancient mountain."
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