25 Of Earth’s Most Breathtaking Natural Wonders

Located about 125 km south of Reykjavik, the uniqueness of this waterfall makes it a popular tourist stop.

Known as the jewel of the Rockies, this is one of the most photographed lakes in North America.

One of Ireland’s biggest natural tourist attractions, these cliffs are known for amazing views and incredible cliff-side trails.

A nature lover’s paradise, the clear water of these lakes rests between rocky cliffs and gushing waterfalls.

Made up of nearly 3,000 individuals reefs, the Great Barrier Reef extends for nearly 2,600 km and is the world’s largest structure composed of living organisms.

Although this volcano inside a volcano has for the most part been closed off to the public, locals will still stop by every year to throw live chickens into the crater as part of the Kasada festival.

This bay in Vietnam is filled with thousands of small islands and standing stacks that are overgrown with shrubbery.

Among some of the highest cliffs in the world, Trango Tower rises a kilometer above the other granite spires in the vicinity.

Spread over 350 square kilometers in Yunnan province, these stone needles look like an ancient petrified forest.

The lush green mountains ripple with slopes and ridges for more than 1,300 meters before dipping into the Pacific.

At the world’s largest salt flat you’ll find plenty of interesting things, including a hotel made entirely of salt.

With a 604-meter drop from a flat plateau with no safety railings, this is not a place for vertigo sufferers.

This 300 square kilometer caldera offers the best chances of seeing Africa’s wild animals. Lions, rhino, leopards, elephant, buffalo and nearly every other east African animal call this place home.

Surrounded by cliffs on all sides, the top of this mountain has been isolated for thousands of years which has created an impressively unique ecosystem.

On the topic of big rocks, you can’t forget about the largest monolith (single rock) in the world.

The sight of this glacier’s blue peaks draws numerous visitors every year.

The highest waterfall in the world, water has been known to evaporate into mist before reaching the bottom.

One of South America’s largest lakes is also the highest commercially navigable lake in the world.

Discovered in 2000, this cave has some of the largest selenite crystals in the world.

Another incredible cave system, this time it was created over centuries of wave erosion.

Dotted with clusters of mushroom-like white rocks, this desert owes its strange appearance to the wind

These spherical stones can be up to 7 feet in diameter. They were formed by compacted sediment underground and then emerged when the surrounding layers of earth were washed away.

Each summer, most of the water in this mineral-rich lake evaporates, leaving behind large concentrations of salt, titanium, and other minerals that form a polka-dot pattern.

On the frozen slopes of Mount Erebus, above the world’s most southerly active volcano, superheated gas rises from the Earth to form icy smokestacks in the Antarctic landscape.

On the flat-topped mountain of Cerro Sarisariñama in southwest Venezuela, gravity has punched four perfectly circular holes nearly 1,000 feet deep into a landscape of remote rainforest