No matter how cool and advanced may be the visual effects in movies nowadays, Mother Nature leaves far behind even the most eminent filmmakers. With its incredible power and indescribable beauty, our planet's nature creates a great amount of fantastic performances. Here are some of the stunning phenomena in our photo gallery.
At night, the coastal waters of the Vaadhoo Island, Maldives, are covered with thousands of blue lights. The light source is a phytoplankton. The blue illumination appears due to electrical impulse resulting from the oscillatory motion of waves.
A surfer looks at the northern lights (aurora borealis) on the snow-covered beach of Unstad on Lofoten Island, Arctic Circle, March 9, 2016. The aurora borealis happens when charged particles from explosions on the Sun interact with the upper layers of the atmosphere. The best place to witness this phenomenon is in the so-called Northern Lights “zone,” which extends from Lofoten to the North Cape.
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People row their boats under cherry blossoms at Imperial Palace moat in Tokyo, April 4, 2016. Japanese compare blossoming sakura with the beauty and transience of life. For 7-10 days, hundreds of trees are covered with white or pink flowers, resembling floating clouds from a distance.
Mount Yasur is a volcano on Tanna Island, Vanuatu, that has been demonstrating its strength and power every day since the 18th century. It is the only volcano in the world to be in a constant state of eruption, throwing out glowing streams of lava and ash.
In this photo made on June 1, 2011, tourists watch the “Old Faithful” geyser which erupts on average every 90 minutes in the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, US. Yellowstone National Park is famous not only for its beautiful landscapes and nature, it is also home to about 3 thousand geysers, which is 2/3 of all the geysers in the world.
