If the Big Bang happened and every geographical location on earth came into existence all at once … Why is the geology, biology, and ecology so incredibly different?
I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in
George Washington Carver
Amazing Ocean Stuff
The Great Barrier Reef in New Zealand
The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 1,400 miles over an area of approximately 133,000 square miles. The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from space and is the world’s biggest single structure made by living organisms.
Anse Source D’Argent, La Digue Island Seychelles
Anse Source D’Argent lies the most famous beach in the Seychells – The beach is said to be the most photographed in the world. With gigantic granite boulders that have been shaped by nature, lush jungle palms, powdery white sand and clear aqua water, the beach is as photogenic as it gets.
Boracay, Phillipines
Boracay is a small island in the Phillipines, 7 km long and 1 km wide. Boracay was listed at the top of the “Best Islands In the World” by International Magazine.
Red Seabeach, Panjin, China
Red Beach located in Panjin, China, is famous for its landscape featuring the red lant of Suaeda salsa. It is based in the biggest wetland and reed marsh in the world.
Blue Lagoon, Olundeniz, Turkey
Oludeniz literally means “Dead Sea” due to its calm waters even during storms; is a small neighborhood and beach resort on the Turquoise Coast of Turkey. The beach itself is a pebble beach.
Beach Of Cathedrals, Spain
As Catedrais beach on the northwest coast of Spain translates as ‘Cathedrals Beach’. The characteristic features of the beach are its natural arches and caves, which can be seen only at low tide. During high tide, the beach appears small, but still suitable for swimming.
Krabi, Thailand
Krabi is on the west coast of southern Thailand at the mouth of the Krabi River where it empties into Phang Nga Bay. The Krabi province includes over 80 smaller islands and contains several National Parks.
McWay Falls, Big Sur, California
McWay Falls is an 80-foot-tall waterfall on the coast of Big Sur in central California that flows year-round from McWay Creek.
Praia da Marinha, Portugal
Praia da Marinha is one of the most emblematic beaches of Portugal with Mediterranean climate, located on the Atlantic coast in Caramujeira, in Lagoa Municipality, Algarve, and considered by the Michelin Guide as one of the 10 most beautiful beaches in Europe and as one of the 100 most beautiful beaches in the world.
Vaadhoo Island, Maldives
Vaadhoo Island is one of the inhabited islands of the Maldives. It is famous for the ‘sea of stars”. This marine bioluminescence is generated by phytoplankton known a dinoflagellates.
Hidden Beach, Puerto Vallarta Mexico
Twelve Apostles, Australia
The Twelve Apostles is a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of Port Campbell National Park, by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. The formation’s name was made official as the Twelve Apostles, despite only ever having had eight stacks.
Navagio Beach, Greece
Navagio Beach , or Shipwreck Beach, is an exposed cove, sometimes referred to as “Smugglers Cove” on the coast of Zakynthos, in the Ionian Islands of Greece.
Amazing Fact :
Scientists identified almost 1,500 new creatures in the world’s oceans last year, including a humpbacked dolphin and a giant jellyfish. There are 228,450 known species in the ocean and as many as 2 million more that remain a total mystery
Alister Doyle, Reuters
O LORD, how many are Thy works! In wisdom Thou hast made them all; The earth is full of Thy possessions. There is the sea, great and broad, In which are swarms without number, Animals both small and great.
Psalm 104:24-25
Amazing Waterfalls
Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls are off the Iquazu River on the border of Argentina and Brazil. They make up the largest waterfall in the world. Numerous islands along the edge divide the falls into between 160-200 individual falls.
Plitvice Falls, Croatia
Plitvice Falls, which is part of Plitvice Lakes National Park (the largest National Park in Croatia) clocks in at 255 ft (77 m), making it a sight to see!
Victoria Falls, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya, “The Smoke That Thunders” is on the Zambezi River in southern Africa. It is one of the world’s widest waterfalls.
Angel Falls, Venezuala
Angel Falls, with a height of almost 1000 meters is the world highest waterfall, with an uninterrupted drop of 807 meters. It is about 16 times the height of Niagara Falls.
Gullfoss Falls, Iceland
The Hvita river flows southward, and about a kilometre above the falls it turns sharply to the right and flows down into a wide curved three-step “staircase” and then abruptly plunges in two stages.
Amazing Lakes
Thale Noi, Thailand
Thale Noi is located in southern Thailand. Thale Noi is one of the largest natural freshwater lakes in South East Asia.
Lencois Maranhenses National Park, Brazil
Lencois Maranhenses National Park located in Brazil. The 380,000 acre park has 43 miles of coastline and an interior of rolling sand dunes filled with freshwater lagoons.
Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
Lake Lucerne is the fourth largest lake in Switzerland. The deepest part of the lake is 702 ft deep.
Melissani Lake, Greece
Greece’s Melissani Lake, is home to some of the clearest waters in the world. Melissani Lake is an aquifer whose water has been sucked into a cave, which filters it and makes it super transparent.
Spotted Lake, British Columbia
Spotted Lake is richly concentrated with various minerals. It is a sacred site thought to provide therapeutic waters.
Lake Powell, Utah, USA
Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River straddling the border between Utah and Arizona.
Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada
Moraine Lake is a glacially fed lake in Banff National Park. It is situated in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, at an elevation of approximately 6,181 ft.
Lake Saimaa, Finland
Saimaa is a lake in southeastern Finland. At approximately 1,700 square miles it is the largest lake in Finland, and the fourth largest natural lake in Europe.
Lake Hiller, Australia
Lake Hillier is a saline lake on the edge of Middle Island, off the south coast of Western Australia. The pink color is considered to be due to the presence of the organism dunaliella salina.
Amazing Fact :
Using satellite photos and computerized mapping technologies, an international research team counted all of the lakes on Earth. They found about 117 million lakes, covering almost four percent of the world’s land surface, not counting the glaciers on Greenland and Antarctica.
blog.nationalgeographic.org
He bestows rain on the earth; he sends water upon the countryside.
Job 5:10