30 Best Earth Pictures of the Week – April 24th to May 01th, 2012

1. The Blue Dragon by Steve Richards

2. Shore in Seychelles

3. Matterhorn Mountain, Switzerland 

4. Mount Rainier 

5. Devetashka Cave, Bulgaria

6. Parting of the clouds in the Himalayas, Pakistan 

7. Sitting on top of the World – The Männlichen is a 2,343 metre mountain in the Swiss Alps located within the Canton of Berne. 

8. Coral and Mangrove, Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa

9. Fly Geyser in Nevada

10. Flower Ocean in China

11. Texas Wild Flowers, Sugar Ridge, TX 

12. Søtefossen, Husedalen valley, Hordaland, Norway

13. Godafoss, Iceland

14. Trolltunga, Odda, Norway 

15. Sunrise over Greenland

16. Oneonta Gorge in Oregon 

17. Bluebonnets in the Hill Country of Texas

18. Zlatibor, Serbia

19. Klaku, Slovakia

20. Northern Lights behind Bow Fiddle Rock, Moray, Scotland 

21. Photographer Chris McLennan captures Johnny Tate’s 330 foot abseil into the Lost World, Waitomo Cave in New Zealand’s Northern Island

22. Mountains over Death Valley National Park 

23. Iceland – Hot Spring

24. Whangarei Falls – Northland – New Zealand

25. Meteor over Crater Lake, Oregon 

26. Kalsoy, Faroe Islands

27. Misty Pines, Kausani, India

28. Amuri Tepui, Venezuela

29. Mount Cook, Mueller hut track – New Zealand

30. Mt Moran in Grand Teton NP 

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  2. Really Most beautiful, Now think what has prepared in heaven by God for his regulation followers.

    • Sam says:

      No. Appreciate the REAL beauty you can see right here on Earth, don't waste time dreaming of nonsense.

      • Rachael says:

        Come on, don’t give a bad representation of us non believers. Respect other people’s opinions, even if you don’t agree with them. What I do agree with is that the scenery is beautiful.

        • wacka wacka says:

          No. Peoples opinions are worthless and tend to cause problems.. A little research and some common sense, one would realize how much trouble this opinion and many others have caused to our past and to our future evolution as a species. :)

        • Magggs says:

          Thank you! I am an atheist and the ignorant atheist comments all over the internet bother me a lot more then many of the religious ones. Let everyone say whatever the hell they want. Neither side is going to be able to persuade someone they're right based of random comments…

          • Fedupwithfaith says:

            I think the main point was, look and appreciate the beauty you can see now. Why is he talking about heaven when we can see how amazing all these things on earth are. Dont waste your time with fantasy when u can gaze on the real world. A valid point seeing as we are looking at pictures of the world. Opinion is not agressive. And why do we need to show respect for religion. respect for people yes but religion. no way.

            Amazing pictures though I want to vist them all.

      • Heather says:

        GENIUS!!

      • Laura says:

        The only explanation for something such a creation is for there to be a creator, YOU don't fill your head with such nonsense that this all just appeared. Enjoy the glory of God's creation for there is nothing so wonderful than to look at this world and know that someone who took so much time to make it all for us loves us more than anything we could ever imagine.

        • Jon says:

          Right.

          I see talking snakes all the time telling me to eat apples D:

        • Wayne says:

          Given an infinitely expanding universe and an infinite amount of time, what are the odds of life and beauty NOT happening?

        • wacka derpa says:

          … than what? Given that there is a creator, who created you and everything we see.. YOU thinks he needs your praise and approval. YOU think he cares at all what YOU, I or any other animal on this rock is doing, thinking, feeling, wanting… are you proud of the poops you create at will? AND you do fill your head with nonsense: you have absolutely no idea how you or anything was created.. Dont create cute ideas.. You either will or will not find out, only when you die… :)

        • Edvard says:

          Living in Iceland we see nature change fast and violently, its all nature nobody made it sorry.

        • James says:

          Actually the chance of life happening spontaneously is very high, and there is probably a ton of other life out there in the universe we haven’t yet discovered. Stephen Hawking proved that universes are in fact created spontaneously, read “The Grand Design.” The universe is so much more beautiful, complex, intricate, and wonderful than any nonsense books with talking snakes can describe it to be, and it rubs me wrong when religious zealots use it to justify their agenda, when in fact most things we find out about our beautiful universe from science contradict what their books say

          • Michael says:

            You're first statement is in no way an absolute. It is possibly very high. There is no proof for or against it to form a deductive argument. To the date of this posting, no life outside of our single planet has been detected or inferred through empirical methods. There are some possible cases that are inconclusive, such as possible bacteria on mars. Water has been detected outside of our planet and atmosphere, which is a prerequisite and enticing indicator but not factual evidence for life elsewhere in the universe. Life has never been observed to spontaneously appear either. It is possible but not proven. Wording wording wording. You can not make current scientific theory and areas of research into fact to fit you're argument.
            To the second point; Actually Stephan Hawking did not 'prove' universes are created spontaneously. He created a model in which they CAN be created spontaneously. His conclusions were based on current models of string theory which are in fact a theory. Though this is often incorrectly applied to evolution which IS based on fact and interpretation. String theory 'is' just a theory. A mathematical model that fits what we know in this area (which isn't a lot) and is still debated within the academic community. String theory just happens to be the popular contender in quantum physics. Our current level of technology and understanding is not yet at a place, or is just coming into such a place, to dive into this mystery empirically. String theory only fits 'some' of our observations and doesn't fit others, it is not indirectly or directly proven/disproven by them, this is also stated in the book by the way. So apparently you need to go read/reread it yourself.

            I find it rubs me wrong when people use science to justify their agenda, when science is constantly in revision, contradicting what we knew about our beautiful universe only a few years ago. Your statement is not that different from what you claimed irritated you about 'religious zealots'. I guess in my case its just ignorance and disrespect that irritates me.

            This wasn't about falling on one side or another of creation vs evolution, it was a post about good scientific knowledge, which was not present here.

          • JohKen says:

            Hawking didn’t prove SQUAT. All these “intellectuals” are doing is stretching the man-made rules about how humans perceive the universe. I can create my own rules…watch: If you hold an image in your mind long enough, it will manifest itself in the physical world. That is to say, if I visualize an ice cream cone and bitch long enough, my girlfriend will get me one. So there…scientific proof of quantum manifestation. The End.

      • Believer says:

        haha, one day you will understand,

        You think all this beauty you just saw is random?

        Where did it come from?

        By accident?

        lol

        • johnnyboy says:

          i like how you just shit on non believers but didn't add anything to the argument. just talking to hear yourself put down other peoples beliefs

      • tgtgt says:

        I’ll reply to you b/c you’re the first comment in this thread, but this goes mostly for everyone responding to your comment down the line, on BOTH sides of the argument. Take some time, sit down, and watch this video, listen, think about what it says, and then take the message to heart and apply it to your own beliefs and behaviors.

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmP9XozKEV0&fe

    • paul says:

      i wonder how much your children hate you

    • yourmomsnamehere says:

      wow leave it to a religious person to make everything about them and their faith. give it a rest, the storybook you worship isnt even that good.

    • Antonio says:

      There is nothing the other side my friend, just the N O T H I N G !!

    • Weng Espiritu says:

      True, true! Couldn’t wait to see!

    • Kelvin says:

      Amen! We will drink from the River of Life and Never first again, as His promise stands!

      You are most right there, brother. This is NOTHING compared to his domain, us Saints' home one day!

      May God bless you

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  4. Geust says:

    I went swimming in Oneonta Gorge #16! It was amazing and incredibly cold, but I wouldn't change it for the world

  5. LiMoO says:

    What a wonderful Photos, Thanks for sharing it.. Looking for more and more

  6. PhotoShopped says:

    'Shopped

  7. justin says:

    Fake. every last one of them. Not one damn pic was legit.

    • FELICIA says:

      every picture published in a magazine is photoshopped. colour corrected/edited. every photographer i know who has works published have touched up. that does not make them fake. it makes you see what the photographer saw in the moment they took that shot.

    • Ruby says:

      Seeing as I've been to the Amuri Tepui in Venezuela and seen it with my own eyes, I can tell you that at least that one was legit.

    • Julie says:

      For real? (no pun intended) I mean, maybe they were enhanced a bit but how do you know?

    • Rekoj Eht says:

      Please don’t feed the trolls, people.

    • silvercowboy says:

      you are a complete idiot, have you not been anyplace except your own backdoor step.?

    • Tele13 says:

      Of course the pictures are enhanced to make them more impressive… but so what?
      Then a painting, because it's not real and it comes from the mind of an artist, it's not beautiful? It's fake?
      I think everybody here agree the places are real, and in some of them the photoshop is present, but that doesn't diminish the beauty portrayed on them.
      I don't understand what's the point in your comment…

  8. Mr.loto says:

    These photos are really beautiful. It 's difficult to choose the most beautiful; I do not know if they are photoshopped but they are beautiful too.

    Greetings

  9. hessam says:

    جميلة جدا

  10. Earthangel says:

    Some of the comments on here are unbelievable – get over yourselves and get out there and LOOK – everything that has been created by God OR whoever is there for us to see and enjoy, stop wasting your time mailing idiotic brain dead comments on here, most of you are problably sitting in a dark room staring boogle eyed at a screen munching junk food – Jeez, there is no hope…………

  11. Wow so beautiful!! Gorgeous. Amazing to think there are places like that out there in the world. <3

  12. Pallet Trucks Dublin says:

    People need to calm down with the harsh comments n take in the beauty!!

  13. Übersetzer says:

    Great collection, thank yu for that!!!

  14. lola says:

    These photos are spectacular….the goddish comments somewhat amusing……the grammar OMG!!!!

  15. Chris Booth says:

    Many of these remind me of the work of Andy Goldsworthy, really excellent collection!

  16. Rona says:

    I lived near Whangarei Falls nearly 50 years ago, when my family moved there. I lived at Onerahi Road, Whangarei. New Zealand is a beautiful country, much like British Columbia, Canada, where I am from.

  17. Trina says:

    Just lovely. I particularly love the blue bonnets of Texas and the yellow sea of flowers in China. So many gorgeous places in the world … so little money and time to travel. Pictures are the next best thing, I guess.

  18. JDL says:

    And I think to myself "What a Wonderful World.'

  19. KittayKhaos says:

    1, The Blue Dragon is the Odeleite River in Portugal, taken by the oh so talented Steve Richards.

  20. SteLa Bathory says:

    amazing

  21. STONELATION says:

    Why would any idiot have anything negative to say about those pictures. He must be a miserable person or an idiot.

  22. Joe W says:

    Wow, there's not a single one that's not breathtaking. Great compilation..

  23. Andy says:

    There are some really great pictures here. I don't know about them all being shopped. Some of them are pretty mediocre if you ask me. The subject matter of all of them is amazing but some of them have really poor exposure and composition. Others are amazing though. If by photo shopped you mean they've had a little bit of color correction, I'm sure your right. Any film photographer would do the same kind of thing in a dark room. But none of these appear to be "fake".

  24. elisa says:

    the ones that are natural are beautiful, the ones that are retouched are quite annoying… let nature be beautiful on its own!

  25. Pavle says:

    Amazing puctures really

  26. mark ian porter says:

    wouldn't earth be nice with no one on it.

  27. Sioux says:

    Either way,…………WOW!

  28. saltydognl says:

    Photography is an art form and retouching is an aberration because it does not portray a real image as captured by the skill of the photographer.

  29. woh great share. I want to live this place and did not going to my home.

  30. Tauseef Azhar says:

    Awesomeeee

  31. 175genius says:

    Beautiful pictures. The flower ocean one is my favourite.

  32. Janene says:

    What beautiful photos! Love them all

  33. vicky says:

    wow really nice

  34. CHilled guy says:

    The comments about Photoshop are lame. Do you want to see reality, go there yourself (and it will still be just you vision)?

  35. Kofi darko says:

    Spectacular pictures!

  36. Romeo Ortiz says:

    El Mundo me espera ahi afuera, aun me estoy preparando para conocerlo…

  37. Hannah says:

    I agree with elisa, the photo shopped ones i don't like… But the real ones they are beautiful

  38. Morten says:

    They all looks so beautiful.

  39. Hediyelik Eşyalar says:

    This photos are really fantastic. They make me relax and so calm. Awesome !

  40. ibrahim sohag says:

    really niece picture. and i like it.

  41. Murph says:

    Absolutely gorgeous.

  42. tjo says:

    I haven't been to most of these places, but I can assure you the wildflowers in Texas are that gorgeous and plentiful in the spring.

  43. Wowwwwww Amazing Places
    I like all the photographs

  44. So many beautiful photos of our great planet. Please everyone, just look at these pictures and take better care of this beauty.

  45. Maria says:

    all of the pictures are great! But my heart stays on number 5 :)

  46. gwen says:

    These pictures are beautiful! my favourite is in Moray, Scotland.

  47. Julio says:

    #1 is the Odeleite River, Portugal. Just saying

  48. I agree with elisa, the photos from nature are very beautiful, leave the fakes out.

  49. karaabasa says:

    loved the pictures

  50. behindhisshadez says:

    I wanna go to each and everyone one of these places. Passport and Money please.

  51. mumun indohoy says:

    First time I've ever wanted to go to a place called the 'death valley'. But I wanna go!

  52. DDate says:

    Awesome sites to visit someday.

  53. great variety of landscapes, thanks for sharing

  54. Lizeth says:

    Wow, this is the best page i never see, i like the photos, they are so great…

    Good luck

    Lizeth :)

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  56. Ali says:

    Wow… The Himalaya one is the best of all… Nice collection dude

  57. Ali says:

    Wow! Just a big wow for the collection

  58. Every one of these pictures is excellent. I especially like the flower ocean in China–so much yellow.

  59. abinaya says:

    they are really really amazing……….. I loved it………….

  60. mikstroa says:

    Wonderful Pictures, really very rare pics, I like it , So many wonders are there in this world.

  61. What a wonderful pictures. I have never thought that there are such a beautiful natural nook!

  62. Great collection of photos. The last one with the picture with the Tetons in Fall is superb. I hope I get a chance to visit all the places in my life.

  63. Nehu says:

    It’s amazing that this far on that few have figured out what can be actually be done with Photoshop. I’m a master at it’s capabilities and sorry to spoil the party – with Photoshop ANYONE can take just such images.

  64. Cameron says:

    Thanks for sharing these wonderful pictures of our beautiful planet.

  65. This is one of the most inspiring collections of photos I’ve seen in a long time! We certainly have a beautiful planet :)

  66. Damian says:

    Flower Ocean in china, has my vote for number one.

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  71. Bartolomeu says:

    The Blue Dragon (Odeleite river) – PORTUGAL. Breath Taking! CAN U IMAGINE, seeing this in person? The River is formed in a unique serpentine pattern. “It is a photograph, of a real place, that I took on our flight from Cardiff to Faro on June the 6, 2010. The blue colour is from the water reflecting the sky and the white flecks are of course the clouds. The striking colours are thanks to running the original picture through Topaz Adjust 4.” Steve Richards (Wales UK)

  72. Terry King says:

    Some awesome pictures of NZ!

  73. Lisa says:

    This collection of photos reaffirms how incredible our world is. Sometimes we take simple things for granted and these are the very views that others find inspiration in. Thank you for putting this pictorial together. It’s beautiful.

  74. Debbie says:

    Stunning photos. Shows how beautiful our world is!

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