The coolest NATURAL thing you've seen?

KillJoy

KillJoy

Sorry..... but my Give A Damn Broke..
We recently got HDTV. These images are AMAZING!!!! I never thought TV could look THIS good!

Having this, has made me want to see some of the natural wonders of the world.

The Aurora Borealis, Giant Redwoods, and the Great Barrier Reef are a few of the natural items I would like to see before my time is up.

Has anyone here seen anything, that they were taken back by?

Seen anything cool???

KillJoy
 
Not sure if it's the coolest thing I've seen...but seeing as how your info lists Ohio...ever been to Hocking Hills state park? That impressed me...really a beautiful area...went there once while visiting a friend who was attending Ohio U.
 
Redwoods in Marin County California.

Northern Lights in Michigan's UP

jeremy
 
The United States itself from Chicago to Montana, on a Harley. Yellowstone was indeed a treat as well.

Although Nebraska never ended :hide:
 
Seen the GBR and the Lights. One thing cool was the Southern Cross. I had been in Australia for a few weeks and was on a trip in the outback and commented to Simon the guide that I had not seen the Southern Cross yet. He looked at me funny and the next morning he woke me at 5 am. We were sleeping under the stars and as soon as I opened my eyes the damn thing seemed to take up about 20% of the sky.

Lot's a stuff still to go though, the grand canyon, redwoods, yellowstone, etc,.....and Mary Louise King's jugs!!

Edit: I recently got HD tv also and it is amazing!!! DOn't look to close at some of the actresses though, you will be disappointed!
 
Glacier National Park.

Go there before it is gone, the glaciers are only 20% of what they were in the late 1800's.
 
Hanging lake in Colorado, a beautiful blue water lake where a lake should not be (at the top of a small mountain, with no streams in sight).
 
KillJoy said:
Has anyone here seen anything, that they were taken back by?

Seen anything cool???

KillJoy
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Tons. I'm always in awe of nature.

The Aurora from the far North. It surrounds you, and no picture can do it justice. It's almost alive.

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Looking down the Icefields Parkway, from the top of Signal Mountain. The bike trail along the treeline from Signal Mountain, to Maligne Lake.

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Herschel Island Qikiqtaruk Park, The Chilkoot Trail, Quttinirpaaq National Park, Vuntut National Park (imagine Niagra falls, but without all the people).

(shots of Quttinirpaaq National Park)

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I can name many places like that. In my own province, I can go from the Steppes of the south, to the mountains of the west, to the deserts of the north, to the plains of the east. And that's just one province in 10!

http://www.exn.ca/nationalparks/province.asp?prov=NU
 
I have also seen some incredible underwater cave systems here in Florida and in Mexico. Water so clear that it looks like you are floating in air. The ones in Mexico have formations that no man could come close to recreating on their own. and some of the systems have miles and miles of explored passages.
The springs in Florida are truly some of the most beautiful natural resources in the US. Unfortunately most of them are degrading due to construction, farming and mining. It's a constant battle. The cavediving community recently prevented or at least significantly delayed the building of a WalMart over a system in Alachua and a mining operation over a huge system in Chiefland.
The cave systems are amazing. I have been close to a mile back in some and there is one system you can swim just under a mile from one entrance to another. There are others where they have explored back close to 4 miles from the entrance at an average depth of 250+ feet, with tunnels you can drive semi's thru, some side by side.
I have been in an underwater cave where the floor is at 300 feet deep (went down an verified it :D ) and the room is hundreds of feet across, high and wide. You can see as far as your light will shine and the the water is perfectly clear with that cobalt blue tint.
There are mastadon bones, whale bones, turtle shells, sea shells, over 10,000 years old.
The springs are natural wonders that few people know about outside of Florida.
 
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