It鈥檚 Earth Day 2016 on the 22nd April. Now in its 46th year, Earth Day is all about looking after the environment and protecting the earth for future generations. If you ever need to be reminded what an incredible place this earth is, take a look at one of our awesome image collections showing wildlife, cultures or landscapes.
To celebrate this year鈥檚 Earth Day we are exploring how incredible the earth can be with 7 wonders of the natural world.
1. Aurora Borealis, also known as the northern lights, is a natural light display in the sky. Most commonly seen in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, the lights of the aurora are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth’s atmosphere.
2. The Harbour of Rio de Janeiro is located in Brazil and was created by erosion from the Atlantic Ocean. The best way to see the harbour is from above, so if you get a chance head up in a helicopter or even a hang glider for some real wow factor!
3. The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River. Located in the US state of Arizona, the canyon is 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide and 6,000 feet deep.
4. The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system made up of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands. It is approximately 1,400 miles long and is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s biggest single structure made by living organisms and can even been seen from outer space!
5. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It鈥檚 located in the Mahalangur mountain range in Nepal and Tibet and its peak is a whopping 8,848 metres above sea level.
6. Paricutin is a dormant volcano located west of Mexico City.聽 It has become a tourist attraction, with people climbing the volcano and visiting the hardenedlava-covered ruins of the San Juan Parangaricutiro Church. Well worth a visit.
7. Victoria Falls is a waterfall on the Zambezi River in southern Africa. Although it isn鈥檛 the highest or the widest waterfall in the world, it is considered the largest because it produces the world’s largest sheet of falling water.
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