Everyone knows that nature is very cool, but it’s easy to lose sight of that fact when we spend our waking hours indoors.
If you haven’t been able to get out and about lately, fear not. You may not be able to get outside and appreciate the real thing , but at least you can peruse our curated tour of some of the best that nature has to offer.
“Some swans in the morning.”
Swans can be aggressive, mean birds in pretty much any situation involving humans. But when viewed in their element, they’re incredibly graceful.
“An empty road in Montana at sunrise.”
When the sun is low in the sky, whether it’s dawn or dusk, it has a way of turning the entire landscape into a painting. The pink glow here almost doesn’t seem real.
“A buck and his bird in the morning mist.”
This would have been a glorious photo even without the buck’s little bird buddy. As it is, it’s one of the best pics I’ve ever seen.
“A rebellious tulip.”
This image proves that even when we think we’ve tamed nature, all it takes is one stray seed for things to get outside of the lines we’ve defined.
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“Only one picture.”
I love photos like this. The juxtaposition of the two halves of the sun-kissed wall, along with the sea and the sky, create something truly special.
“How the snow stuck to this tree after a blizzard.”
Judging by how much the branches are leaning, that looks like heavy, wet snow. Judging by the shape of the snow, it may not be snow at all, but marshmallows.
“These tulips were growing in my closet with no sunlight or water.”
Most of us have probably had the experience of something deep in the cupboard unexpectedly sprouting, but usually it happens to, like, potatoes. I’ve never seen it with tulips before.
“This perfect double colored leaf on my plant.”
There must be a logical, chlorophyll-filled explanation for this, but I can’t understand how the line between the colors is so straight and centered.
“A leaning tree on a foggy morning.”
This is a pic of nature in the process of reinventing itself. That tree isn’t going to be standing for much longer, but that doesn’t mean it’ll disappear. It’ll just turn into driftwood.
“The sunset in Kobe, Japan.”
It’s pretty common for the skies to turn pink at dusk, but the clouds here are straight-up red. I want to appreciate the unique view, but it looks almost sinister.
“Dutch autumn.”
The trees tower over and even link above this lonely path, but they seem to be respecting the path’s boundaries.
“An overgrown and abandoned swimming pool.”
This appears to be an indoor pool of relatively recent vintage, which shows just how impressive it is that nature has found a way to so thoroughly overwhelm it.
“A fox.”
This must be a melanistic fox, judging by its striking dark coat. I love how the amber eyes gleam out through the dark fur.
“An abandoned staircase in the woods.”
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Where did this staircase lead? It doesn’t matter anymore, because nature is in the process of reclaiming and swallowing it back up.
“The Grand Canyon at sunset.”
Each of the layers of terrain here look almost flat in the gloaming of dusk. I’m getting serious vaporwave vibes from this pic.
“A forest on a winter’s morning.”
Viewed from above, these evergreens look so small and insignificant. I’m not totally sure, but it almost looks like you can make out a frosty rime on their branches.
“Patagonia in summertime.”
I don’t know much about Patagonia other than the fact that it’s in South America and is a hotspot for finding dinosaur bones. I guess I can add “indescribably beautiful” to this list.
“Rainbow on (behind) the horizon. Origin is behind the curve.”
This is such a cool image because it focuses the eye on the very top of the rainbow. Let’s hope you never doubted that the Earth is curved, but if you did, here’s proof to the contrary.
“I found a bug adorned with gold markings.”
I’m not sure if this bug actually has little gold flecks built into its body, or if it just had a roll around in a pollen-filled flower.
“The result of a moose scratching its antlers against a tree during shedding season.”
If you’ve ever seen a moose, you know how big they can be. Those antlers pack a punch, too, as they’ve totally stripped this tree.
