Suck it, Mars!
1. Need a reason to stop staring at your phone? Look up!
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Redwood National and State Parks, California, United States
2. Everything the light touches is beautiful.
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South Africa, Africa
3. See the marvelous architecture and brooding clouds? It’s like something out of Lord of the Rings.
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Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
4. And that canoe in the middle? It’s exactly where you’d want to be.
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Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Canada
5. If you love the tropics, raise your hand.
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El Yunque, Puerto Rico
6. Or visit the mountains, if you prefer somewhere colder, but equally as epic.
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Bernese Alps, Switzerland
7. In the fall, this kind of foliage will warm your heart.
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Yugansky Nature Reserve, Russia
8. Or you can take a dip in the center of natural symmetry.
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Lake Padarn, Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales
9. This could be the most beautiful walk of your life.
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Great Wall, China
10. And just look at that sunset!
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Uluru, Australia
11. This monumental landscape actually touches the sky.
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Kalalau Beach, Hawaii, United States
12. You don’t have to climb it, just admire it.
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Pedra de Gávea, Brazil
13. Even one of the busiest cities in the world can seem peaceful from a new angle.
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New York City, United States
14. These bizarre and brilliant shapes form an alternative skyline.
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Reed Flute Cave, China
15. And in beautiful storms like this, you won’t mind forgetting your umbrella.
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Queensland, Australia
16. Even deadly volcanoes have their charm.
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Halema’uma’u Crater, Hawaii, United States
17. And don’t get us started on the wonders of the ocean.
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Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, United States
18. Why travel to space, when there’s still so much to see on Earth?
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Yunnan Province, China
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