Journey to the planet's most magnificent places and see the world as you've never seen it before through the lenses of Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide publisher. Forty years of passion and experience has been poured into this thought-provoking portrait of our beautiful world. Inspired by our love of travel, this lavishly-produced, landmark pictorial shares more than 300 sublime photographs of the world's most captivating spectacles and will renew your relationship with the place we call home. Authors: Lonely Planet About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.
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When Saskatchewan’s plains heat up in the afternoon, rising hot air which then cools rapidly causes thunderstorms with lightning bolts that can be hotter than the sun’s surface.
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Hawaii, USA
For six million years the Pacific Ocean’s waves have broken on Kaua‘i’s volcanic shores. The Na Pali coast in the northwest is a State Wilderness Park, attracting hikers and kayakers.
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Hawaii, USA
Surfing was redefined in Hawaii in 2000 when riders began to be towed into monstrous waves by jet skis. Phantoms is a reef break on O‘ahu’s north shore.
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Iceland
The 2010 eruption of this volcano, on Iceland’s south coast, blew volcanic ash many kilometres into the atmosphere. It’s now considered dormant, once again.
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Alsace, France
The waterfall at Nideck is set in a forest, beneath a castle. The castle appears in a story by the Grimm brothers about giants, and in winter the frozen falls add to the fairytale scene.
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Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil
Freshwater lagoons are formed when these low-lying sand dunes are flooded during the Amazon basin’s rainy season. But despite the water, very little vegetation survives here.
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Antarctica
One of the reasons why icebergs float is that they contain a lot of air. Another reason is that they’re formed from freshwater, which is less dense that salty water.
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Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Ta Prohm was built 800 years ago but was abandoned in the 17th century after the fall of the Khmer empire. Over subsequent centuries the jungle reclaimed the ruins.
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Siberia, Russia
The world’s deepest freshwater lake is perhaps also its oldest, at up to 30 million years of age. It’s fed by 330 rivers, which descend off the surrounding mountains.
