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During certain times of the year, these waters host some very impressive marine mammals.

Walker Bay, South Africa - © Matt Parry / robertharding RF / age footstock

Nearly every lighthouse, whether located on a coastline or set near a lake, is a great subject for a photo.

Split Rock Lighthouse, Minnesota - © Daniel Thornberg / Adobe Stock

Lush and rugged in equal measure, this canyon is a place rich in ecological diversity and apparently…

Santa Catarina, Brazil - © artifirsov / Adobe Stock

Hokkaido's highest pass is also one of the most beautiful spots on the entire island, and that bridge…

Daisetsuzan National Park, Japan - © Masterfile

Billions of years in the future this galactic neighbor is going to pay us a dramatic visit, but for now…

Andromeda galaxy - © ESA / Herschel / PACS / SPIRE / J.Fritz, U.Gent / XMM-Newton / EPIC / W. Pietsch, MPE / NASA

In a landscape colored primarily in brown, rust, and white, what really completes the picture…

San Pedro de Atacama, Chile - © Tatsiana Volskaya / Moment/ Getty Images

Across from the Italian coast, and over a sparkling blue expanse of the Adriatic Sea, is a coastline…

Brela, Croatia - © Kite_rin / Shutterstock

With a splendid mixture of soft flowers and green hillsides meeting rugged, eroded rocks, this place…

Derwent Edge, England - © robertharding / Adobe Stock

Ordinary bridges wouldn't survive record-setting rainfall in what's called the wettest place on Earth.

Meghalaya, India - © Alex Treadway / Offset

Penguins can’t get boutonnieres into their tuxedo jackets, so some make do with a chinstrap instead.

Chinstrap penguins - © Mint Images / Masterfile

You might expect to see palm trees dotting the shores of most tropical isles, but here…

Sumba Island, Indonesia - © Afriandi / Getty Images

Many folks can conjure up images of the renowned ruins of Machu Picchu in their minds, but…

Ingapirca, Ecuador - © PaulWolf / iStock / Getty Images Plus

There are emerald green mountains here, rising high above long stretches of golden sand beaches.

Bureh Beach, Sierra Leone - © Muhammad Shah Jaman / EyeEm / Getty Images

Seemingly endless dune fields can appear forbidding, but as photography subjects...

Sahara Desert, Tunisia - © Riccardo Spila / SOPA / eStock Photo

Way out in the cold North Atlantic Ocean is a remote green island graced with stupendous scenery.

Eysturoy, Faroe Islands - © Paul Zizka / Cavan Images

Acacia trees frame a renowned mountain in this part of a sprawling wilderness park, but most views here…

Amboseli National Park, Kenya - © Diana Robinson Photography / Moment / Getty Images

With its culture stretching back to before the time of the Ancient Greeks, this place is full of riches…

Corfu, Greece - © Cavan Images / Adobe Stock

The Dutch painter of this landscape was practically unknown during his lifetime, but is today…

Painting by Vincent Van Gogh - © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

His earlier paintings feature mythological figures, while his later work is more realistic, but all of it…

Painting by Claude Lorrain - © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Carved from nature, rice terraces are some of the most picturesque crop fields you'll ever see.

Tegallalang, Bali - © Maks_Ershov / Adobe Stock