The Seven Natural Wonders of the World weren't made by humans, but were created by Mother Nature. Learn more about these amazing natural wonders!
Seven Natural Wonders - Grand Canyon 185t10
The Grand Canyon is a rocky gorge (ravine) in Arizona, USA. It was created by millions of years of wind and water erosion from the Colorado River, which cut through layer after layer of sediment. The rocks of the canyon walls range from 250 million years old at the top to over 2 billion years old at the bottom. Each layer of rock represents a distinct geological period of the Earth's past.
Seven Natural Wonders - Paricutin Volcano 4w4l4g
Paricutin Volcano erupted out of a cornfield on February 20, 1943. Located just outside a city called Michoacan, about 200 miles west of lightning associated with the eruption).
Seven Natural Wonders - The Harbor at Rio de Janeiro 3h5c5
On the east coast of Brazil lies a picturesque scene of towering mountains and beautiful beaches. Portugese explorers were the first Europeans to see the Harbor, also known as Guanabara Bay, on January 1, 1502. They thought they had reached the mouth of an immense river and named it Rio de Janeiro, which means River of Jesus Christ.
Seven Natural Wonders - Northern Lights 1422l
Northern Lights, also called Aurora Borealis, are nature's photon (light particle). When there are many collisions, you have an aurora - lights that seem to dance across the sky.
Seven Natural Wonders - Victoria Falls 6f324a
On the waterfall in 1855. Although he named it after the Queen of England, native Africans continue to call it Mosi-oa-Tunya, which means The Smoke that Thunders, because the water makes thunderous spray clouds as it falls.
Seven Natural Wonders - Mt. Everest 5i5h
About 60 million years ago, India was a separate continent that rapidly moved northward and collided with freezing!) - more than 700 have succeeded, but at least 150 have died trying.
Seven Natural Wonders - Great Barrier Reef 131v6p
The world's largest coral reef is located in the Coral Sea off the coast of Queensland in Great Barrier Reef.
