While these natural wonders may seem too extraordinary to be true, their colors and shapes are actually real — no photo editing or artificial intelligence software required.
Here are 15 places around the world that stand out for their natural beauty that looks like they've been photoshopped.
Morning Glory Pool in Yellowstone National Park glows with vibrant yellows, blues, and greens. Smithsonian Magazine reports that the hot springs were originally a deep blue, but visitors tossed coins and rocks into the pool, causing the water to cool, creating new microorganisms and changing the color.
This isn't a highlight of Australia's Middle Island - it's the actual colour of Lake Hillier. The bubbly pink colour of the saltwater lake is thought to be caused by the microorganisms that live inside.
The wave at Coyote Buttes North, Arizona, was formed by drainage and wind erosion in sandstone. The photo taken here became extremely famous when Microsoft included it in their desktop wallpaper selection in 2009, becoming a worldwide phenomenon. The location is currently off-limits to visitors.
Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone is the largest hot spring in the United States. Colorful bacteria thrive inside the pool, creating beautiful rainbow rings, Atlas Obscura reports.
The Aurora Borealis can be seen near the Arctic Circle in Alaska, Canada, Iceland, Greenland, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
There's nothing photoshopped about this photo of the Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia, it's that empty. The world's largest salt flat has the perfect open surface to create an optical illusion that fits the scene. It also contains about 15% of the world's lithium, according to the US Geological Survey.
New Zealand's Hell Pool actually glows green. It's a geothermal pool that gets its color from sulfur deposits.
The Serrania de Hornocal mountain range in Argentina's Quebrada de Humahuaca Valley boasts colorful limestone layers. The Quebrada de Humahuaca Valley is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Rainbow Mountain, Peru, also known as Vinicunca or Montaña de Siete Colores (Mountain of Seven Colors) is covered in naturally occurring colorful stripes. The stripes are a product of weather, mineralogy, and environmental conditions.
The Cano Cristales River in Colombia is sometimes called the “Liquid Rainbow” and the “River of Five Colors.” The river’s red color comes from a plant called Macarenia clavigera that blooms from September to November, Atlas Obscura reports. Yellow and green sand also gives Cano Cristales its rainbow hue.
Deadvlei in Namibia looks like a painting, but it is actually a barren landscape within the Namib-Naukluft National Park. Deadvlei is a white clay basin in Namibia. When the sun hits the dunes, the withered remains of camel thorn trees look like they are standing against a painted backdrop.
At Zhangye Danxia Geological Park in Zhangye, China, groundwater precipitates to leave behind colorful mineral deposits on the mountain. The site became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010.
The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia is teeming with vibrant marine life. The 133,000-square-mile reef is home to more than 1,500 species of fish, 400 types of coral, and 4,000 species of mollusks. While rising temperatures have led to mass coral bleaching—turning the reef’s bright colors white—some areas remain untouched. The ecosystem is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Grand Canyon is almost too magnificent and vast to be real. One of the seven wonders of the world, the canyon is 70 million years old and stretches 277 miles.
The flower fields at Keukenhof are man-made, but the rows of colorful blooms don't need any editing software to stand out. Every spring, Keukenhof Gardens in the Netherlands bursts into bloom with millions of tulips, as well as hyacinths, daffodils, and other flowers.
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