35 Interesting Images and Poignant Photos of Intrigue and Wonder

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The world is jam-packed full of more fascinating and marvelous things than you'll ever be able to see in your lifetime. Fortunately, we live in an age where photographs can help you see way more than humans have ever had the chance to witness before.

Whether completely natural, man-made, or a beautiful balance like this boat elevator, here are 36 fascinating photos of our wonderful world.

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The longest set of footprints from sauropod dinosaurs in the world, in France’s Jura Mountains. Discovered in 2009, it consists of 110 footprints left by a sauropod over 150 million years ago.

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An alligator lizard fighting back from inside the belly of a king snake.

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Abandoned Chinese fishing town reclaimed by nature.

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Flash-frozen river in Colorado Springs.

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An indigenous detachment patrol for loggers, miners and traffickers in the Brazilian Amazon.

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Elephant collects food from Buddhists.

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Caught the Burning of the Man from Exodus!

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Cave of Crystals beneath Mexico's Sierra de Naica Mountain.

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A province in Vietnam.

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New Zealand.

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The final moment before a fish enters an Oriental darter's stomach.

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Flying fish can glide for up to 650 feet at 35 miles per hour.

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The glacially fed Bow River cutting through the dense woods of Banff National Park.

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Baby deadly Gaboon viper.

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A flatworm SLURPS a rotifer out of its shell!

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Portrait from the 1950s, restored and colorized.

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Explosion of Fuego volcano in Guatemala.

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The US according to a Sri Lankan news channel.

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Bagger 288 German coal mining machine.

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