18 photos in which the Earth defied reality and won (19 photos)

We live in an era when screens are inundated with images.





So many of them are edited, filtered, or even created by artificial intelligence that it's logical to ask: where is the truth? And yet, sometimes you come across images so mesmerizing, so incredible, that they are almost impossible to believe. These are not digital illusions, but genuine moments capturing the beauty of the world, often illuminated by human ingenuity, at its most magnificent.

1. Tornado in South Dakota



2. Kayaking in India





3. General Sherman, a giant sequoia in Sequoia National Park in California (USA), is considered the largest in volume and mass. tree



4. Morant's Curve is a place in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, where a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train passes through the picturesque landscape.



5. Kenrokuen is one of Japan's three famous landscape gardens, located in the city Kanazawa



6. Horseshoe Bend is a picturesque horseshoe-shaped bend in the Colorado River, located near the city of Page, Arizona, USA.



7. Kungur Cave is one of the most popular attractions in the Cis-Urals region. It is located in the Perm Krai, on the right bank of the Sylva River on the outskirts of the city of Kungur, in the village of Filippovka, 100 km from Perm



8. Shikisai-no-Oka Flower Field, located in Biei City, Hokkaido, Japan



9. Sunset and a cat that, regardless of size, always remains cat



10. A Swiss landscape you can admire forever



11. Helmcken Falls is a waterfall on the Myrtle River in Wells Gray Provincial Park in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. Columbia



12. Lynn Canyon is a municipal park in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.



13. Krenitsyn Volcano is an active volcano on Onekotan Island in the Greater Kuril Islands of the Sakhalin Region. Regions



14. Northern Lights over the mountains of Norway



15. Caucasian tours relax and explore the surroundings of the Teberdinsky Nature Reserve - a state nature biosphere reserve in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic Republic



16. A cave overlooking a beautiful valley in the French Alps



17. A magnificent trio



18. Moraine Lake Glacial Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada