20 natural curiosities that will take your breath away (21 photos)

Did you know that there are approximately 8.7 million species of animals and plants on our planet?





This number is so enormous that the human mind simply cannot fully comprehend it. But it speaks volumes about one thing: nature is incredibly diverse and capable of surprising us again and again, ad infinitum. That's why it continually takes us by surprise, revealing new and astonishing facets of the world. These 20 photographs are just a tiny grain of sand on the surface of its inexhaustible beauty, but they are enough to leave us speechless.

1. Icelandic House with a Living Roof



2. The Egg Is Someone Else, But the Child Is Your Own





3. Towards radiance



4. Mandarin Duck - All the Colors of Nature in One Bird



5. Partially Frozen Helmcken Falls in Canada



6. Among the Pollen and nectar



7. Moon or Saturn?



8. The Andean cat is a rare and very cautious animal.



9. The great power of life.



10. Calm, tranquility, Family



11. Iceland's Studlagil Canyon, with its basalt columns, is located in the Jokuldalur Valley in the east of the country.



12. Magic wings



13. Man is a tiny grain of sand in the ocean of the universe.



14. White snow, red cardinals



15. A round dance of tiny mushrooms on a dry leaf



16. The Firebird - the eruption of Mount Etna, towering over the Italian city of Catania



17. Phases of the longest partial lunar eclipse of 2021 in more than 500 years years



18. Cross fox - a rare color variant of the red fox



19. View of Mount Fuji from Shizuoka Japan



20. You won't see anything sweeter or more touching today.