Sometimes, when you see something truly beautiful, it’ll take your brain a second or two to process it. The images below are no exception. Each of them are stunning, colorful, geometrically amazing… but you’ll never guess what they actually are.
Whoa.
2.) Some trucks on the highway?
Nope. Oyster farming of the coast of Luderitz Bay, Namibia.
9.) Ohh, a painting!
Nope. The small remnant of a rainforest surrounded by farmland outside Iguacu National Park, Brazil.
11.) Some kind of geometric art?
Nope. Vineyard of Ortenau, Baden Wine Route, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.
16.) Some spilled beer?
Nope. Oxidized iron materials in the water of an old mining area in Rio Tinto, Huelva Province, Spain.
(via Where Cool Things Happen.)
Humans did some pretty terrible things to our planet. There’s no denying that our society inflicted some serious damage to Mother Earth in the past… but we also created some beautiful views by working with our environment. You just have to know where to look. Being really, really high up is a start. That’s how you can see most of these stunning views yourself.
I’m going to make sure to always request the window seat on planes from now on. I want to see these.
