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The Sahara Desert is the largest desert. Great Blue Marble Nature has the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, plus the tallest, highest, biggest, deepest of the world's mountains, caves, continents, glaciers, rivers, lakes, oceans, trenches, and deserts in images, pictures, and photos. Plus climate change news, and wonders of earth from space.

The Highest, Tallest, Biggest, Deepest,
Longest, and Largest of Earth's Natural
Wonders of the Land, Seas, and Oceans.
The Seven Natural & Ancient Wonders of the World.
Plus NASA Images of Earth's Natural Wonders from Space.
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The Lambert Glacier is the largest glacier. Great Blue Marble Nature has the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, plus the tallest, highest, biggest, deepest of the world's mountains, caves, continents, glaciers, rivers, lakes, oceans, trenches, and deserts in images, pictures, and photos. Plus climate change news, and wonders of earth from space.

Angel Falls are the tallest waterfalls. Great Blue Marble Nature has the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, plus the tallest, highest, biggest, deepest of the world's mountains, caves, continents, glaciers, rivers, lakes, oceans, trenches, and deserts in images, pictures, and photos. Plus climate change news, and wonders of earth from space.

The Caspian sea is the largest lake. Great Blue Marble Nature has the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, plus the tallest, highest, biggest, deepest of the world's mountains, caves, continents, glaciers, rivers, lakes, oceans, trenches, and deserts in images, pictures, and photos. Plus climate change news, and wonders of earth from space.

The Mariana Trench is the deepest ocean trench. Great Blue Marble Nature has the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, plus the tallest, highest, biggest, deepest of the world's mountains, caves, continents, glaciers, rivers, lakes, oceans, trenches, and deserts in images, pictures, and photos. Plus climate change news, and wonders of earth from space.

The world's deepest cave is in Asia. Great Blue Marble Nature has the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, plus the tallest, highest, biggest, deepest of the world's mountains, caves, continents, glaciers, rivers, lakes, oceans, trenches, and deserts in images, pictures, and photos. Plus climate change news, and wonders of earth from space.

The highest mountain is Mount Everest. Great Blue Marble Nature has the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, plus the tallest, highest, biggest, deepest of the world's mountains, caves, continents, glaciers, rivers, lakes, oceans, trenches, and deserts in images, pictures, and photos. Plus climate change news, and wonders of earth from space.

Greenland is the largest island. Great Blue Marble Nature has the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, plus the tallest, highest, biggest, deepest of the world's mountains, caves, continents, glaciers, rivers, lakes, oceans, trenches, and deserts in images, pictures, and photos. Plus wonders of earth from space.

The highest overall continents are Asia and Antarctica. Great Blue Marble Nature has the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, plus the tallest, highest, biggest, deepest of the world's mountains, caves, continents, glaciers, rivers, lakes, oceans, trenches, and deserts in images, pictures, and photos. Plus climate change news, and wonders of earth from space.

Earth's Natural Water Wonders

Angel Falls is 3,212 feet tall.	The World's Highest or Tallest Waterfalls	Angel Falls Venezuela
Angel Falls	Angel Falls in Venezuela, with a drop of 3,212 ft. ( 979m ), is the world's tallest waterfall, surpassing Tugela Falls ( 3,110 ft. ) in South Africa by only 102 ft. Norway has 4 waterfalls in the top 8 highest. Norway's giant falls range between 2,120 ft. to 2,625ft. Yosemite Falls, USA, is the fifth highest waterfall in the world at 2,425 ft. ( 739m ). << Click on the Angel Falls thumbnail images for a larger image. >>	Angel Falls

The Nile River is 4,160 miles long.	The World's Longest Rivers	The Nile River N.E. Africa
	The longest river in the world is the Nile River, which flows for 4,160 miles ( 6,695 km ), from the mountains of Central Africa to the Mediterranean Sea. Three major rivers follow closely behind. They are the Amazon in South America at 4,000 miles ( 6,440 km ), the Yangtze ( Chang Jiang ) in China at 3915 miles ( 6,300 km ), and the mighty Mississippi River in the USA at 3,740 miles ( 6,019 km ). << Click on the Nile River thumbnail images for a larger image. >> View a NASA earth image of the Nile River Delta from space (below).
Nile River		Nile River

The Caspian Sea is 152,000 sq. mi.	The World's Largest or Biggest Lakes The Largest Saltwater Lakes & the Largest Freshwater Lakes	The Caspian Sea S.W. Asia
	The largest lake in the world is the Caspian Sea in SW Asia. The Caspian is 152,000 sq. miles ( 393,900m ), and is almost five times larger than the 2nd largest, Lake Superior at 31,800 sq. miles ( 82,400 sq. km ). The Caspian is an inland saltwater lake, however Superior is a freshwater lake, making it the world's largest freshwater lake. The 4 next biggest lakes are between 22,000 - 26,000 sq. miles. They are Lake Victoria in Africa ( fresh ), Aral Sea ( salt ) in Western Asia, and the freshwater Great Lakes; Lake Huron, and Lake Michigan. << Click on the Caspian Sea thumbnail images for a larger image. >> View a NASA earth image of the Caspian Sea from space (below). View a NASA earth image of the Lake Superior from space (below).
Caspian Sea		Caspian Sea

The Pacific Ocean	The World's Deepest Ocean Trench	The Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean Storm from Space � NASA	The regions where the ocean plates disappear into the earth's mantle are called subduction zones, and are marked by deep ocean trenches. The deepest is the Mariana Trench in the southern Pacific Ocean ( Philippine Sea ), which is 36,197 ft ( 11,033m ) deep, or more than 7,000 ft ( 2,100m ) deeper than Mount Everest is high. << Click on the NASA Pacific Ocean thumbnail images for a larger image. >> View more NASA earth images of the Pacific Ocean from space (below).	Mariana Islands from Space � NASA

Earth's Natural Land Wonders

World Famous Caves & Caverns	The World's Deepest Caves	World Famous Caves & Caverns
	Caves are made from underground water erosion, which then become enlarged by rock falls. In January 2001, a team of 11 cave explorers from the Ukraine, claim to have located the deepest cave on Earth. The cave was found in a massive piece of limestone in Asia's Caucasus Mountains in Georgia. The cave is 4,700 feet deep. This new find exceeds the former deepest cave in Austria by 250 feet. There are deep caves located worldwide. Spain, New Guinea, and Mexico, all have caves deeper than 4,400 ft. ( 1,340m ). << Click on the cave thumbnail images for a larger image. >>
Malaysia Cave		Caucasus Mountains

South Africa Cave		Carlsbad Caverns

Mount Everest Himalayas	The World's Highest Mountains	Mount Everest Himalayas
Mount Everest	The world's five highest mountains are similar in height and are all located in the Himalayas of Asia. They are: 1.) Mount Everest at 29,028 ft. ( 8,848m ), 2.) K2, also known as Chogori, at 28,250 ft. ( 8,611m ), 3.) Kangchenjunga at 28,165 ft.( 8,585m), 4.) Lhotse 1 at 27,890 ft ( 8,501m ), and 5.) Makalu at 27,824 ft. ( 8,481m ). << Click on the Mount Everest thumbnail images for a larger image. >> View more images of Mt. Everest at the 7 Wonders of the World (below). View NASA earth images of Mount Everest from space (below).	Mount Everest

Mt. Kilimanjaro Africa	The World's Highest Points on Continents	Mt. McKinley North America
Mount Kiliminjaro Tanzania	Australia has the lowest average height of all the continents. The highest points on the seven continents are: 1.) Africa, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, 19,340 ft. ( 5,895m ), 2.) Antarctica, Mt. Vinson Massif, 16,863 ft. ( 5,140m ), 3.) Asia, Mt. Everest, Nepal / China, 29,028 ft. ( 2,230m ), 4.) Australia, Mt. Kosciusko, 7,316 ft. ( 2,230m ), 5.) Europe, Mt. Blanc, France, 15,770 ft. ( 4,807m ), 6.) North America, Mt. McKinley, Alaska, 20,320 ft. ( 6,194m ), and 7.) South America, Mt. Ojos del Salado, Argentina / Chile, 23,241 ft. ( 7,084m ). << Click on the mountain thumbnail images for a larger image. >>	Mount McKinley Alaska

Lambert Glacier Antarctica	The World's Largest Glaciers	Lambert Glacier Antarctica
Lambert Glacier Velocity Chart � NASA	The Lambert Glacier in Antarctica is 250 miles ( 402 km ) long, and up to 40 miles ( 64 km ) wide, making it the largest glacier in the world. The next largest glaciers are half the size of Lambert. The Peterman Glacier in northern Greenland, and the Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica, are both 125 miles ( 200 km ) long. << Click on the Lambert Glacier thumbnail images for a larger image. >>	Lambert Glacier From Space � NASA

Sahara Desert North Africa	The World's Largest Deserts	Sahara Desert North Africa
Sahara Desert	The Sahara Desert in North Africa is by far the largest desert in the world at 3,500,000 sq. miles ( 9,100,00 km ), more than twice the size of the second largest desert, the Great Australian Desert at 1,480,000 sq. miles ( 3,830,000 km ). The Gobi Desert in Asia is the third largest at 500,000 sq. miles ( 1,295,000 km ). << Click on the Sahara Desert thumbnail images for a larger image. >> View a NASA earth image of the Sahara Desert from space (below).	Sahara Desert

Greenland	The World's Largest Islands	Greenland
Greenland Capitol	The 10 largest islands ( sq. km ) are 1.) Greenland ( 2,175,600 ), 2.) New Guinea ( 792,500 ), 3.) Borneo/Indonesia ( 792,500), 4.) Madagascar ( 587,000 ), 5.) Baffin Island/Canada ( 507,500 ), 6.) Sumatra/Indonesia ( 427,300 ), 7.) Honshu/Japan ( 227,400 ), 8.) Great Britain ( 218,100 ), 9.) Vancouver Island/Canada ( 217,300 ), and 10.) Ellesmere Island/Canada ( 196,200 ). << Click on the Greenland thumbnail images for a larger image. >> View a NASA earth image of Greenland from space (below).	Greenland Icebergs

The Seven Natural Wonders of the World
Plus the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World.

The SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD is a listing of notable objects in the world. The practice of listing the seven wonders begun in ancient times, when Greeks and Romans compiled lists of memorable things that travelers should see. There were many lists compiled that included many different wonders, however all the lists of ancient wonders included only man-made objects that were considered notable because of their size or some other unusual quality. Since that time, others - usually writers, explorers, and world travelers - have compiled lists of the Seven Natural Wonders. World travelers and explorers generally select the 7 natural wonders listed below.
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	1. Mount Everest on the Nepal-Tibet border. << Click on the 7 Wonders of the World images for a larger image. >> View NASA earth images of Mount Everest from space (below).
	2. Victoria Falls on the Rhodesia-Zambia border. << Click on the 7 Wonders of the World images for a larger image. >> View NASA earth images of Lake Victoria from space (below).
	3. The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. << Click on the 7 Wonders of the World images for a larger image. >> View NASA earth images of the Grand Canyon from space (below).
	4. The Great Barrier Reef of Australia, the world's largest coral formation. << Click on the 7 Wonders of the World images for a larger image. >> View NASA earth images of the Great Barrier Reef from space (below).
	5. Caves in France and Spain with their pre-historic paintings. << Click on the 7 Wonders of the World images for a larger image. >>
	6. Par�cutin, a young volcano in Mexico. << Click on the 7 Wonders of the World images for a larger image. >> View NASA earth images of an erupting volcano from space (below).
	7. The harbour at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. << Click on the 7 Wonders of the World images for a larger image. >>
Many other natural wonders are often listed, such as the Northern Lights (images of Auroras from space below), the giant sequoia trees of California; Rainbow Natural Bridge of Utah; Yellowstone Falls in Yellowstone National Park; Crater Lake and Wizard Island in Oregon; and the Carlsbad Caverns of New Mexico.

The Seven Ancient Wonders of the World (The seven ancient wonders are listed chronologically).

1.) The Great Pyramids at Giza. 2.) The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. 3.) The Statue of Zeus at Olympia. 4.) The Temple of Artemus at Ephesus. 5.) The Mausoleum at Hallicarnassus. 6.) The Colossus of Rhodes. 7.) The Lighthouse of Alexandria.

Earth's Geographic Wonders From Space

	Below are a few images of earth's greatest geographic wonders taken from space by NASA. Click on the space images for a larger image. � NASA

	Caspian Sea � NASA	Lake Superior � NASA	Mount Everest � NASA	Mount Everest � NASA

	Pacific Ocean � NASA	Great Barrier Reef � NASA	Sahara Desert � NASA	Greenland � NASA

	Lake Victoria � NASA	Antarctica � NASA	Nile River / Africa � NASA	Earth / City Lights � NASA

	Grand Canyon � NASA	Mt. Etna Eruption � NASA	Aurora Australis � NASA	Aurora Borealis � NASA

Wonders of the Animal Kingdom

Blue Whale Largest Animal	The World's Largest Animals	Elephant Largest Land Animal
	The largest animal known to exist is the blue whale ( 110 feet long, 90 tons ). The largest living bird is the ostrich ( 8 feet tall, 300 lbs.). The largest living land animal is the elephant ( 12 feet tall, 6 tons ). The tallest living animal is the giraffe ( 20 feet tall ). The largest living reptile is the komodo dragon ( 10 feet long, 300 lbs.). << Click on the animal thumbnail images for a larger image. >> Blue Whale Images � Mike Johnson	Elephant
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