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Photos

Home hero: Torres del Paine, Chilean Patagonia: Martin St-Amant (S23678), CC BY-SA 3.0
Egypt and the Nile Valley: Feluccas on the Nile at Aswan: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR), CC BY 3.0
Egypt and the Nile Valley: The pyramids of Giza: Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0
Egypt and the Nile Valley: The Nile from orbit: NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
Chile: Piedras Rojas in the Atacama highlands: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
Chile: The Andes in central Chile: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
Chile: Valparaíso from above: Roman Bonnefoy, CC BY-SA 4.0
Iceland: Kirkjufell, west Iceland: Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0
Iceland: Gullfoss in winter: Pierre-Selim Huard, CC BY 4.0
Iceland: Skógafoss: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 4.0
Kyoto, Japan: Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion: Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Kyoto, Japan: Torii gates at Fushimi Inari: Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Kyoto, Japan: Arashiyama bamboo grove: Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Venice, Italy: The Grand Canal and Rialto Bridge: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 4.0
Venice, Italy: Santa Maria della Salute: Wolfgang Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cape Town and Table Mountain: Table Mountain from Blouberg: South African Tourism from South Africa, CC BY 2.0
Cape Town and Table Mountain: Lion's Head from Table Mountain: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
The Appalachian Trail: McAfee Knob, Virginia: Something Original, CC BY-SA 3.0
The Appalachian Trail: The 2024 halfway marker: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0
The Appalachian Trail: Pen Mar Park, Maryland: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0
Torres del Paine W Trek: Cuernos and Torres del Paine: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
Torres del Paine W Trek: The towers at Base Torres: Thomas Fuhrmann, CC BY-SA 4.0
Torres del Paine W Trek: Guanacos in the park: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Everest: Mount Everest: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0
Mount Everest: Everest's north face from Tibet: Luca Galuzzi (Lucag), CC BY-SA 2.5
The Alps and the Matterhorn: The Matterhorn in winter: Liridon, CC BY-SA 4.0
The Alps and the Matterhorn: Gorner Glacier, Monte Rosa and Matterhorn: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 3.0
Lake Baikal: Lake Baikal in winter: Sergey Pesterev, CC BY-SA 4.0
Lake Baikal: Olkhon Island at sunset: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0
Lake Baikal: Shaman Rock, Olkhon Island: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0
The Dead Sea: The Dead Sea from Jordan: Faris El-Gwely, CC BY-SA 4.0
The Dead Sea: Salt crystals on the shore: Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0
The Amazon River: The Amazon River from the air: Alexander Gerst, CC BY-SA 2.0
The Amazon River: The rainforest canopy: lubasi, CC BY-SA 2.0
The Pacific Ocean and the Mariana Trench: Lava meets the Pacific in Hawaii: Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 3.0
The Pacific Ocean and the Mariana Trench: Hawaii from orbit: NASA, Public domain
The Pacific Ocean and the Mariana Trench: Trieste over the trench, 1960: U.S. Navy (Naval History and Heritage Command), Public domain

Video

Egypt and the Nile Valley: video Essential Nile Cruise, Experience Egypt, embedded from YouTube
Chile: video Chile Tourism Spot: Chile, Open Nature, Chile Travel, embedded from YouTube
Iceland: video Come and be Inspired by Iceland, Inspired by Iceland, embedded from YouTube
Kyoto, Japan: video Kyoto Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia, Expedia, embedded from YouTube
Venice, Italy: video Venice: A Tourist's Dream, a Local's Nightmare, DW Travel, embedded from YouTube
Cape Town and Table Mountain: video Cape Town’s Table Mountain, Explained, Bright Trip, embedded from YouTube
The Appalachian Trail: video Stewards of the Appalachian Trail | Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, embedded from YouTube
Torres del Paine W Trek: video What to Expect: Torres del Paine National Park | Patagonia | Lindblad Expeditions, National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions, embedded from YouTube
Mount Everest: video Everest - Getting to the Top | National Geographic, National Geographic, embedded from YouTube
The Alps and the Matterhorn: video Matterhorn | Switzerland Tourism, Switzerland, embedded from YouTube
Lake Baikal: video Lake Baikal: A biological treasure trove | SLICE, SLICE, embedded from YouTube
The Dead Sea: video Salt, Sewage and Sinkholes: The Death of the Dead Sea | Foreign Correspondent, ABC News In-depth, embedded from YouTube
The Amazon River: video Expedition Amazon: Into the Waters | National Geographic, National Geographic, embedded from YouTube
The Pacific Ocean and the Mariana Trench: video Deepwater Exploration: 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas, NOAA Ocean Exploration, embedded from YouTube
Short: Almost everyone in Egypt lives on a tiny slice of the country: Nile River Delta at Night.JPG - ISS Expedition 25 crew (Public domain) via Wikimedia Commons | The Nile River Valley and Delta.jpg - NASA Earth Observatory/Suomi NPP (Public domain) via Wikimedia Commons | Aerial view, Cairo (20130330-DSC04095).jpg - Matti Blume (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | ISS035-E-007148 Nile - Sinai - Dead Sea - Wide Angle View.jpg - Expedition 35 Crew Image courtesy of the NASA Johnson Space (Public domain) via Wikimedia Commons | Nile Delta (MODIS 2026-01-04).jpg - MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC (Public domain) via Wikimedia Commons | High Aswan Dam (built to control the Nile floods, store water and produce 2,1 GW of electricity) (14284086878).jpg - Jorge Láscar from Melbourne, Australia (CC BY 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Cairo, Nile River, Gezira Island, Egypt.jpg - Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Cairo Nile (2).jpg - Radosław Botev (CC BY 3.0 pl) via Wikimedia Commons
Short: One lake holds about a fifth of Earth's unfrozen surface fresh water: Baikal, Cape Burhan, Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Russia.jpg - Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Lake Baikal in winter.jpg - Sergey Pesterev (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Ice cave on Olkhon island.jpg - Sergey Pesterev (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Baikal ice on sunset.jpg - Sergey Pesterev (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Panorama of lake Baikal.jpg - Sergey Pesterev (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Lake Baikal, Maloye More Strait at sunrise, Baikal, Russia.jpg - Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Olkhon Island, Capes, cliffs at sunset, Lake Baikal, Russia.jpg - Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Shamanic ritual pillars at Cape Burhan, Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal.jpg - Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons
Short: Only about 1 in 4 hikers finish this 2,000 mile trail: Appalachian Trail, Peter's Mountain WV-VA.jpg - Smithh05 (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Appalachian Trail, Peter's Mountain WV-VA 4.jpg - Smithh05 (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Mount Katahdin.jpg - Michael Sipos (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Mount Katahdin - panoramio (2).jpg - Fredlyfish4 (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Appalachian National Scenic Trail (Vermont) (f37a5748-d122-4f49-99f1-f13a6d68fb3f).jpg - Victoria Stauffenberg (Public domain) via Wikimedia Commons | Appalachian National Scenic Trail (Vermont) (04d564e3-b8d5-4940-9fa3-a063b7234a83).jpg - Victoria Stauffenberg (Public domain) via Wikimedia Commons | Blue Ridge Parkway clouds VA1.jpg - Acroterion (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | View of Blue Ridge Mountains from Sassafras Mountain 20160701 1.jpg - DXR (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons
Short: This country is over 4,000 km long but rarely 200 km wide: Paisajes cerca de Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 84.JPG - Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Volcán Miñiques, Chile, 2016-02-08, DD 52-55 PAN.jpg - Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Cuernos del Paine in Torres del Paine National Park.jpg - Pedro Szekely from Los Angeles, USA (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Torres del Paine - Janvier 2010.jpg - Martin St-Amant (S23678) (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Catedrales de Tara, Chile, 2016-02-07, DD 62.JPG - Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Chile andes lake.jpg - Ram samudrala (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Kayakistas en Glaciar Grey.jpg - Pablo A. Cumillaf (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Miscanti Lagoon near San Pedro de Atacama Chile Luca Galuzzi 2006.jpg - Luca Galuzzi (Lucag) (CC BY-SA 2.5) via Wikimedia Commons
Short: You can't sink in this sea and it's shrinking every year: עץ על אי מלח באמצע ים המלח.jpg - ערן רזניק (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Dead Sea salt formation (Aerial view, 2007).jpg - Godot13 (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Dead Sea floating (Unsplash).jpg - Rob Bye robertbye (CC0) via Wikimedia Commons | Dead Sea 08.jpg - Immanuel Giel (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Dead Sea salt crystals.jpg - Petar Milošević (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Dead Sea sunrise.jpg - High Contrast (CC BY 3.0 de) via Wikimedia Commons | Israel Dead Sea shore (4264506785).jpg - Marc Tarlock from San Francisco (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons | Shore of the Dead Sea (53258647442).jpg - Mustang Joe (CC0) via Wikimedia Commons