Scrolling through social media often brings a mix of funny memes, adorable puppy pics, and quick laughs. But every so often, you come across something truly breathtaking: photos of nature that stop you in your tracks and remind you of the stunning beauty of our planet. These moments inspire us to pause and appreciate the incredible wonders around us.
Today, we’re bringing you a collection of such mesmerizing posts from the Facebook group “Beauty of Nature.” This page, as they describe it, is “A Celebration of Our Planet’s Wonders!” So, sit back, relax, and let yourself be transported through this visual journey filled with stunning landscapes, fascinating wildlife, and the magic of the natural world.
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This drone photo was taken during a heavy rainstorm. A beaver dam is blocking dirty water
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A woman in West Virginia snapped a one-in-a-million shot of a tree being struck by lightning. Photographed by Donnie Dania
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Modern technology has brought countless benefits to our lives, and mobile phones are undoubtedly one of the biggest blessings. With just a few taps on your screen, you can marvel at the breathtaking beauty of nature from the comfort of your couch. While many of us dream of exploring the world firsthand, our phones let us enjoy stunning visuals without needing to step outside.
Let’s face it: not all of us have the time or finances to visit every beautiful corner of the earth. But that doesn’t mean we can’t soak in the wonders of our planet. Thanks to Facebook groups like “Beauty of Nature,” you can explore serene forests, majestic mountains, and vibrant wildlife from wherever you are. It’s like taking a virtual journey through some of the world’s most magical spots.
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Of course, while we might manage to snap a pretty sunset with our phones, capturing the true essence of nature is an art. That’s where wildlife photographers come in. These talented individuals work tirelessly to document the beauty of the natural world. Bored Panda had the chance to speak with Lokesh Tardalkar, a wildlife photographer and assistant professor at UPG College of Arts, Science & Commerce, to get some insights into their craft.
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Lokesh starts by emphasizing the importance of passion. “If you’re not passionate about wildlife, it’s hard to dedicate the time and effort needed to truly capture its beauty,” he says. He believes that a deep love for nature is the foundation for great wildlife photography.
When it comes to gear, Lokesh admits that having the right camera is crucial. “A good camera can make a huge difference in the quality of your images,” he explains. But he’s quick to add that the real magic lies in patience. “You can’t rush nature. Waiting for the perfect moment is part of the process.”
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How my friend found a fox in her back garden. Must have been a hard day
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A baboon accepting its fate…
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Sometimes there is a line to get on the ‘Falls Viewing Platform’, and sometimes there is a line to fish at the falls!
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Lokesh also points out that understanding your subject is key. “Whether it’s a bird, a tiger, or a butterfly, you need to study their behavior. Knowing when and where to find them increases your chances of getting that perfect shot,” he shares.
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Weather and timing play significant roles too. “Golden hour, just after sunrise or before sunset, is when you get the best light. It makes everything look magical,” Lokesh adds. He encourages aspiring photographers to experiment with different conditions and learn what works best.
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This Is a Northern Blue Banded Bee – And Yes, It’s Real!
Not all Bees are Yellow and Brown.
Native to Australia and Southeast Asia, this solitary bee stands out with its electric-blue stripes and fast, precise flight. It doesn’t make honey or live in colonies—but it’s a powerful pollinator.
Image credits: Thinura Nisal Bandara
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A thick covering of ivy being pulled off the side of a building
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Spectacular clouds captured on the road from Poland to Hungary.
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Lake Nakuru – Kenya, is the nesting site of a million pink flamingos
Image credits: Chathura Udayanga Thilakarathne
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Yareta (Azorella compacta) in Bolivia (elevation of 14,000 ft.). This may look like a moss, but it isn’t! This is a broad-leafed plant in the carrot family, Apiaceae. These plants can grow to be over 3000 years old. This large specimen may be over 1000 years old.
Image credits: Chathura Udayanga Thilakarathne
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Lokesh also believes that wildlife photography teaches valuable lessons. “It’s not just about the photos; it’s about connecting with nature, respecting it, and understanding our role in preserving it,” he says. For him, every image is a way to share a story and inspire others to appreciate the world around them.
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These salt deposits were formed during the “Messinian Salinity Crisis”, a geological event during which the Mediterranean Sea was cut off from the Atlantic Ocean and dried up (or mostly dried up), creating massive deposits of previously dissolved salts. This occurred at the end of the Messinian age of the Miocene epoch, from 5.96 to 5.33 million years ago, ending when the Atlantic again flowed into the basin
Image credits: Kavisara Rishmika
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This is how big a Redwood is
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Mouse deer like chevrotains and Java mouse deer are considered living fossils because they are thought to be the most primitive ruminants. Whales may have evolved from water-loving creatures that looked like small deer
Image credits: Thisal Kavindu Yakandawala
Even though not all wildlife photos come from professionals, sometimes capturing nature’s beauty is all about being in the right place at the right time. Some of these heartwarming posts are perfect examples of those lucky moments. Which one of these stood out to you? Have you ever managed to snap a once-in-a-lifetime shot of nature? Let us know!
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Crotalaria cunninghamii, also known as the green birdflower or Regal Birdflower, is a truly fascinating plant native to inland northern Australia. What makes it so striking is its unusual flowers — the petals are shaped in such a way that they resemble tiny, green hummingbirds in flight. The illusion is so convincing that at first glance, it looks like a cluster of birds feeding from the plant.
Some experts suggest that the flower’s shape may be an adaptation to attract bird pollinators, such as honeyeaters, which are common in its native habitat. The Aboriginal communities have also traditionally used its sap to treat eye infections.
Despite their bird-like appearance, these flowers are all-natural, a perfect example of how surreal and artistic nature can be. The plant belongs to the legume family
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The Rainbow Snake
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Hippocampus guttulatus, commonly known as the long-snouted seahorse and in Great Britain as the spiny seahorse, is a marine fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae, native from the northeast Atlantic, including the Mediterranean
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Echium wildpretii, also known as Tower of Jewels
Echium wildpretii is a species of flowering plant in the Boraginaceae family, endemic to the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago. It grows mainly in the subalpine zone of the ravines of Mount Teide, a volcano on the island of Tenerife. Common names are tower of jewels, red bugloss, Tenerife bugloss or Mount Teide bugloss.
It is a biennial herbaceous plant reaching between 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) tall, with an erect inflorescence bearing red flowers. The plant produces a dense rosette of leaves during the first year, flowers in the second year, and then dies back. It flowers from late spring to early summer in Tenerife.
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In Oaxaca there is a honey ant known because its tummy is filled with a delicious honey that you can extract and then let go to the little ant In the Oaxaque villages it is known as chindudis and is a variety of ant that produce honey only that instead of depositing it in a honeycomb, generate a bag next to its stomach that inflates outwards while being filled with the sweet flavor, which extracted overnight of floral nectars. They belong to desert areas and can be found in some communities, especially in the Mixteca area, when there is no rain.
They are known by different names: Chindudis, Tiocondudi, Botijas, Tioko Ntudi (variant of Mixteco meaning honey ant), Vinitos, Binguinas, among others, as the name varies in different villages. You just have to dig a little during the day where you see an ant and you will find this sweet treat, although its taste is sweet it has a wide range of floral flavors. Don’t hurt them, you can extract the honey from their tummy and let them go, they will fill their belly again over night.
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A 2 feet tall specimen of Amorphallus, the Punggapong flower in full bloom during the rainy season. One of the rarest plants found in the Masungi georeserve, the Philippines
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Just as impressive underground as above ground. Despite their incredible heights of 300+ feet, typical redwood root systems are relatively shallow, only 6 to 12 feet deep. Redwoods create the strength to withstand powerful winds and floods by extending their roots outwards, up to 100 feet wide from the trunk, and living in groves where their roots can intertwine. This ancient giant fell naturally and will continue to provide life to seedlings as a nurse log for many years to come. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
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Malayan tapirs are classed as Endangered, and South American tapirs are Vulnerable. Poaching and habitat loss are two major reasons 🌳
Therefore, zoo-based breeding programmes are essential insurance for tapirs, whilst simultaneously engaging visitors on the matters of mass deforestation and illegal logging
Chester Zoo
Jimmy’s Farm & Wildlife Park
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The tufted ground squirrel is noted for having the largest known tail to body size ratio of any mammal, with the volume of its tail including the air included in the fluff being 130% of the volume of its body 🐿
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The Adorable Dik-Dik: Tiny, Fast, and Full of Personality! 🦌✨ This tiny antelope, called a dik-dik, looks straight out of a storybook! Standing only about 30–40 cm tall, dik-diks are incredibly quick and shy, perfectly adapted to hide among bushes in the African savannah. Their big sparkling eyes, small size, and delicate horns make them one of the most charming little creatures you’ll ever see!
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The flat phantom of the rivers 🐢🌊🕵️♂️✨
It looks like a fossil from another time – mysterious, ancient and almost alien: the Cantor’s giant tortoise (Pelochelys Cantorii) is one of the rarest and most unusual turtles in the world!
Image credits: Indika Roshan Thilakarathne
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A photograph captures the moment a mother jackal chases down an eagle that has kidnapped her cub. The images were taken by wildlife photographer Ateeb Hussain, who was in the right place at the right time to capture the jackal in action. As you can see in the picture, nature is brutal, but this time the creepy story had a happy ending. The place is the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, where an eagle swung over a small jackal cub and took it away. However, the mother of the animal was lurking and wouldn’t let her puppy get lost. It is known that after the action, the jackal not only rescued its seemingly uninjured pup, but was also able to hide it in a cave from poachers.
Image credits: Udeni Wickramasinghe
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Three-Tailed Swallowtail Butterflies!
Hundreds of these endangered butterflies, were spotted gathering by a creek in Tengchong, SW China’s Yunnan Province.
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Khao Hin Phap Pha, a cliff with layered rocks dubbed as “Pancake Rock” by many, along the coast of Nakhon Si Thammarat
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When a female squirrel finds a baby squirrel, she gives it food and makes sure that it is an orphan and has no mother or father.
After 3 days of research and making sure she doesn’t have a family, she takes it with care, feeds it and familiarizes him with living with her and her children as if he were one of her children.
The female squirrel is unique in welcoming her husband when he returns with food, with kisses and caresses, to alleviate the fatigue of bringing food to her and her young.
The male squirrel always expresses his love for his female by giving her the most beautiful roses and the largest walnuts and almonds…
Mother Squirrel and Father Squirrel form a wonderful family, because the future of humanity depends on their activity:
Half the seeds they store turn into new shrubs in the forest.
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The Saiga Antelope, found in the steppes of Central Asia, is famous for its oversized, trunk-like nose.
This unique nose helps filter dust and cool the air during the scorching summers. Sadly, they’re critically endangered due to poaching and habitat loss.
Photo: Mogens Trolle
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The Forest’s Silent Executioner
This is no ordinary death. What you see is a masterpiece of biological manipulation—a parasitic fungus that hijacked an insect’s body and turned it into a living tomb. It climbed high, compelled by the fungus, and clamped down before succumbing. From its lifeless husk, fungal fruiting bodies now erupt, spreading invisible spores into the damp air of the forest floor.
One life taken to ensure many more.
A haunting reminder: in nature, even the smallest creature can become the stage for a chilling performance
Image credits: Kaize Naize
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A mahogany tree has been split lengthwise in two by lightning. In front of the Physics Department of Pabna Government Edward College on Tuesday morning.
6 May 2025, Pabna, Bangladesh..
Photo: Ajker Patrika
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The Derby Boab prison tree has stood for over 1000 years. It had been reputed to have been used in the 1890s as a lockup for indigenous Australian prisoners on their way to Derby for sentencing, but there is no evidence that it was ever used to house prisoners.
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This strange and charismatic oinker is the Babirusa (Babirousa babyrussa). It means “pig-deer” in the Malay language. It is thought that the Sulawesi people gave the babirusa this moniker because their large canines resemble antlers, but the name could also reflect how the babirusa combines slender, deer-like legs and a multi-chambered stomach with its other, more pig-like traits. This mammal occurs exclusively in the swamps and rainforests of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Cobalt Crust Fungus
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The Beetle With Insanely Long Arms!
This is the Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus), one of the longest insects in the world when you count those massive forelegs.
Native to Central and South America, males use their stretched limbs to battle rivals and impress females.
Fun Fact: The harlequin pattern on their shell helps them blend in with tree bark, making them surprisingly hard to spot despite their size
Image credits: Rangika Madhumekala
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Meet the black giant squirrel! Native to Southeast Asia, the black giant squirrel is known for its jet-black fur and long tail. It is one of the largest squirrel species in the world!
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This giant stick insect is the Chan’s Megastick (Phobaeticus chani), one of the longest insects on Earth!
Found in the rainforests of Borneo, it can grow up to 22 inches (56 cm) with legs extended, almost the size of a human arm! Its expert camouflage makes it nearly invisible among tree branches, keeping it safe from predators.
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The Stunning Brush Jewel Beetle (Julodis cirrosa)
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The vineyards of La Geria, on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, are a stunning example of human adaptability and ingenuity. Born from the devastation of volcanic eruptions in the 1730s, these vineyards transformed an arid, ash-covered landscape into one of the world’s most unique agricultural regions. Farmers discovered that the volcanic ash, or picón, could trap moisture and protect the soil from the island’s relentless heat, allowing crops to thrive in an otherwise inhospitable environment.
Each vine is planted in a pit dug into the ash, with crescent-shaped stone walls shielding it from fierce winds. These distinctive patterns stretch across the black volcanic terrain, creating a striking visual contrast with the vibrant greenery of the vines. The Malvasia grape, cultivated here, is famous for its sweet, aromatic wines, which stand as a testament to this innovative farming method.
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The World’s Smallest Monkey: The Pygmy Marmoset! 🐒
Look at this tiny cutie! This is a pygmy marmoset, the smallest primate in the world. They’re so small they can fit in the palm of your hand!
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A large stork nest near the village of Báscones del Aqua, Spain
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A Florida plumber found a clog in a toilet. It wasn’t the kind of clog you might expect! Move over Murder Hornets, we got Plumbing Pythons
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The Puya Raimondii, nicknamed the “Queen of the Andes,” is the tallest flower in the world, reaching up to 15 meters. It grows at altitudes of 3,000-4,000 meters in Peru and Bolivia, and takes about a century to bloom. Each plant develops a single massive inflorescence with more than 20,000 flowers, which open every three or four years and are pollinated primarily by hummingbirds. After flowering, the plant dies. It is considered a living fossil and is visible in places like Huascarán National Park in Peru
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