The beauty of nature

Inspired by Tam’s quote, if I may suggest a new thread, how about photos of beautiful things which are totally natural, nothing man-made? I would rule out domestic pets as they are “man made” as they’ve been moulded to how we want them to look, but wild animals are OK. Some natural things I find beautiful are:

Rainbow eucalyptus bark


Pebbles in Devon


Lettuce lichen

 

Ooops sorry, didn't notice that thread Shall I post them there and get this one deleted?

 

In that case here are more beautiful trees






Ponderosa Pine Tree

 

Bornite (Peacock ore)


Stalactites

 

My mom is fascinated by Colorado clouds and I always take pic of them for her. These are taken at Daniels Park buffalo preserve right next to my neighborhood. Taken with my old crappy Blackberry too.......so apologies.



Rocky Mtns. in the background:



Standing on a rock ledge at the preserve and looking at Rocky Mtns:





For persprective. The preserve is hundreds of feet above a man made golf course (I know against the rule) and there are ledges and rock tables they put on the edge so you can eat or sit in the middle of no where and watch for the buffalo. I have a pic of a waterfall I took there but can't find it right now. I spend a lot of time hiking on the rocks and ledges.

 

Azurite deposits on the interior surface of a geode

Clouds are so interesting

 

We've just come out of Autumn, the most beautiful time of year. I've been loving driving through my neighbourhood.. I have specific streets I choose to drive down (even though they're out of my way) because I love their Autumn trees so much.







I also love stepping on crunchy leaves, I go out of my way to find the crunchiest

 

JC, thanks for your pictures. I :heart: Colorado!!

 

I took this pic in Glenwood Canyon in Colorado. It was sooooo beautiful.

 

Love it whiks. Reminds me of coming out of Rocky Mtn. National Park on the Estes Park side. Sigh I need to get out of the city.

 

Nice post LB, Tam, Whiks, Etc.

 

Absolutely gorgeous Jordan.....I have some great cloud pics I will share with you, I took them in an airplane, they were pre-lude to a hurricane clouds....awesome....let me go find them....

 

Each sunset is but a moment of awe
Divine beauty at it’s best
Surrounded by peace and serenity
Don’t take for granted
What has been graced upon us
But enjoy and savor
And give thanks for the creation
At the end of the day, this is what it's all about....beauty from God....