Wonderfill

WONDERFILL

To our beautiful planet, From the depths of the oceans to the highest clouds, there so many mysteries to your design. You create a sense of wonder, something we take in with all of our senses. Something we go to great lengths to discover. Something we ask ourselves, how?

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Table of Conents

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“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.

It is the source of all true art and science.�

Albert Einstein 4

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“Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.�

Plato

“What is this life if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.�

W.H Davies

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“Wonder is the first of all the passions.”

René Descartes

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“He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.�

John Burroughs

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.�

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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“Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore.

There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.�

Albert Schweitzer

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“If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it’s my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth.”

J.R.R Tolkien

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“Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.”

Ray Bradbury

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“Our present moment is a mystery that we are part of.

Here and now is where all the wonder of life lies hidden.

And make no mistake about it, to strive to live completely in the present is to strive for what already is the case.

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“Wisdom begins in wonder.”

Socrates

“Wonder is the desire for knowledge.�

Thomas Aquinas

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“Nature conceals her mystery by her essential grandeur.�

Albert Einstein

“Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.�

Bette Davis

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“In all things of nature there is something marvelous.�

Aristotle

“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.”

Neil Armstrong

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“If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.”

Ray Bradbury

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Encyclopedia

Frozen Methane Bubbles

Giant’s Causeway

The Wave Great Blue Hole Caño Cristales

Salar de Uyuni

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Las Cuevas de Mármol

Catatumbo Lightning

Page 31 Frozen Methane Bubbles - Alberta, Canada Large white bubbles are created in lakes and ponds when water-dwelling bacteria feed on decaying organic matter and expel methane gas. When the water freezes, the bubbles are suspended in the ice.

27 The Wave - Arizona, USA A red sandstone formation along the Utah/Arizona border.

Only 20 people are allowed access to the site at a time, thus preserving the integrity and beauty of The Wave. A permit is also required to cross the 5.2 mile stretch of land.

19 Great Blue Hole - Belize Pammukale An underwater sinkhole off the coast of Belize, over 300 meters (984 ft.) across and 125 meters (410 ft.) deep. “It Baatara was the deepest, deep blue hole imaginable; A chasm that fell away deep into the deep, dark blue. It had been forged out of solid rock as caverns, hundreds of thousands of years ago during the last ice age.” - Glyn Collinson, a NASA scienFarafra 7 Catatumbo Lightning - Venezuela The phenomenon is known variously as the Beacon of Maracaibo, Catatumbo lightning or – cue dramatic roll of Bioluminescent thunder - the “everlasting storm”. beach Here the night sky is regularly illuminated for nine hours with thousands of flashes of Lake Natron naturally produced electricity.

33 Salar de Uyuni - Bolivia With around 11 billion tonnes of salt, Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat. It was formed when Lago Minchin ­– a prehistoric lake once covering the majority of southwest Bolivia – dried up. In the wet season when the salt is covered with a thin layer of water, it reflects the sky back at itself like a cosmic mirror. There is also a flamingo population here.

5 Las Cuevas de Mármol - Chile On the border of Chile and Argentina lies the incredibly beautiful complex of Marble caves. Marble walls of the caves are painted in all colors of the rainbow and under the influence of sunlight can change their tone during a day.

15 Giant’s Causeway - Northern Ireland The Giant’s Causeway lies at the foot of the basalt cliffs along the sea coast on the edge of the Antrim plateau in Northern Ireland. It is made up of some 40,000 massive black basalt columns sticking out of the sea. The dramatic sight has inspired legends of giants striding over the sea to Scotland.

21 Caño Cristales - Meta, Columbia Referred as, “the river that ran awayKawah from paradise.”

Ijen During the short span between the wet and dry seasons, when the water level is just right, a unique species of plant that lines the river floor called Underwater Wa- Macarenia clavigera turns a brilliant red. It is offset by splotches of yellow and green sand, blue terfall and 7 color water, and a thousand shades in between.

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13 Pammukale - Denizli, Turkey Deriving from springs in a cliff almost 200 m high overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have created at Pamukkale (Cotton Palace) an unreal landscape, made up of mineral forests, petrified waterfalls and a series of terraced basins.

29 Underwater Waterfall - Mauritius This spectacular sight is actually one of nature’s optical illusions. The flowing waterfall-like appearance that can only be seen from above, is not actually the water itself falling. It is, in fact, sand from the Mauritius beaches being forced off the shelf by currents in the ocean.

35 Baatara Waterfall - Lebanon 17 Seven Colored Earths - Mauritius The waterfall drops 255 meters into the Baatara Pothole, Surrounded by forest and spreading out in seven distinct a cave of Jurassic limestone located on the Lebanon colors (red, brown, violet, green, blue, purple, and yellow), Mountain Trail. The cave is also known as the “Cave of these psychedelic dunes were formed thanks to a rare the Three Bridges.” frozen methane confluence of volcanic activity which brought a number of 25 White Desert - Farafra, Lebanon People touring these strange lands have often felt like they’re visiting another planet, despite only being a fivehour drive from Cairo. Reaching the national park requires deflating the tires of a 4x4 Land Cruiser and dune bashing wave across the desert at dizzying angles. Because of the depth of the landscape and zero light pollution in any direction, the stars shine and streak across the sky at night. This marvel23 ous scene is arguably one of the best environments on the planet to observe the Milky Way in all its splendor.

9 Lake Natron - Tanzania Lake Natron is one of two alkaline lakes in that area of East Africa; the other is Lake Bahi. Both are terminal lakes that do not drain out to any river or sea; they are fed by hot springs and small rivers. The alkaline water in Lake Natron has a pH as high as 10.5.

different elements together, each with their own distinct hue. The rolling bands of color are caused by a strange phenomenon in which the different sand particles seem to miraculously settle together, creating patches of red iron or blue aluminum. Another odd feature of the dunes is that they do not seem to erode, despite Mauritius’ heavy and frequent rains.

Bioluminescent Beach - Maldives g.b. hole catatumbo This magical effect is caused by the bioluminescent plankton that often appears in warm coastal waters.

cristales 11 Kawah Ijen Volcano Blue Flames, East Java, Indonesia Sulfur combusts on contact with air to create stunning blue lava-like rivers of light in the Kawah Ijen crater on the island of Java. The heat of magma sometimes ignites the sulfur dust in the soil, forming flames of electric blue. salar

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Giants Causeway

Pammukale Baatara White Desert

Bioluminescent beach Lake Natron Kawah Ijen Underwater Waterfall and 7 colored Earths

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https://www.tripsavvy.com/giants-causeway-the-completeguide-4570900 Lake Natron, Tanzania https://www.pinterest.com/ pin/733172014311837503/

Credits Images Abraham Lake Frozen Methane Bubbles, Alberta, Canada Image https://www.nytimes. com/2016/03/08/science/methanehas-never-looked-so-beautiful.html Underwater Waterfall, Mauritius https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/mauritius-underwater-waterfall-must-see-attractions/index. html The 7 Colored Earth, Chamarel, Mauritius https://www.hotel.com.au/country/ mauritius.htm The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland

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White Desert, Farafra, Egypt https://www.locationscout.net/ egypt/17264-white-desert Blue Flames of the Kawah Ijen volcano, East Java, Indonesia https://www.discovery.com/exploration/indonesia-s-kawah-ijen-volcano-burns-a-brilliant-blue The Wave, Arizona, USA https://www.amazon.com/Arizona-Poster-Nature-Posters-Photos/ dp/B005XXVRUQ

Las Cuevas de Mármol (The Marble Caves), Aysén, Chile https://www.nationalgeographic. com/photography/photo-of-theday/2017/06/marble-caves-chile/ Great Blue Hole, Belize https://www.newsweek.com/ richard-branson-belize-greatblue-hole-sinkhole-plastic-pollution-1299764 Caño Cristales, Meta, Columbia https://www.instagram.com/p/BJatiCVjDp5/ Baatara Gorge Waterfall, Lebanon https://www.pandotrip.com/theunique-ancient-baatara-gorge-waterfall-in-lebanon-15736/

Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkey https://www.kusadasi.biz/misc/ pamukkale.html

Glowing bioluminescent beach, Maldives https://www.thisiscolossal. com/2014/01/bioluminescent-beach-maldives/

Catatumbo Lightning, Venezuela https://www.pinterest.com/ pin/127860076894060755/

World Map https://www.pinterest.com pin/174373816799386824/

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia https://www.suitcaseandi.com/thelargest-mirror-on-earth-salar-deuyuni-bolivia/?cn-reloaded=1

Texts https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ calgary/abraham-lake-north-sas

katchewan-river-methane-bubbles-frozen-ice-1.5424865 https://bearfoottheory.com/hiking-the-wave-in-arizona/ https://belize.com/belize-bluehole/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/ places/cano-cristales https://www.intrepidtravel.com/ adventures/our-guide-to-salar-deuyuni/ http://www.orangesmile.com/extreme/en/picturesque-caves/lascavernas-de-marmol.htm

https://www.livescience. com/40135-photographer-rickbrandt-lake-natron.html https://www.express.co.uk/travel/ articles/771849/underwater-waterfall-mauritius https://www.atlasobscura.com/ places/seven-coloured-earths https://www.kuoni.co.uk/maldives/ bioluminescent-plankton# https://www.nationalgeographic. com/news/2014/1/140130-kawahijen-blue-flame-volcanoes-sulfurindonesia-pictures/#close

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150810-the-most-electricplace-on-earth https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/369/ https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/485/ http://gooyadaily.com/lifestyle/ beautiful-baatara-gorge-waterfall-lebanon.html https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/ egypt-white-desert/index.html

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This book was designed and produced in the spring of 2020

by Emily Karam.

It was typeset in National.

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And I think to myself, what a wonderful world