I love the sense of grandeur and awe that an amazing fantasy setting can produce. I will forever be entranced by well-described castles, elven tree cities, dwarven mountain catacombs, and dragon eyries, as well as some of the more spectacular magical elements those locations can contain. Sometimes, however, the world we actually inhabit contains fantastic elements that exceed the imagination of any author. Here I list the top three I have recently discovered.
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Photo source: Commander John Bortniak, NOAA Corps – http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/corp1608.htm Image ID: corp1608, NOAA Corps Collection, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=406349