From the rolling prairie of Flint Hills, Kansas, to New Zealand's Fiordland National Park, nature's mesmerizing beauty reminds us why our Earth is worth protecting. See some of our planet's best in this Green Earth gallery.
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An aerial photo shows the wetlands of Jamestown, Virginia. Though swampy, Jamestown peninsula attracted the English in 1607 because it had been cleared before. Indians had downed old-growth forest, leaving settlers with smaller trees, such as these bald cypresses.
Photograph by George Steinmetz
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