Wonder

I recently checked out a book called "Simply Beautiful Photographs" from the National Geographic Society.
It is a stunning book that makes you filled with wonder. And I just thought that I would share my favorite photographs from the book.
Isn't the world beautiful?
I do not own the text or the pictures; all rights go to the National Geographic Society. Think of it as a preview for their book.

James L. Stanfield

Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, China

Young members of the Bayan Obo People's

Commune prepare for the coming day

James P. Blair

Dinaric Alps, Bosnia

A young man takes a break from work

on his family's farm to smile at the camera

Gordon Gahan

Anatolia, Turkey

A Turkish family peers out the window

of their train car

William Albert Allard

Trapani, Sicily, Italy

Sheep cross a pastoral scene

Michael S. Yamashita

Japan

Leaves cover the path on Natagiri Pass

Thomas J. Abercrombie

Foroglio, Ticino Canton, Switzerland

An old chestnut tree drapes its branches

over stone-clad buildings

Bill Curtsinger

Yarmouth, Maine

A dog looks curiously at an unexpected visitor

Mitsuaki Iwago

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

A mother and cub stare off into the

distance as the sun reflects off the grasses

Michael Melford

Kamchatka, Russia

An aerial view of the towering Kronotsky

volcano