30 interesting photos and facts for geography lovers (31 photos)

Humans are curious creatures by nature, so it is logical that we strive to learn as much as possible about our home planet. Some people prefer to study biology and all living things, others focus on sociology or economics, but when it comes to understanding the world, geography is the obvious choice. Lovers of everything related to this science gather in the Reddit community of the same name, and here are examples of the best posts from there.





1. Canada still retains 91% of the forests that existed before the arrival of the first European settlers



2. The author of this photo spent a lot of time getting to the right place.





3. A joke for intellectuals



4. Photo comparison of the same place more than a hundred years apart



5. View of Fuji from the ISS



6. Cross waves are a very beautiful and rare phenomenon that occurs when two waves in the sea move at right angles. Looks nice, but if the boat gets caught in these waves, it can easily capsize or go astray



7. View of Antarctica from space (close-up)



8. In Kiribati, someone is clearly tired of coming up with names (names include: Poland, Paris, London, Banana)



9. The unexpected border between Afghanistan and China



10. Topography of the Indian subcontinent



11. From Chile to Spain you can sail in a straight line and never cross land



12. World map with New Zealand in the center



13. Canada-US border in northern Idaho. Trees along the border were cut down to mark it



14. Beautiful view of Venice from the air



15. Stanislavsky Canyon in Kherson



16. Topography of South America



17. Pangea with marked boundaries



18. Horseshoe Bend in Arizona



19. Iceland in winter



20. The size of Chile compared to Europe



21. Vasyugan swamps are one of the largest swamp systems in the world. It's the size of Switzerland. There are legends that Atlantis is located here



22. Lake Chad in 1967 compared to Lake Chad now



23. Comparison of the sizes of the Roman and Mongol empires



24. Uluru (rock formation in Australia) from a bird's eye view



25. Three countries in one photo: Nepal, India and Bangladesh



26. Each lobe contains 10% of the world's population



27. The pyramids of Giza are considered one of the wonders of the world, but there are almost twice as many of them in Sudan. Sudan has 200-255 known pyramids built for the kingdom of Kush, compared to 138 pyramids in Egypt



28. This is Incahuasi: a small greasy formation in the middle of the largest salt flat on Earth



29. This map shows all earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 5.0 over the past 20 years



30. Map of Europe, but the flags on the countries show which country they have the longest border with.