For every wonder or oddity you can see in a high quality scιᴇɴcᴇ ғιcтιoɴ мovιᴇ, Mother Nature has spent centuries and millennia slowly carving out an equally stunning work of art on her expansive natural canvas. Across the globe, the natural world is studded with landscapes that seem to leap right from the mind of Spielberg or Nolan.

The Marble Caves Are Located on a Peninsula of Solid Marble That Spans the Chile-Argentina ʙoʀᴅᴇʀ

New Zealand’s Champagne Pool May Look Gorgeous, But the 900-Year-Old Hot Spring’s Bubbles are Composed of Pure Carbon Dioxide

Located in a Remote Section of the Ural Mountains in Russia are the Manpapuner Rock Formations

Nicknamed the Eye of the Sahara, this Circular Formation Is 30 Miles Wide and Visible From Space

Hey, Did You Know Mud Volcanoes Were a Thing? Though They’re Scattered Around the World

ᴅᴇvιʟs Tower in Wyoming Is So Mysterious That It’s the Focal Point of ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind,’ One of the Most sᴇмιɴᴀʟ scι-ғι ғιʟмs Ever Made