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The Huíla plateau, bounded by dramatic cliffs and chasms, stands above the arid coastal plains in the country’s southwest.

The colorful formations found in this bowl-shaped escarpment in southwestern Utah are the centerpiece of Cedar Breaks National Monument.

Over millions of years, water has sculpted limestone in northern Vietnam into an extraordinary karst landscape full of towers, cones,…

A colorful ridge and winding glacial meltwater river meet amidst dune fields in western China.

Located on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, the peak’s lofty altitude and chilly latitude help it hang onto snow and glaciers all…

The idyllic region of Dalarna County is the site of an ancient, powerful collision.

A round depression in the salty plains of the Kutch Basin reveals telltale signs of a prehistoric meteorite impact.

The “young” and well-preserved crater helps scientists understand cratering processes on Earth and elsewhere in the solar system.

The 50,000-year-old crater is relatively young, and only the second discovered in China.


