What is the most beautiful place you've ever seen, in terms of nature scenery?

- The Berkshire mountains of Massachussetts, in autumn, during sunset

- The Grand Teton mountains of Wyoming, with everything glowing softly in the morning alpenglow

There is a lake, somewhere in VT, that is sandwiched between two shear cliffs. It is stunning.

My home is in Asheville, NC. In the fall you can drive up on the Parkway and look at the Blue Ridge Mountains. The are shining with the bright color of leaves changing and the air is a crisp blue with little whispy clouds hanging around. The mountains really do have a blue tint to them. You can see houses down in the valley. Awesome. Breath-taking.

Samui, Thailand

Can't remember..sorry!

Western Montana.

The coast of Maine.

The Ocean(anywhere), Red River Gorge/Natural Bridge State Park, Niagara Falls, Virginia.

The redwood forests in northern California.

I can't pick any particular place. The coast of Maine, the Scottish Highlands & Islands, the South Island in New Zealand, a small farm in New Hampshire, they're all gorgeous. There are many more places that I've only seen pictures of that all promise to be extremely beautiful.

The rain forests and waterfalls on the island of Hawaii. A close second is the highlands in Scotland.

I've seen many...but faves are

The moors in Southern England early on a spring morning, fog cut with shafts of sunlight....the smell of renewal and promise of hope seen through 9 year old eyes.
Breathtaking.

Glacier National Park in Montana....driving up and up and up...majesty all around me....waterfalls and jagged peaks....head in the clouds.

The fields of the Skagit Valley during the spring...row after row of brilliant eye popping reds and yellows and purples...TULIP FESTIVAL!

Mount Rainier from an aeroplane....at sunrise...half awake....

One day I will see Niagara Falls!

well i don't have many choices, but probaby the overlook driving through west virginia, it was impressive!

Flying low over the northern Cascades in Washington.

I like Purgatory Chasm in Massachusetts. It's strewn glacial debris. It's really neat in a chaotic manner.

The clear starry sky that I lounged under last night.

jjg - I've driven by the Route 146 turnoff sign for Purgatory Chasm lots of times and never gone there, but I've meant to! Now it's definitely a priority, hearing you tell that it's one of the most beautiful places. Thanks!

Lake Willoughby, Vermont

jjg - last time i was at purgatory chasm i saw a climber fall off the cliff on one side. that created a rather messy chaotic manner.

Redwoods

All of the Yangtze River and Niagara Falls.

The Alps and Northern Italy stand out in my mind, but we have a lot of natural beauty right here in Western Washington, too. I can't narrow it down to one place.

The Columbia River Valley, in Oregon

The desert hills just southwest of the San Diego Wild Animal Park

A small peninsula near the top of the Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island

A beach in the Brazilian Northeast - but equally a
well-kept graveyard in some place in Europe, as a
symbol of faith in ressurrection.

Dungeoness spit

Monterrey, CA; Lake Champlain, New York; the waterfalls on Oahu; Cancun; the flatlands of Colorado.

I have seen quite a few and they each have their own charm.

The Oregon-California coast, where less populated

Canyon de Chelly under four inches of snow.

A beach somewhere in South Carolina as the tide paints the color of the sunrise on the sand...
The sun sparkling on the snow at the top of a sledding hill where you can almost taste the cold...
The mist on the creek, with the hoot of an owl haunting your ears and the grass coated in dew drenching your feet...
Iowan woods in the spring when the bluebells are blooming...
I haven't traveled much but I'm very observant

phi - Where is Canyon de Chelly located?

yorricks - I like your philosophy of observing that which is around you.

Maui.

So many places: The Tungurahua waterfall, Ecuador. Silver Beach, Liberia. The Montana Rockies, USA. Skåne, Sweden in early summer. Edinburgh from Arthur's Seat, Scotland. I could go on and on...

Anyone been to the Blue Mountains just outside Sydney?

I'd go for the Niagra Falls.

My friend Mirjam thinks it's Koh Poda, Thailand.

Avocado: it's in the northeastern corner of Arizona.

Let's see. For me, it was when I was on a cruise ship in the middle of nowhere (well, I was in the Caribbean) when I could see nothing but water. And then seeing a little bit of land after seeing none for several days. What an amazing experience. (And I wanna go back!!! )

Iceland.

grmbrand: I heard Iceland is the same as looking into a freezer!

Wicksy: It depends. Many people confuse Iceland and Greenland. Greenland is undeniably harsh and definitely could be mistaken for the inside of a freezer. Similarly, if your only experience with Iceland is Keflavik (the major airport associated with Reykjavik), you might also think that the barren wasteland is freezer-like.

On the other hand, if you explore the country outside of Reykjavik, you might find it to be awe-inspiring and quite beautiful...

Iceland is green, Greenland is icy.

There's also a hill in San Diego that my grandmother used to take me to. When you get to the top you can see the Pacific Ocean in front of you and the Bay behind you. And both are sparkling like diamonds.

bill: gotta love those whacky Vikings eh? they sure could name a place... ;)

I think Loki may have had a hand in the naming of those 2 places...

My brother has a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains. In the mornings I watch the sun rise over the mountains in the distance. The orange and yellow collide with the morning fog to create the most serene and stunning sights I have ever seen.

yellow stone national park

The reefs around the Cayman Islands

I love to look at the clouds, once we were flying over the Prairies near Winnipeg and there was a thunderstorm below us, we could see the lighting from on top, it was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.

Banff

PECKHAM!! LOL

So what are you doing in Australia for Chrissakes?

I'm going travelling for a while. I had enough of working 9-5 in a dead end, no prospects job so here I am. Actually, the timing wasn't great, I meet a wonderful girl 10 days ago and didn't want to leave her. Oh well

You are lucky to be able to travel. Make the most of it. If she's still there when you get home., it was meant to be ;)

cheers twist!!!

*hiccup*

jjg - I saw Purgatory Chasm this week! You're right, it's beautiful :)

I've seen a *lot* of beautiful nature scenery (I grew up in Colorado), so I'll just pick one. Conundrum valley near Aspen, Colo.

I'm gonna be driving along part of the Pacific Coast again in a few weeks... Mom is visiting, and I want to show her Route 1 :)

Avocado - That sounds lovely. I haven't been along any of that route since I was a child. Where does your mom live?

SueBee - Long Island, near NYC

Well, she's not exactly land-locked, but I bet she'll enjoy the view. It must be a lot different than Long Island.

Quite different :) The CA shores are very dramatic, with all the high cliffs and rock crags. The Long Island shores are just beach.

bill: actually I think climatic change had more to do with the naming of those places. Iceland was named during a relatively cold period; Greenland during a relatively warm (warmer than now, even) period.

I would have to say Farnahm Park, just because I was with my brother and his friends the first time I had ever really spent any time with him in my whole life (he lives in england and I am in the u.s.a.). It was just beautiful.
Most people would say that where I used to live was the most beautiful, but nope, not to me.

Denali National Park in the Fall or Prince
William Sound

Banff Nationail Park in Alberta, Canada

Route 152 between Gilroy and I-5 in California

I changed my mind: it's the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland. They're spectacular.

The Natural Bridge in Kentucky

Alaska

Victoria

Scottish highlands. Or where I live, the Peak park moorlands; I just want to drive out to the middle of them, kick off my shoes and set off walking. Common sense has so far stopped me; but maybe one day I'll get a hiking team together...

niagara falls

My girlfriend's muff