33 Stunning Photos Of Humans Rendered Tiny By Earth S Most Gorgeous Expanses

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1 of 34Toau atoll, about 250 miles northwest of Tahiti.GREGORY BOISSY/AFP/Getty Images 2 of 34Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier, part of the second largest non-polar ice field on Earth. Alex Berger/Flickr 3 of 34Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni salt flat, the largest on Earth. Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images 4 of 34South Kaibab Trail, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.John Moore/Getty Images 5 of 34The Dolomites mountain range, Italy.Steve Bernacki/Flickr 6 of 34Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP/Getty Images 7 of 34Turret Arch and North Window, Arches National Park, Moab, Utah.Diana Robinson/Flickr 8 of 34Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock), Norway. 9 of 34The Cliffs of Moher, Ireland.Ingvild Wollstad/Flickr 10 of 34The cliff of Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie National Park, China.VCG/VCG via Getty Images 11 of 34Monument Valley, Arizona.Moyan Brenn/Flickr 12 of 34Vietnam’s Hang Sơn Đoòng, the largest cave in the world.Nguyen Tan Tin/Flickr 13 of 34Wadi Rum, Jordan.Jorge Láscar/Flickr 14 of 34Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah.Andrea Dunlap/Flickr 15 of 34Ijen Crater in Banyuwangi, Indonesia.Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images 16 of 34Zhangjiajie National Park, China.Lintao Zhang/Getty Images 17 of 34Milford Sound, New Zealand.Ben Wiseley/Flickr 18 of 34The aurora borealis as seen from the beach at Unstad on Lofoten Island in the Arctic Circle.OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images 19 of 34Nepal’s Kali Gandaki Gorge, by some measures the largest gorge in the world.Jean-Marie Hullot/Flickr 20 of 34The skywalk over the Grand Canyon, Arizona.David McNew/Getty Images 21 of 34Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina.DANIEL GARCIA/AFP/Getty Images 22 of 34Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni salt flat, the largest in the world.Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images 23 of 34Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images 24 of 34Lauterbrunnen Valley, Switzerland.Simon/Flickr 25 of 34Ijen volcanoes, Indonesia. 26 of 34Rennsteig hiking trail near Masserberg, Germany.MARTIN SCHUTT/AFP/Getty Images 27 of 34Skeleton Point, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.Sean Gallup/Getty Images 28 of 34Milford Sound, New Zealand.Becca McLachlan/Flickr 29 of 34Isla Incahuasi, Bolivia.FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images 30 of 34Paine small mountain group, Chile.MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images 31 of 34Kali Gandaki Gorge, Nepal.Jean-Marie Hullot/Flickr 32 of 34Iguazu Falls, Brazil.Urca HUMAITA/AFP/Getty Images 33 of 34Vlassof Cay in the Great Barrier Reef – the largest in the world – off the coast of Cairns, Australia.Mark Kolbe/Getty Images 34 of 34Like this gallery?Share it:

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In Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot appears the following passage about the minuscule speck that is planet Earth as seen from the depths of space:

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1 of 34Toau atoll, about 250 miles northwest of Tahiti.GREGORY BOISSY/AFP/Getty Images

2 of 34Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier, part of the second largest non-polar ice field on Earth. Alex Berger/Flickr

3 of 34Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni salt flat, the largest on Earth. Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images

4 of 34South Kaibab Trail, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.John Moore/Getty Images

5 of 34The Dolomites mountain range, Italy.Steve Bernacki/Flickr

6 of 34Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP/Getty Images

7 of 34Turret Arch and North Window, Arches National Park, Moab, Utah.Diana Robinson/Flickr

8 of 34Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock), Norway.

9 of 34The Cliffs of Moher, Ireland.Ingvild Wollstad/Flickr

10 of 34The cliff of Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie National Park, China.VCG/VCG via Getty Images

11 of 34Monument Valley, Arizona.Moyan Brenn/Flickr

12 of 34Vietnam’s Hang Sơn Đoòng, the largest cave in the world.Nguyen Tan Tin/Flickr

13 of 34Wadi Rum, Jordan.Jorge Láscar/Flickr

14 of 34Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah.Andrea Dunlap/Flickr

15 of 34Ijen Crater in Banyuwangi, Indonesia.Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

16 of 34Zhangjiajie National Park, China.Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

17 of 34Milford Sound, New Zealand.Ben Wiseley/Flickr

18 of 34The aurora borealis as seen from the beach at Unstad on Lofoten Island in the Arctic Circle.OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images

19 of 34Nepal’s Kali Gandaki Gorge, by some measures the largest gorge in the world.Jean-Marie Hullot/Flickr

20 of 34The skywalk over the Grand Canyon, Arizona.David McNew/Getty Images

21 of 34Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina.DANIEL GARCIA/AFP/Getty Images

22 of 34Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni salt flat, the largest in the world.Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images

23 of 34Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images

24 of 34Lauterbrunnen Valley, Switzerland.Simon/Flickr

25 of 34Ijen volcanoes, Indonesia.

26 of 34Rennsteig hiking trail near Masserberg, Germany.MARTIN SCHUTT/AFP/Getty Images

27 of 34Skeleton Point, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.Sean Gallup/Getty Images

28 of 34Milford Sound, New Zealand.Becca McLachlan/Flickr

29 of 34Isla Incahuasi, Bolivia.FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images

30 of 34Paine small mountain group, Chile.MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images

31 of 34Kali Gandaki Gorge, Nepal.Jean-Marie Hullot/Flickr

32 of 34Iguazu Falls, Brazil.Urca HUMAITA/AFP/Getty Images

33 of 34Vlassof Cay in the Great Barrier Reef – the largest in the world – off the coast of Cairns, Australia.Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

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It’s just as true as it is glib to say that perspective is everything. Earth can indeed be nothing more than a mote of dust. It all depends on your vantage point.

When that vantage point is, say, your desk at work, it can be hard to see much beyond that horizon. Or when you’re in the middle of an argument, for example, the massive amounts of life that exist outside of it may disappear.

Still, concerns that seem earth-shaking in the heat of the moment dissipate into nothingness sooner than you’d think. And what helps them dissipate is perspective, remembering that there are horizons far, far beyond your own.

And what better way to remember those horizons than to see humans dwarfed by the most gorgeously vast expanses on Earth, itself just a mote of dust?

Next, for some stunning – and stunningly empty – expanses featuring no humans at all, check out the world’s most incredible abandoned structures and creepiest abandoned cities. Then, have a look at the world’s most astounding aerial photography.