# What part of the Natural Earth puts you in Awe? Poll

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-natural-earth-puts-you-in-awe-poll/163096>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 21, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-natural-earth-puts-you-in-awe-poll/163096 "2003-03-21T14:51:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-natural-earth-puts-you-in-awe-poll/163096/41 "2003-03-25T02:44:36Z")

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[The Blue Mountains](http://www.bluemts.com.au/npb/3sisters/fog3.htm), near Sydney.

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**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-natural-earth-puts-you-in-awe-poll/163096/42 "2003-03-25T04:27:46Z")

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Pretty much anywhere tropical is simply amazing to me. There’s something really alluring about a deserted beach, just you and the trees and the ocean. I think I have a palm tree fetish.

If I could go anywhere in the world, it would be [Palau](http://pics.paulsonator.com/users/AmyE/palau.JPG). Just natural unspoiled beauty.

Ireland also has a certain attraction to me. The green hills and crumbling castles, its like a look into the past.

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**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-natural-earth-puts-you-in-awe-poll/163096/43 "2003-03-25T04:48:36Z")

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Milford Sound in the South Island of New Zealand is absolutely amazing. [http://www.travellink.co.nz/media/category.asp?UID=116](http://www.travellink.co.nz/media/category.asp?UID=116)

sorry i don’t know how to do those fancy links 🙂

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**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-natural-earth-puts-you-in-awe-poll/163096/44 "2003-03-25T05:10:21Z")

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The Sierra Nevada mountains. At night. In February. With a full moon.  
Any part of the Mojave desert, but especially the sheer desolation of Death Valley.  
I was at Sequia National Park when I was about 8, so I don’t think I appreciate it as much as I would if I were to go back today.

This summer, I’m going to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, hopefully I’ll see something nice there 😉

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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-the-natural-earth-puts-you-in-awe-poll/163096/45 "2003-03-25T08:31:20Z")

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There’s a part of Victoria in East Gippsland (our far eastern stretches) that incorporates a National Park called Croajingalong. [[http://voytekl.sixbit.org/piccies/croajingalong.html](http://voytekl.sixbit.org/piccies/croajingalong.html)]( Photos of Croajingalong)

The beaches are pristine and breathtaking, (but prolly not too safe to swim in) and in the past I’ve taken the kiddies camping there. It is the most wonderful place for realising YOUR place in the big scheme of things.

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