This books is a spectacular guide to the world's most breathtaking places. Shaped by natural forces, and largely untouched by man, they are found on every continent - from Mount Everest, poised on the roof of the world, to the source of Krakatoa, deep in the earth's crust; from the sculpted splendour of Giant's Causeway, the the eerie, fog-clad expanses of the Namib desert. The animals and plats that live within these areas are also vividly captured - such as the corals and fish of the Great Barrier Reef; the lemurs, aye-ayes and baobab trees of Madagascar; and the rare birds of Las Marismas and the Okenfenokee swamp. Colour photographs throughout.