Amazing natural scenery around the world in 2024

National Geographic magazine (Nat Geo) has just revealed the most impressive moments of nature in 2024 captured through the camera lens.

An emperor penguin chick jumps off a 50-foot cliff, ready for its first feeding season. The penguins typically breed on low-lying sea ice shelves, but are now found on higher ice shelves, according to Nat Geo. The behavior is a testament to the penguin's ability to adapt to climate change. (Photo: Bertie Gregory)

Frio Bat Cave in South Texas is home to about 10 million Mexican free-tailed bats in the spring and summer. Around dusk, the bats fly out in a stream to feed. Their diet consists of moths. (Photo: Babak Tafreshi)

There are only two northern white rhinos left on Earth. The two females are guarded 24/7 by armed guards at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. The species has been hunted to extinction, but a promising solution has emerged. In January, scientists from an international project called BioRescue announced that they had successfully bred northern white rhinos using in vitro fertilization. This photo shows a scientist holding a 70-day-old IVF rhino calf. (Photo: Ami Vitale)

This photo captures the eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala, which has been erupting continuously since 2002. To capture this spectacular moment, photographer Peter Fisher spent a day hiking through difficult terrain and carried more than 20kg of camera equipment on his back. (Photo: Peter Fisher).

The 2,750-square-kilometer Similipal Tiger Reserve in eastern India is home to the world's only wild population of pseudo-melanistic tigers (also known as black tigers because of their broad black stripes). This unique coat color is the result of a genetic mutation found only in the Similipal tiger population. Similipal tigers are shy and rarely show themselves in public. To photograph the tigers, photographers have to set traps to lure them in. (Photo: Prasenjeet Yadav).

In the vast desert of Egypt, there exists the Siwa Oasis sand dunes, home to 35,000 residents. Every year, Siwa Oasis attracts a large number of tourists to experience interesting games such as camel riding, sandboarding, exploring ancient ruins and salt lakes. (Photo: M'Hammed Kilito).

Every 13-17 years , underground cicadas emerge to reproduce . This past May and June, for the first time in 221 years, the 13th brood with a 17-year cycle and the 19th brood with a 13-year cycle simultaneously appeared in the Midwest and Southeast (USA), filling the land with the sound of cicadas chirping and calling (Photo: John Stanmeyer).

Macaws are very sociable birds and can be stressful in captivity. They have an average lifespan of 40-60 years. Many of the birds are brought to the Oasis Sanctuary, which professionally cares for 800 parrots, including macaws. This photo shows a caretaker trying to lure a macaw to her with a walnut, the animal's favorite treat. (Photo: Christie Hemm Klok)

The temple is located in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan and is maintained by the indigenous Wakhi community. It is rich in animism, Zoroastrianism and Buddhism. In this photo, a large tree has fallen on the temple. The Wakhi people did not clean it up but left it intact, decorating it with the horns of ibex and sheep according to local customs. (Photo: Matthieu Paley).

Pacific herring spawn off the coast of Vancouver Island each spring. Each female lays up to 20,000 eggs. The event makes for a vivid underwater visual spectacle. (Photo: Ryan Tidman)

An elephant died after crossing the road and had an accident. This road in Zambia is always crowded with traffic. At the scene, many passersby gathered to watch and expressed their amazement at witnessing the huge elephant fall. (Photo: Jasper Doest).

German wildlife photographer Ingo Arndt built a wood ant nest to observe its behavior and reproduction. The insects usually hide in mounds in the forest. The photographer captured the entire process of the ant larvae breaking out of their cocoons and hatching into young, in a magical way. (Photo: Ingo Arndt).

Every spring, Morocco holds a festival to celebrate the rose harvest . Typically, women pick the buds early in the morning before they bloom. Thousands of buds are then sorted by hand. The best are distilled into rose oil and rose water; the rest are dried to make tea or wreaths.