What is the greatest thing in Mother Nature you seen?

[DeaconTheVillain]

I guess scuba diving the great barrier reef for me

[757SeanTaylor21]

Do any of y'all have pics of what y'all have seen? Would love to see them. It's always nice to see something like you're there at the right place at the right time to witness it.

[sportjunkie07]

En route to south pacific islands. No land for 1000s of miles. Clear night with innumerable stars, shooting stars every few seconds.

[Special K]

Wow, a lot of ESer's have seen some really cool stuff. I agree with posting pics...or do we have another thread for that? I forget. But I'd LOVE to see some of the cool things you all are talking about. I'll try to locate the pics of mine and post them

I guess scuba diving the great barrier reef for me

Ooooohhh, that's on my bucket list! I'm so jealous! Do you have any pics?

I also want to swim with Great White sharks in South Africa. A girlfriend and her husband did that about a month ago and posted their videos on facebook...so awesome!!!

[aszumilo]

When I was in the Navy, we out to sea and using our active sonar. It attracts dolphins, it seems, as the were thousands of them swimming with our ship. As far as you can see in every direction. I have never seen anything like that before or since.

[skinsdomination09]

idk if it counts but mine is definetely the earthquake from a year ago. I was just so amazed - not scared at all. It was awesome.

[DeaconTheVillain]

Wow, a lot of ESer's have seen some really cool stuff. I agree with posting pics...or do we have another thread for that? I forget. But I'd LOVE to see some of the cool things you all are talking about. I'll try to locate the pics of mine and post them


Ooooohhh, that's on my bucket list! I'm so jealous! Do you have any pics? !

Sure do!










No I did not take this pic. I believe these are Box Jellyfish.

I also want to swim with Great White sharks in South Africa. A girlfriend and her husband did that about a month ago and posted their videos on facebook...so awesome!!!

I want to get in the Shark cage with those crazy jumping sharks too!

[youngchew]

Glacier Bay, Alaska.

[deejaydana]

Last year while fishing, I was watching an osprey doing the same. The osprey dove and caught a fish and labored to get into the air. After shaking excess water from its wings in mid-flight, it turned to head for its nest only to run into a red tailed hawk that immediately started harassing the osprey for its catch. Both raptors had talons on the fish and furiously fought in mid air. It was a pretty even battle and the outcome was definitely in doubt when out of nowhere, a bald eagle came in and simply plucked the fish from the both of them. The eagle never even broke stride or slowed in the slightest. I could almost hear it say "tax time fellas" as it soared away with the no longer contested catch, It was pretty amazing to watch.

Damn. Mightly envious of you after reading that, musta been one helluva sight.

[HighPlainsDrifter]

Damn. Mightly envious of you after reading that, musta been one helluva sight.

It was pretty fantastic. My buddy was with me and every time since, when we see an osprey, we are both like: "Remember that time...". It was around this time last year that it happened and we have not been to that particular spot in quite awhile. There are several eagle nests on the river there. Perhaps its time for a visit.

[Darth Tater]

Grand Canyon in early April.

[Koolblue13]

I guess scuba diving the great barrier reef for me

I'm going to learn to dive in the next few months. I think I might leave the island for the summer at least and I want that under my belt.

En route to south pacific islands. No land for 1000s of miles. Clear night with innumerable stars, shooting stars every few seconds.

I did that in the Atlantic with no moon. The ship turned off all the lights. It's pretty good on an island too.

When I was in the Navy, we out to sea and using our active sonar. It attracts dolphins, it seems, as the were thousands of them swimming with our ship. As far as you can see in every direction. I have never seen anything like that before or since.

I saw that with sharks when I was in the Navy. They were swimming next to us, thousands of them. Everybody got real quiet, real quick. It was ominous.

[DM72]

Whale watching in Santa Barbara and having a huge blue whale maybe 100' from us out in the ocean. Such an amazing experience
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I was gonna say blue whale. You are very lucky to have seen one. Most whale watchers never catch a glimpse of a blue whale.

I would love to see a bald eagle in the wild. To the ones who have, you're very fortunate.

[Koolblue13]

I was gonna say blue whale. You are very lucky to have seen one. Most whale watchers never catch a glimpse of a blue whale.

I would love to see a bald eagle in the wild. To the ones who have, you're very fortunate.

There was a couple Bald Eagles near my old town. I would kayak every day where they usually were and I never saw them. Was in the park they lived in hiking with the dog, never saw them. Everybody else seemed to see them fairly regularly. It started to feel like a conspiracy or like I was the guy in Mallrats who never got to see the sailboat. I would love to see an eagle.

Threads like this are cool, because I realize how much cool stuff I've done and how much more there is to see.

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Crucian Sun Rise. I see most of them.



I wish I had a good sunset photo. This place is amazing.

Here is where I work at.

[Bliz]

Hmmmm. Maybe one of the main areas of Harrison's Cave in Barbados. The cave is about 100 feet tall in that part. It's like standing in Moria (before it got overrun with orcs, that is). Pretty awe-inspiring.

Not too long ago at the Atlanta zoo (I know, I know, but hear me out) there were these two new tiger cubs that had been born. They were still pretty young, it was the first week they were let out and viewable to the public. There were 2 of them playing with the mother. She would grab one by the scruff of the neck and carry it around while the other was chasing after her and nipping at her ankles. The mother would drop the one then go chasing after the other. Catch it, pick it up, and start carrying it around while the first cub was chasing after her and nipping at her ankles. They kept this going for about 10 minutes. You don't often see those moments of activity and playfulness. It was like something out of Planet Earth.

Not so much "great" as really unusual and memorable...One time I was going around DC with a friend of mine, and we were near the Jefferson Memorial, I believe, when we happened upon an albino squirrel at the base of a tree. We were able to get very very close to it. It had these blood-red eyes, like Bunnicula or something. It was crazy. Never seen anything like it.