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Natural wonders

Part of religious perception can include a sense of wonder and appreciation at the order and beauty in the world.
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These links show photos, video, and audio that give glimpses and reminders of some of the wonders of nature.

Surface of the Sun as you’ve never seen it
Conception to birth (video: starts at 2:00) 
“Murmuration” (changing formations of a flock of starlings in flight)   
Weather
Nature sounds
Sierra Club – Daily ray of hope
Small world (winners of the Nikon photomicrography competition)
Caterpillars
Mandelbrott set – deep zoom
Cosmos – NASA space images
Virtual voyage across the cosmos (narrated, video begins at 1:37)
….(or, video and music only)

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This entry was posted in Uncategorized on February 11, 2018 by Religious Naturalism Associates.

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