The seven natural wonders of the world are the highest, largest, and

most beautiful sights to occur on Earth. On the next few pages we’ll

travel around the world and see what makes these seven marvels so

wondrous.

What makes it

so special?

It’s the world’s

largest coral reef

system – it

stretches over

133,000 square

miles and is

composed of over

2,900 individual

reefs. The Great

Barrier Reef is

the world’s

biggest structure

made by living

organisms, and

can be seen from

outer space.

18.2861° S, 147.7000° E

Coral Sea, off the Coast of Queensland, Australia

What makes it so special? The Grand Canyon is the largest canyon in the world –

277 miles long, 18 miles wide, and over a mile deep. The canyon displays over 2

billion years of the Earth’s history within its walls; it was formed by the erosion caused

by the Colorado River, starting over 17 million years ago.

36°06′N, 112°06′W

Arizona, United States, North America

What makes it so special? It is the world’s largest bay, and also has the largest

volume of water with over 49 million cubic gallons – the surface covers 238 square

miles. Within the harbor there are 130 islands, and the perimeter has over 50 miles of

beaches – a truly spectacular sight to see.

23°45'S, 44°45'W

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

What makes it so special? Everest is Earth’s highest mountain; its peak is over

29,000 feet above sea level. It is the 5th furthest point from the center of the Earth.

Most people need to supplement their oxygen when trekking the mountain's higher

elevations.

27°59′17″N 86°55′31″E

Solukhumbu District, Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, Asia

Tingri County, Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, Asia

What makes it so special? The evolution of the volcano from creation to extinction

was witnessed and studied. It first began in 1943 and went extinct in 1952. Within the

first year the volcano grew 1,102 feet. It is also the youngest volcano that exists in the

Trans-Mexican Belt and North America.

19°29′34.8″N 102°15′3.6″W

Michoacán, Mexico, North America

What makes it so special? Aurora is a natural display of light caused by the collision

of solar wind and magnetospheric charged particles in a high altitude atmosphere.

Auroras are also known as the Northern or Southern Lights, in relation to its

hemisphere. Auroras are different colors depending on the altitude – at the high end of

the spectrum is red and at the low is blue and purple – green is most commonly seen.

Seen best near the

Arctic and Antarctic regions

What makes it so special? It is the world’s largest waterfall – over 5,500 feet wide

and 350 feet tall, it represents the largest sheet of falling water. The Zambezi River’s

mean annual flow rate over the falls is 38,430 cubic feet per second – that is a lot of

water!

17°55′28″S 25°51′24″E

Livingstone, Zambia, Africa

Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe, Africa

For over half a century, Scenic Airlines has been setting the standard in aerial

sightseeing tours. They were the first company to offer an air tour over the Grand

Canyon. Today, over 300,000 people a year will fly with Scenic – it’s no wonder

their name has become synonymous with the Grand Canyon.

For more information, please call (800) 634-6801 or visit http://www.scenic.com/.