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Thesevennaturalwondersoftheworldweren’tmadebyhumans,butwerecreatedbyMotherNature.Learnmoreabouttheseamazingnaturalwonders!NorthernLights 北极光NorthernLightsarealsocalledAuroraBorealis,namedaftertheRomangoddessofdawn,Aurora,andtheGreeknameforthenorthwind,Boreas.Theyarenature’sfireworks.ThiswonderfullightshowmostoftenoccursfromSeptembertoOctoberandfromMarchtoApril.Ittakesplaceinthenorthernregions,butcanbeseenfrommanypartsoftheworld.Theyoccurwhensolarparticles(微粒)fromthesuncollidewithgasesinEarth’satmosphere.Thecollisionenergybetweenthesolarparticleandthegasisemittedasalightparticle.Whentherearemanycollisions,youhaveanaurora—lightsthatseemtodanceacrossthesky.ParícutinVolcano 帕里库廷火山OntheafternoonofFebruary20,1943,aMexicanfarmercalledDionisioPulidowasworkinginhisfield.Suddenlyhefeltathunderandthegroundnearbyopenedup.Pulidorecalledlater,“Isaw,inthehole,thegroundswelled(鼓起)andraiseditselfhigh.Somesmokeandashesbegantorise,andtherewasasmellofsulfur(硫).Ithenbecamefrightenedandranaway.”That’showtheParicutinVolcanowasbornunderafarmer’sfeet.Thevolcanocontinuedtoerupt(喷发)andgrewfastinthenextnineyears.In1952,itfinallywentquiet.Ithadreachedaheightof424metersaboveMr.Pulido’sfield!HarborofRiodeJaneiro 里约热内卢港OntheeastcoastofBrazilliesawonderfulsceneofhighmountainsandbeautifulbeaches.PortugueseexplorerswerethefirstEuropeanstoseetheHarboronJanuary1,1502.TheythoughttheyhadreachedthemouthofalargeriverandnameditRiodeJaneiro,whichmeansRiverofJanuary.TheharborisanaturalbeautysurroundedbythecityofRio.LandmarksincludeSugarloafMountain(甜面包山)andCorcovadoPeak(科尔科瓦杜峰),onwhichthereisthemagnificentstatueofJesusChrist.Actually,theplaceissoamazingthatitisadmiredbypeople:“Godmadetheworldinsixdaysandontheseventh,heconcentratedonRio.”MountEverest 珠穆朗玛峰About60millionyearsago,IndiawasaseparatecontinentthatrapidlymovednorthwardandcollidedwithAsia.Thecollisioncreatedthehighestmountainrange(山脉)intheworldknownastheHimalayas.MountEverestispartoftheHimalayarangeandstandsat8,848mabovesealeve