Gallery: This Guy Went to Earth’s Most Remote Places So You Don't Have To

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    A diver just above the sulfur cloud in Cenote Angelita, an underwater cave in Mexico.
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    Trees often fall into the cenote during autumn storms; here, tree trunks stick up from the underwater cloud.
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    In the cenote, bubbles come up through the cloud from the diver below.
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    From about 50 feet below the surface, the submerged island becomes visible, surrounded by green.
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    Fox Glacier with tree ferns in the foreground.
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    The green and gray line shows where the glacier once extended.
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    View from over the nearby Tasman Glacier.
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    Details of debris covering the nearby Tasman Glacier.
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    Clear view of the Nyiragongo Volcano on a cloudy day.
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    At night, the glow is intense, with smoke coming up all sides of the crater.
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    Close up of the lava lake at the Nyiragongo Volcano.
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    Hard sunlight hitting the crater.
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