2020 in review: Nature's scary beautiful wonders

Nature's wonders, from storms that raze homes to the striking aurora borealis

Published: December 24, 2020 13:45 Reuters and Compiled by Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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Locals harvest their potatoes as Mount Sinabung spews volcanic ash in Karo, North Sumatra province, Indonesia. Image Credit: Reuters

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Lightning strikes are seen above the skyline of Shanghai's financial district of Pudong, China. Image Credit: Reuters

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A woman from the Turkana tribe walks through a swarm of desert locusts at the village of Lorengippi near the town of Lodwar, Turkana county, Kenya. Image Credit: Reuters

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Embers are seen from a burning tree during the Glass Fire in St. Helena, California. Image Credit: Reuters

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Large waves hit the harbor wall at Newhaven, southern Britain. Image Credit: Reuters

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A woman takes a selfie as her friend adjusts her makeup in a pink muhly grass field at a park in Hanam, South Korea. Image Credit: Reuters

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Nancy Allen and Brian Allen stand outside their house as high winds push smoke and ash from the Currowan Fire towards Nowra, New South Wales, Australia. Image Credit: Reuters

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The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) is seen over the sky near Rovaniemi in Lapland, Finland. Image Credit: Reuters

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The Comet C/2020 or "Neowise" is seen in the sky behind St Mark's Tower, a 17th-century coastal fortification near the village of Bahar ic-Caghaq, Malta Image Credit: Reuters

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The bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio rests on a reef after it ran aground at Riviere des Creoles, Mauritius. Image Credit: Reuters

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A field of flowers is seen during the annual blossom in Castelluccio, Italy Image Credit: Reuters

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A man walks on a road blanketed with volcanic ash from the erupting Taal Volcano in Tagaytay, Philippines. Image Credit: Reuters

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Environmental activist and campaigner Mya-Rose Craig, 18, holds a cardboard sign reading "Youth strike for climate" as she sits on an ice floe in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle. Image Credit: Reuters

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Trees are illuminated by a burning fire below during the CZU Lightning Complex Fire in Boulder Creek, California. Image Credit: Reuters

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A fallen tree lies in an area of the Amazon jungle that was cleared by loggers and farmers near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil. Image Credit: Reuters

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A tanker drops fire retardant as the Bobcat Fire burns near Juniper Hills, California. Image Credit: Reuters

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A farmer burns a sugar cane field at night as local growers try to avoid arrest by authorities, who banned the practice to curb smog, in Suphan Buri province, north of Bangkok, Thailand. Image Credit: Reuters

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Bioluminescent algae glows in the crashing waves as a lifeguard tower sits on an empty beach during the outbreak of the coronavirus in Encinitas, California. Image Credit: Reuters

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Residents are silhouetted as they watch the Blue Ridge Fire burning in Yorba Linda, California. Image Credit: Reuters

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A woman takes a selfie at a salt production site on the bed of a drained area of the Sasyk-Sivash lake near the city of Yevpatoria, Crimea. Image Credit: Reuters

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