Mark Butkus--

And then there were 28...

Starting from a list of 440 locations from 220 countries, the New7Wonders of Nature is asking for your vote to decide on the seven finalists. This vote follows on the heels of the successful and controversial New7Wonders of the World from 2007.

“We are finding the New7Wonders of Nature campaign to be excitingly different from the first campaign," states New7Wonders Founder and President Bernard Weber. "So many breathtakingly beautiful, natural places are still quite unknown to many. From waterfalls to fjords, rainforests to mountain peaks, freshwater lakes to volcanoes, we are discovering together the incredible beauty and variety of our planet.”

Regarded as more of a popularity contest by scholars and organizations, the New7Wonder campaigns are some of the more popular online voting schemes. The original contest was the most popular poll at the time with a reputed 100 million votes cast. Curiously, North America's most famous natural wonder - Niagara Falls - did not make the cut.

The Round of 28

• Amazon Rainforest


• Angel Falls


• Bay of Fundy


• Black Forest


• Bu Tihah Shoals


• Cliffs of Moher


• Dead Sea


• El Yunque


• Galapagos Islands


• Grand Canyon


• Great Barrier Reef


• Halong Bay

• Iguazu Falls
• Jeita Grotto


• Jeju Island


• Kilimanjaro


• Komodo National Park


• Maldives


• Masurian Lake District


• Matterhorn


• Milford Sound


• Mud Volcanoes


• Puerto Princesa Underground River


• Sundarbans Delta


• Table Mountain


• Uluru


• Vesuvius


• Yushan

Mark Butkus has been writing about the environment for close to 20 years in various capacities through government agencies and NGOs. Now he is free to focus on direct actions undertaken from everyday people and large corporations alike. Change is being enacted. Solutions are being developed. You'll find him online at Green Works Links.

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