The serenity of mountains, the whir of the oceans, the mystery of the woods, nature is a world of secrets and hidden messages it leaves behind for us to pick up on. Like Ian Somerhalder says “The trees are our lungs, the rivers our circulation. We are all interconnected.” We are intrinsically in tune with our natural surroundings and our roots extend deep, right back to where we began – in nature.

These beautiful images of heart-shaped natural wonders from around the world show that nature has been reciprocating our love all this while, we just need to stop and look around.

1. The Black Lake on the Thungabhadra River in Karnataka

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2. Valentine Lake in British Columbia, Canada

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3. The Heart Reef in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia

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4. Lava rock in the north of Kapalua, West Maui

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5. A heart-shaped rock in Toronto Islands

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6. Laguna Beach in California

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7. Shimshal Lake in Pakistan

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8. Castilian, the longest beach in Brazilian city of Ilhabela

9. The cave of ‘ancient heart’ at Uluru in Australia

10. Écrins Mountain in the French Alps

11. A heart-shaped lake in Scotland

12. Heart Of Stone in France

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13. Three man-made ponds near the Halmstad City Airport in Sweden.

14. Mulvey Lake in British Columbia

15. A meadow in South Gloucestershire, UK

16. A lake in the Juniku Mountains of Kosovo Alps

17. An island at Port Chalmers in New Zealand

18. San Bruno in California

19. A lake in Braunschweig, Germany

20. Oare in Wiltshire, England

21. Heart Lake at the Olympic National Park, Washington

22. Woods outside of Kansas City in Missouri

23. The Polish side lake of the Tatras Mountains

24. Abel Tasman in New Zealand

25. Natural mangrove vegetation in North Caledonia

27. Zhuo Yong Mountain in Tibet

28. Heart Lake in Ontario, Canada

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29. Crater Lake in Turkey

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30. Gaislacher See in Austria

31. An island in Tavarua Island resort in Fiji

32. A pond in Columbia Hills Corners in Ohio

33. Forested island over the Orinoco river, Venezuela

34. Makepeace Island in Queensland, Australia

35. A glacier lake above the Black Sea coast in eastern Turkey

36. A lake in Corsica in France

37. An island in Bali, Indonesia

38. Lower Kachura Lake in Pakistan

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39. Lake Borebukta in Norway

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40. This lake in the Piora Valley in Switzerland

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41. Lake Scanno in Italy

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42. Buyuk Lake in Turkey

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43. Trnovacko Lake in Montenegro

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44. ‘Lago del Cuore,’ an alpine in Switzerland

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45. Siit Lake in Philippines

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46. Rih Lake in Myanmar

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47. Northrup Lake in the US

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48. Lake of Love in Russia

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49. Lake in Lindos, Greece

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50. Heart-shaped lake in Portugal

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51. Heart-shaped Lake in Brazil

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52. Pyrénées National Park in France

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53. Aral Sea in Kazakhstan

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54. Chicago Lakes in Colorado, US

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55. Heart Lake in Russia

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56. This lake en route to Chembra Peak in Wayanad, Kerala

57. A pool beneath the Minnehaha Falls in the US

58. Galesnjak island in Croatia

59. A formation by three Creeks Lake in Oregon in the US

60. Lake Calvaresc in the Swiss Alps in Switzerland

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61. Forested island ‘Isla Corazon’ on Mascardi Lake, Argentina

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62. The Twin-Heart Stone Weir in Chimei, Taiwan

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If you happen to be an avid traveler then don’t forget to add these places to your bucket list.