10 Places to Witness the Power of Mother Nature

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8Ta Prohm, Cambodia

The beauty and resilience of Mother Nature is intertwined with the entangled temples, trees and vines at the Ta Prohm temple. How did this once glorified Angkor temple become like this?

After the fall of the Khmer Empire in the 15th century, the temple was left to the clutches of the surrounding jungle. Whether by birds or wind, seeds were eventually carried to atop the temple. Add in a splash of rain, a dash of sunshine, and five hundred years, and you have yourself a giant tree growing atop an ancient temple!