beautiful river

They built this intricate series of canals, and they pushed water off the land and out into the river.
Even worse is when it finds its way into our natural environment -- on the side of the road or next to a river.
If the Soca river in Slovenia isn’t the most beautiful river on this planet, it is most certainly in the running. Nicknamed “The Emerald Beauty,” it has appeared in multiple well-known poems and inspired awe in many a wanderer and tourist.

The nickname is, as the photos below attest to, well-deserved. It is one of the rare rivers that maintains an emerald-green or even bluish color all the way down its 138 kilometers (~86 miles), making it a favorite of landscape photographers the world over.

This, as you might expect, means there are some incredible photographs of this green-blue beauty on 500px… it was only a matter of time before it became the subject of its own collection.