Photos: 20 hidden heart shapes found in nature
While we celebrate Valentine's Day every year on Feb. 14, Mother Nature has also been known to show her love by placing heart-shaped objects throughout the world.
A gap in the clouds appears to form a heart shape over the Mediterranean sea on Valentines Day in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Heart shapes can be found in many places such as trees, plants, rocks, clouds and cute animal markings.
Here are 20 photos of heart-shaped objects that have appeared throughout nature:
Getting Ready for Valentines Day and upcoming engagements in my #etsyshop with this Black and White Natural Heart Photo in Tree https://t.co/syapk7xcrS Perfect for the Nature Lover #valentinesday #woodland #natural #artphotography #blackandwhite pic.twitter.com/DYD77ezldl
— MollysMuses (@MollysMuses) January 17, 2018
Bleeding heart flower 😍😍 pic.twitter.com/O9WwjQMboX
— 🌺🌹 پھول Flower 🌹🌷 (@MyFlowerBeauty) January 24, 2018
Heart-shaped wetlands in Guandu Nature Park, Taipei, Taiwan pic.twitter.com/tY9HhKjOBh
— Woow pics (@photo98765) June 27, 2015
#Heart shape in things. Behind every Love cloud there is light. pic.twitter.com/hPwRkiAPeY
— Ingrid Frissen (@FrissenI) February 17, 2017
Frosty's Heart Of Gold by Karen Cook https://t.co/w9Ng2X8XrE @KarenCookPhotos #leaf #frost #Autumn #NaturePhotography #heart pic.twitter.com/pcHhmccFJ2
— Karen Silvestri (@ibgbeauty) January 29, 2018
Fantastic to see this murmuration, magic when I caught it in this heart shape @BBCCountryfile @BBCSpringwatch @bbc_autumnwatch #wildinprint pic.twitter.com/ozKDxSo1kG
— Mark Blake (@wildinprints) February 1, 2018
New print available, just in time for Valentine’s Day. https://t.co/RQjW4oPS3M Flamingos making a heart shape :) pic.twitter.com/CR9xwMn3jt
— Tony Wu (@tonywu) January 31, 2018
Heart Lake, Ontario, Canada pic.twitter.com/Ke4YItnSRP
— Mousecrafted (@mousecrafted) January 31, 2018
BLOG: There’s a reef in the shape of a heart and you need to see it! https://t.co/m4hJr0vZss #thisisqueensland pic.twitter.com/ag1BxGaWPB
— Queensland Australia (@Queensland) January 30, 2018
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The tree's outside of sonic shape to make a heart pic.twitter.com/FUEedmctMU
— Kaylee Barr (@kayleebarr123) August 10, 2014
The melting snow is looking interesting to say the least. Check out this heart shape on a yard in Monrovia! @FOX59 pic.twitter.com/xROMeW4o
— Jennifer Ketchmark (@KetchmarkWCPO) January 9, 2013
Getting love from the snow on the mountains. Haha. Random heart shape on the mountain. So cool! #NaturesBeauty pic.twitter.com/3ocx4BGL
— Tess Theophilus (@TessTheophilus) August 9, 2012
THE TREE OUTSIDE MY PIANO TEACHER'S HOUSE IS IN THE SHAPE OF A HEART AYYY pic.twitter.com/RpA8CI8mN2
— Hana 🌻 (@iamatinylemon) September 10, 2014
My wife and I found a heart-shaped rock while hiking in Austria [via https://t.co/SdQIMoRwCZ] pic.twitter.com/AUFqhlJ2hR
— Toys&Games Directory (@ToysDirectory) February 3, 2018
A Heart shaped lake in Australia https://t.co/KXHLNUoLFE pic.twitter.com/M0i49UrwL7
— Oddly Weird (@Oddlyweirds) February 2, 2018
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— マサシくん (@newratcom) January 29, 2018
冷たいけど 癒される瞬間#river #coldday #green#leaf #heart #morning #癒される瞬間 pic.twitter.com/KZYwDHGzGk
Bit blurry ! But can you see the trees in the shape of a love heart ! Just outside Peebles Scotland . pic.twitter.com/7kZAvgST2z
— karen willis (@Ksinclairwillis) August 27, 2014
I love this little puppies heart shape on her fur. She's one of the pups up for adoption @Phoenix_Pa pic.twitter.com/CKGhyn6QwD
— Nikki (@ether_stars) January 23, 2015
@missA__baeby Cute kitten with a heart-shape fur for my cute baeby. pic.twitter.com/VjoEcEYSVm
— Takuya (@cgtakkuma) April 24, 2015
Retweeted Animal Planet (@MeetAnimals):
— Remmy Sheda (@Remmy_Sheda) October 2, 2015
These cats were cuddling in the shape of a heart pic.twitter.com/InI96aaJvE http://t.co/3PmQ0mpinx
Moving beyond Earth, images of hearts can be found in outer space. This heart-shaped region of the dwarf planet Pluto is outlined in the following video from NOAA.
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