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A Journey To Scotland Reveals The True Inspiration For Avatar’s Pandora

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Behold the lush blue sky and moss-covered rocks that defy gravity in the Scottish Hebrides. In a series of photos by National Geographic’s Jim Richardson, you’ll discover the moon Pandora on Earth. There is even a cliff full of dragons.

OK, they’re not dragons – they’re just the world’s largest colony of gannets.

via National Geographic (thanks, Marilyn Terrell!)

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