Beauty can have a calming effect. Maybe the effect that beauty has on us offers a health advantage.

I like to sit on mountaintops and cliffs and enjoy the view. Enjoying vistas could also have the survival advantage of being able to see enemies or other dangers approach long before they arrive.

Whatever the case, don't get too caught up in such questions. Just enjoy the view.


When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross."
--S. Lewis