Twice the Torah calls Avoda Zara: הַשְׁחָתָה destruction. When you get carried away by the greatness of certain people and other fascinating creations of Hashem, you are destroying yourself, Chas V'shalom. You are a Tzelem Elokim, and when you focus your Hispa'alus mode on scary or important or talented people (or the fascinating sun and moon and stars and any creation), then you diminish your self-worth.
אָרוּר הַגֶּבֶּר אֲשֶּר יִבְׁטַח בָאָדָם ירמיה יז ה
Cursed is the man who has Bitachon in a human. Getting impressed and worshipping anything outside Hashem is a form of Avoda Zara, which pulls you down. It makes a person cheap, since he forgets Hashem who created everything. A person himself is the: נ זֶּ ר הַ בְׁ רִ יאָ ה crown of creation, and he is M'chuyav to respect himself. Birds, animals, fish, people, celestial bodies; they can all become forms of Avoda Zara. Just because you enjoy “nature” doesn’t mean that it’s giving you Yiras Shamayim.
The evil Germans were fascinated with “nature” and look what they did to the world! When you see the greatness of Hashem inside all His creations, then you grow. They were meant to give us Yiras Shamayim, but if you focus only on them, then you’ve got symptoms of Avoda Zara. This includes those fascinating trees, those amazing, delicious foods, and everything! Including those wonderous airplanes and skyscrapers, and anything interesting in this universe.
וְׁאָכַּלְׁתָ וְׁשָבָעְׁתָ - הִשָמֶּר לְׁךָ פֶּן תִשְׁ כַּח אֶּת 'האֱלֹקֶּיךָ
