SHaYap Posted December 3, 2013 #1 Share Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) Even for the undeniably powerful Mother Nature, creating something this arty wasn’t easy. It in fact took 24 million years of painstakingly laying down mineral deposits to form these rocks, like pouring different colours of sand into a jar. Over time these weighty layers were compressed into rock, and then a slight and unthinkably slow ripple from the collision of the Indo-Australian and Eurasian tectonic plates rumpled the landscape into those magnificent undulations to complete the effect (meanwhile also giving rise to the Himalayas). Thus the amazingness of Zhangye Danxia was formed. amazingstuff link ~ Edited December 3, 2013 by Still Waters Removed copyrighted image 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-C Posted December 3, 2013 #2 Share Posted December 3, 2013 "like pouring different colours of sand into a jar" exactly what it reminded me of Stunning! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted December 3, 2013 #3 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I've been there and the colors were not quite so spectacular. I think the photographer must have waited hours or days or weeks to get just the right sun and atmosphere conditions. Still it is a wonderful thing to see. The Arizona painted desert is similar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted December 3, 2013 #4 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Beautiful If you follow one of the source links at the bottom of the article it directs you to more pictures - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/9550531/Colourful-rock-formations-in-the-Zhangye-Danxia-Landform-Geological-Park.html?frame=2343145 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted December 3, 2013 Author #5 Share Posted December 3, 2013 The Arizona version ain't bad too ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted December 3, 2013 #6 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I've been there and the colors were not quite so spectacular. I think the photographer must have waited hours or days or weeks to get just the right sun and atmosphere conditions. Or they used Photoshop to enhance the colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander CMG Posted December 3, 2013 #7 Share Posted December 3, 2013 "like pouring different colours of sand into a jar" exactly what it reminded me of Stunning! I was trying to think what it reminded me of and you nailed it. Nice find third_eye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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