Incredibly Colorful Rock Formations in China
Incredibly Colorful Rock Formations in China
We are living in times when Photoshop is capable of practically
anything, but this time it has nothing to do with this article! Zhangye
Danxia Landform in China is just one of those places that are hard to
believe really exist. Located in Gansu province, a naturally formed
landscape astonishes its visitors with the burst of colors – its streaks
of yellow, orange and red to emerald, green and blue make it hard to
believe it’s all real. The vast area of intensely colored valleys,
waterfalls and natural pillars looks surreal in the pictures, reminding
more of a impressionistic painting than a photograph.
Formed from
red-colored sandstones and conglomerates, Danxia landform is a unique
example of petrographic geomorphology. The name actually refers to
various different landscapes in southeast and southwest China, that
formed due to special nature’s conditions, such as water flow fissures,
erosion, oxidization and tectonic plate movements. The formation process
of Zhangye geopark took over 24 million years, dating back to the
Cretaceous age.
Today the Danxia landform is a huge tourist
attraction, with six of its landscapes inscribed onto the UNESCO World
Heritage Site list in 2010. If you plan on visiting it, hope for the
rain, as the vibrant hills glow even brighter after rainfall!
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