Rainbow Mountains

To those who never heard about this stunning place, I`d like to share the beautiful photos bellow.
These images (not photoshop) of China’s Rainbow Mountains show rock formations that actually exist right here on Earth.
These colorful mountains are part of the Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park in Gansu, China.

Wow! Thank you so much for finding this. The geology is absolutely amazing.
I normally sign off with rainbows...in this case I'll let the mountains speak for themselves!

Jane

reply to post by angelchemuel


Yes, things like this is one of the reasons why I decided to be a geologist

That is stunningly beautiful. Sad that we rarely hear of places like this,or appreciate them enough.

Amazing pictures, S&F just for them!
Quick google search though took me here:
Rainbow Mountains

As a new UNESCO World Heritage Site, Danxia is become far more popular these days than it was just a few decades ago, with tourists drawn to the remarkable forms of the mountains here. Does Danxia really look like the photo below in real life?

Not quite—we're all prone to a little post-vacation Photoshopping. But the unaltered reality is just as amazing. Here's the view from Google Earth:

Even if they have been spruced up on photoshop, it looks an amazing place to add to the Bucket List.

reply to post by skyblueworld


Well, colours of the several layers are there and may depend on the day light although I admit some of the above may be a little exagerated. However, I have to confess that I`m a bit daltonic which doesn`t let me totally see it as it is, thus I have to trust my source, lol

i see that and makes me wanna lick it as a lollypop, probably would die from some heavy metal poisoning but still what an awesome and alien place china is