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An 80 million-year-old secret
Before 2000, few people in China or the rest of the world had heard of the Rainbow Mountains. Now they are catching the eye of photographers and filmmakers.
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http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20160825-an-80-million-year-old-secret
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Rainbow Mountains of China's Zhangye Danxia National Geologic Park (Credit: imaginechina.com) [/center]
Many more images of the Rainbow Mountains, google images:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1262&bih=596&q=rainbow+mountains+china&oq=rainbow+mountains+china&gs_l=img.3..0l7j0i30k1l2j0i8i30k1.1274.8801.0.9100.27.21.0.6.6.0.169.2326.0j16.16.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..5.22.2401...0i10i24k1j0i24k1.uEsI_Ce8ndA#imgrc=_
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Kablooie
(18,625 posts)Here is an example of what they actually look like.
progressoid
(49,964 posts)OKIsItJustMe
(19,937 posts)Sigh
colorado_ufo
(5,732 posts)the blue of the sky almost shimmers with energy, almost blindingly blue!
OKIsItJustMe
(19,937 posts)marble falls
(57,063 posts)You should see Texas skies--same bright blue.
Judi Lynn
(160,515 posts)The Rainbow Mountains Vinicunca
February 09, 2016 // Posted By: Michelle Vleugels // IN: Nature
It is hard to find, but this natural phenomenon is well worth the search. The Vinicunca Mountain (The Rainbow Mountain) has the colors of the rainbow and we will ensure that your mouth falls open when you see it.
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Every adventurer is looking for undiscovered areas, a place where not everybody has been. Vinicunca Mountain is one of those places that isnt discoverd by that many travelers yet. Thats also the reason why you dont find that much information about it. But the pictures speak for themselves: this mountain you should see.
http://www.travellerse.com/latin-america/peru/the-rainbow-mountains-vinicunca.html
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OKIsItJustMe
(19,937 posts)This looks a little more realistic:
Isnt reality beautiful enough?
tsites
(36 posts)I've been a serious photographer since the early 70's and have watched how digital photography has created an illusion in people's minds of what the range of natural colors are. The transition from film to digital brought with it many advantages, but also made it far easier to fake photos (or exaggerate if you want to be kind). Although I shoot digital exclusively now, I miss Kodachrome and some of my best digital prints are from scanned Kodachromes.
OKIsItJustMe
(19,937 posts)Or so Ive heard
Sounds kind of like enhanced reality to me:
http://www.paulsimon.com/track/kodachrome-7/