Today's virtual adventure takes us to the Rainbow Mountains in Gansu.
There are four sites like this is the world...one here is in USA (The Painted Desert) and are naturally occurring sandstone layers.
Located in Danxia Landform Geological Park, the first thing you'll notice is most photos taken of them are heavily enhanced to draw out the colors...they are much subtler in person.
Natural Color Photo
Still pretty amazing!
https://youtu.be/B_sgNwQu9PM
They are thought to be about 6 million years old.
The mountains cover nearly 200 square miles. The park itself is 112 square miles.
Tour of Park
https://youtu.be/rbWFSx2rTFc
The layers and landforms were caused by erosion.
The first viewing platform.
Called The Colorful Meeting Fairy Platform...it is closest to the entrance...the largest...and the easiest to climb...almost ground level.
The Second platform has both high viewing and low viewing and is called The Colorful Sea of Clouds.
The top platform has 666 steps and takes 30-45 minutes to climb.
There is a winding wooden boardwalk to the top and you can get a panoramic view and photo from here.
The third viewing platform is called Colorful Embroidery.
The fourth is Colorful Clouds Platform.
And is perfect for sunset photography!
I hope you have enjoyed The Rainbow Mountains!
Next time we will try the favorite dish of Gansu.
Until then...
