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DeSwiss

(27,137 posts) Wed Jul 31, 2013, 05:44 PM Jul 2013

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Rainbow Mountains In China's Danxia Landform Geological Park Are Very, Very Real [View all]

Huffington Post - GREEN | July 31, 2013

Yes, we had a hard time believing that this insane mountain formation was actually real, because we haven't fallen down the rabbit hole. But, believe it or not, this technicolor range actually exists.

The mountains are part of the Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park in China. Layers of different colored sandstone and minerals were pressed together over 24 million years and then buckled up by tectonic plates, according to the Telegraph.

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Rainbow Mountains In China's Danxia Landform Geological Park Are Very, Very Real [View all] DeSwiss Jul 2013 OP

Breathtaking Savannahmann Jul 2013 #1

K&R&Absolutely stunning. nt Buns_of_Fire Jul 2013 #2

Wow...wow.......WOW alittlelark Jul 2013 #3

Wow!!! kentuck Jul 2013 #4

I knew it! I've known it ever since I first dropped acid nearly 40 years ago ... Martin Eden Jul 2013 #5

Wow, I regret I will never do acid. bummer. n-t Logical Jul 2013 #7

24 million years is a loooonnnnggggg trip, even for God. hvn_nbr_2 Jul 2013 #19

Blink of an eye for that dude. Martin Eden Aug 2013 #20

I join with you in that experience onethatcares Aug 2013 #40

Some experiences stay with you a loooooonng time Martin Eden Aug 2013 #45

Hard to believe that is on earth rurallib Jul 2013 #6

OK...that's a trip!!! burnodo Jul 2013 #8

Stunning! NikolaC Jul 2013 #9

I think Huff Post has some false/enhanced color images. DreamGypsy Jul 2013 #10

Even these are quite stunning.. Peacetrain Jul 2013 #12

I like these much, much better. Owl Jul 2013 #14

Yep, that's been an issue for a lot of publications (print and digital). progressoid Aug 2013 #21

Yeah, this one looks pretty dodgy muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #24

No. HuffPo admits the photos were manipulated before they got them. HuffPo did not do it. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #43

I didn't say HP did the manipulation, I said they had some... DreamGypsy Aug 2013 #46

Thanks for clarifying. I did misread your post. nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #47

I go to the BadLands quite often.. and in the early morning Peacetrain Jul 2013 #11

Those mountains look delicious.nt athenasatanjesus Jul 2013 #13

THey only look like this if you're doing a tab of "clear light" ...or messing with FailureToCommunicate Jul 2013 #15

Cool Stuff!!! obxhead Jul 2013 #16

They look like a more fantastic version of the Painted Hills in eastern Oregon Maedhros Jul 2013 #17

Thanks for posting. Bette Noir Aug 2013 #34

If you visit the Painted Hills, try to do so in spring Maedhros Aug 2013 #39

The mountains are doing LSD now mindwalker_i Jul 2013 #18

Wow. theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #22

OMGawd....... a kennedy Aug 2013 #23

amazing! noiretextatique Aug 2013 #25

Colored play-dough - colorful until you mix it together. liberal N proud Aug 2013 #26

Wow! That is so cool! PotatoChip Aug 2013 #27

Amazing!!! xoom Aug 2013 #28

Makes me wonder what kind of hydrological events took place back then kentauros Aug 2013 #29

So are the penis stone and vagina rock located there cali Aug 2013 #30

No, I have those at my house Tansy_Gold Aug 2013 #31

not too shabby- but not as great as those in Danxia cali Aug 2013 #32

I hate to bring this up, as I'm not an expert on such things... TeeYiYi Aug 2013 #38

They are exactly what you think they are ;-) Tansy_Gold Aug 2013 #41

Aah... TeeYiYi Aug 2013 #44

Yes they are REAL, but they don't look like that to the human eye. bvar22 Aug 2013 #33

Time of day has a lot to do with color saturation too. proReality Aug 2013 #35

The landscape along I40 SheilaT Aug 2013 #36

Absolutely stunning! Trailrider1951 Aug 2013 #37

It's so odd that so many people including myself have never heard about this. You'd think that snagglepuss Aug 2013 #42

Wow, thank you so much for posting the pictures! Unrepentant Fenian Aug 2013 #48