Ice which is not ice - Pamukkale, Turkey

This snow-white, landscape of iced terraced frozen pools and small waterfalls is NOT ICE - it is limestone and travertine. Earthquakes in the area resulted in emergence of a number of very hot springs having large mineral content, calcium bi-carbonate in particular. This has created an awesome and beautiful snow like terrain.


Image from Wikipedia is by Mila Zinkova
 Image from Flickr is by Alaskan Dude

 Image from defunct Panoramio now included in Google Maps is by Carlos Díaz Losa.

Image from Picasaweb is by Berka

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