Amazing Rock Formations in The World

Devils Tower, Wyoming © iStockphoto.com/Mike Norton
Devil's Marbles, Australia © L. Clarke/CORBIS

Monument Valley, Arizona © John McAnulty/CORBIS
Garrapata Beach on the Big Sur, California © David Muench/Corbi
Nambung National Park, Australia © Robert Essel NYC/CORBIS
Glen Canyon, Utah © Momatiuk - Eastcott/Corbis
Wave Rock, Australia © Chris Mellor/Lonely Planet Images
Slot Canyon, Arizona © imagebroker / Alamy
Zion Park, Utah © James Randklev/Getty Image
Perce Rock, Canada © Daryl Benson/Getty Images
Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick © Darwin Wiggett/Getty Images
Mono Lake, California © Getty Images
Horseshoe Bend, Arizona © Travel Ink/Getty Images
Grand Staircase Escalante, Utah © Diane Cook and Len Jenshel/Getty Images
Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland © Paul Wakefield/Getty Images
Etretat, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France © David C Tomlinson/Getty Images
Bryce Canyon, Utah © ML Sinibaldi/CORBIS
Bisti Badlands, New Mexico © Jack Dykinga/Getty Images
Atacama Desert, Chile © Steve Allen/Getty Images
Arches National Park, Utah

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One of Top Seven Most Beautiful - Danxia in China

"One of Top Seven Most Beautiful, Danxia in China" Ranked by China National Geography Magazine.Danxia Mountain in Renhua County, Shaoguan City of Guangdong Province: China's red stone park.Danxia Mountain, located in Renhua County, Guangdong Province, with its walls and tiers of red rocks and cliffs, like Danxia (red rays of the sun), from which its name derives, has been compared to a ruby sculpture park. It is known as ''China's Red Stone Park''.Danxia landform's rock walls and cliffs are formed of red sandstone and conglomerate. Research shows that about 100 million years ago, there used to be a huge inland basin here. Water carried silt from the surrounding mountains to the basin. As the result of global high temperatures the basin dried up and in these arid conditions the sediment oxidized and turned rust color. Then some 70 million years ago a 3,700-meter-thick red-colored layer formed on the basin, known as the chalk bed. On the top, there was a 1,300-meter-thick solid layer, i.e., layer of Cretaceous system, from which the peaks of Danxia Mountain gradually took shape.

The mountain is covered with sub-tropical evergreen forest, lush and green all the year round. Originating in the immense forest of Nanling, the graceful Jinjiang River winds its way through the mountain, enhancing the landscape. The river looks like a superb wine flowing out of the forest, with watery reflections of bamboo, trees and rocks, a rural landscape full of the feel of the south. It is a place of towering cliffs and deep valleys that are home to verdant trees and limpid springs.

Danxia Mountain is full of scenic wonders: curious mountains, cliffs, stones, caves, natural bridges and valleys, all simply incredible. The mountains are noted for their different shapes: a sequence of castles, cones, walls, pillars, and pagodas. Some resemble human figures in different postures, others look like birds or beasts, but all are nature's masterpieces. The Yangyuan Rock (Male Organ), Yinyuan Rock (Female Organ), Wangfu (Longing for Husband to Return) Rock and Longlin Rock are regarded as the ''Four Beauties of Danxia Mountain''.Best time to go, Anytime. Its annual average temperature is 65.8F—70.8F. Average temperature is 82.4F—84.2F in the hottest month (July) and 46.4F---51.8F in the coldest month (January). Rain season is from March to August.

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One of The Amazing Rocky Mountain National Parks - Jasper National Park - Canada

Jasper National Park is the largest of the four Canadian Rocky Mountain national parks, with the most impressive mountain scenery, yet it receives less than half the visitation of Banff National Park. A remarkable highlight is easy access to glaciers. The Athabasca Glacier, possibly the most popular attraction in the park, is only a few minutes walk from the parking lot. There are even specially designed snowcoaches that transport visitors several kilometers onto the glacier. At the base of Mount Edith Cavell, possibly the most spectacular mountain location accessible by road in the Canadian Rockies, a short hike leads to an iceberg-filled glacial lake, where one glacier drops in the water, and another looms above.Jasper National Park, together with neighbor parks (Banff, Yoho, Kootenay) form a huge protected area of the Canadian Rockies that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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