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Central Anatolia, Turkey's volcanic heart
Central Anatolia, Turkey's volcanic heart
South of Turkey's capital Ankara you can find some of the most astonishing landscapes of the planet. Here, in Cappadocia, soft volcanic tuff has been sculpted into fantastic shapes by millennia of erosion: huge pillars and mushrooms, valleys of "folded paper" and tuff cones in which early Christians carved their vibrantly painted churches. A stark contrast is provided by the barren salt flats of Tuz Gülö and the austere capital of the ancient Hittites: Hattusha.
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'Fairy chimneys in Görkün Valley-2.'
The Görkün Valley south of the Cappadocian village of Göreme boasts some of the most spectacular fairy chimneys. The pillars consist of tuff (consolidated volcanic ash) that has been protected from rain erosion by a cap of harder more solidified ash (ignimbrite). Photo Mick Palarczyk.
'Fairy chimneys in Görkün Valley-2.'
The Görkün Valley south of the Cappadocian village of Göreme boasts some of the most spectacular fairy chimneys. The pillars consist of tuff (consolidated volcanic ash) that has been protected from rain erosion by a cap of harder more solidified ash (ignimbrite). Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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'Fairy chimneys in Görkün Valley-2.'
The Görkün Valley south of the Cappadocian village of Göreme boasts some of the most spectacular fairy chimneys. The pillars consist of tuff (consolidated volcanic ash) that has been protected from rain erosion by a cap of harder more solidified ash (ignimbrite). Photo Mick Palarczyk.
'Fairy chimneys in Görkün Valley-2.'
The Görkün Valley south of the Cappadocian village of Göreme boasts some of the most spectacular fairy chimneys. The pillars consist of tuff (consolidated volcanic ash) that has been protected from rain erosion by a cap of harder more solidified ash (ignimbrite). Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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