A few photos from the Stone Forest in Yunnan, China. All shots taken with the K10D and Sigma 10-20mm. It was mostly an cloudy and overcast day, so the colours are a bit dull and muted.
Whoever knew rocks could be this interesting:

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#4 An elephant shaped rock


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[thomasjmpark]

Whoever knew rocks could be this interesting

indeed. Very bizarre formations, looks like a great place, thanks for posting.

[mithrandir]

Fascinating. It is amazing how many ways rocks can manifest. Thanks for sharing. By the way, bad lighting or not, you captured the beauty of the location very nicely.

[JMR]

They are all interesting and good photos, proving that every country in the world has its own beauty and unique places. I especially like No-11. No-12 reminds me of Stone henge. Also like the cultural dances. Aren't these part of China's hoodoos?

JMR

[RoxnDox]

A few photos from the Stone Forest in Yunnan, China. All shots taken with the K10D and Sigma 10-20mm. It was mostly an cloudy and overcast day, so the colours are a bit dull and muted.
Whoever knew rocks could be this interesting:

Those are great shots, never mind the lighting... As for the rocks, I would be one of those folks who knew they're fascinating! These ones are limestone eroded into those fascinating shapes by millenia of rainfall, each drop etching away microscopic amounts of stone to form those lovely fluted edges and grooves and pits. A few thousand years of coal-smoke has probably enhanced the erosive power of the raindrops by making them slightly acidic (sulfur from the coal, dissolved into the rainwater).

Landforms are probably my favorite things to shoot. Partly because they make nice pictures, but also because I find it's fun to figure out how they got the way they are today... Geology is like a four-dimensional jigsaw puzzle! Three of space, plus time.

Jim

[bigben91682]

very nice series, and in the words of Robin...

"holy bong hit Batman!"

[nupentaxian]

wow impressive rock formations. i really like #11

[pop4]

thanks for the comments guys

Aren't these part of China's hoodoos?

sorry mate, wouldn't have a clue. It's a famous touristy place, so I went

...knowledgeable stuff...

sounds like you would've appreciated it a lot more than I did. Apparently it's a type of Karst topography...

[cupic]

A very interesting spot to visit and capture thanks for sharing this with us


cheers

[roentarre]

I still recalled the day I visited the place 15 years ago. Great rocks to visit and photography for sure

[weatherwise2]

Interesting place. Was that volcanic rock formed by lava?

[xs400]

Wow, those shots are cool. Very interesting, that's a place I'd like to visit. Thanks for sharing.

[stevebrot]

Interesting place. Was that volcanic rock formed by lava?

I know that a previous comment indicated that the rocks are eroded limestone, but they do strongly resemble volcanic tuff hoodoos (eroded volcanic ash) like those found at Crater Lake, Oregon, USA.

Steve