Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park

There are many colorful  rock formation at the Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park in Gansu state, China.

Naturally formed landscape amaze its visitors with the burst of colors, stripe of yellow,orange,red, green and blue colors make hard to believe that it is really exist. Danxia landform is a unique example of petrographic geomorphology as it is made of  red-colored sandstones and conglomerates.Researchers said that about 100 million years ago, there used to be a immense river basin here.Water conveyed  silt from the surrounding mountains to the river basin. Due to global high temperatures the river basin dried up and in these desiccate conditions the sediment oxidized and turned rusting color.